The Trazégnies family is an old Belgian noble house. A popular legend claims that the family’s founder fathered thirteen sons in one birth; since the mother mixed the babies in their cradles, all received equal shares of the inheritance, becoming founders of thirteen noble lines. Such stories of prodigious birth and division of inheritance appear … Read more
The Beuvry Whirlpool legend from Pas-de-Calais, France, describes a mysterious, endlessly swirling fountain that allegedly swallowed a castle and its inhabitants. Each Christmas Eve, the sounds of cries and laughter are said to rise from its depths. The legend incorporates elements of supernatural retribution and vanished places, common in European folk narratives. Related Posts:Paralinguistic Sounds: … Read more
Wigla Tower is a cursed tower in Norwegian legend, said to have been the site where the pagan King Vermund burned the breasts of Saint Ethelreda with wood from the True Cross brought to Copenhagen by Olaus III. Attempts to convert the tower into a chapel failed, with each cross placed inside being destroyed by … Read more