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Folklore

The shepherd and Vineta

Aug 4, 2022

This is a popular German legend about Vineta and how the city reappears every hundred years for a day. I have not found an author to this version of the legend and also no professional english translation yet. Two motives appear in many versions of the legend: There...

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Ludwig Bechstein: The Tale of Vineta

Aug 4, 2022

This is the version from Ludwig Bechsteins collection of German Legends from 1853: Bei der Insel Usedom ist eine Stelle im Meere, eine halbe Meile von der Stadt gleichen Namens, da ist eine große, reiche und schöne Stadt versunken, die hieß Vineta. Sie war ihrer Zeit...

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