The Church of St John the Baptist in Buhl was founded after a knight encountered a strangely fragrant beetle and took it as an omen.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Strange_Beetle
Where a dragon dies, the land becomes fertilized and renewed.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Of_the_Dragon
Some powerful alchemists know the secret of being reborn into a new flesh after their demise.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Alchemist_and_the_Young_Lindwurm
When parents want children, they ask the midwives to pull them up from certain wells.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wells_near_Schweinfurt
It is possible to save someone from being a night hag and give them a new start in life. But it requires a sacrifice.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Trude_at_Unterholz
A new birth can bring new hope - and salvation.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Snake%27s_Salvation
If you want to recover your health, you should try cleaning your inner toad.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Toad_Tales_of_Bavaria
After the old one burnt down, the new church of Zellerfeld was funded largely by mysterious Venetian benefactors.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Construction_of_the_Church_of_Zellerfeld
The church at Maitenbeth was founded at its present spot after there were some rather strong hints that the original site was less than ideal.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Church_at_Maitenbeth
When the people of Alfhausen wanted to build a new church, a mysterious gray horse appeared which brought stones by cart for the construction efforts.
Nobody knew where either the horse or the stones came from.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Alfhausen_and_the_Alkenkrug_Pub
Even if you are old and infirm, your life can be renewed if you try out this one simple trick!
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Switched_Life_Light
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Established in 1854, the London Necropolis Railway aimed to relieve pressure on overcrowded city churchyards by whisking the dead out to Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. Its station, near Waterloo, featured a steam-powered coffin lift & a glass roof so no shadow would be cast on the hearse carriage. Nearby railway arches acted as mortuaries and coffins were kept in stock so guests dying unexpectedly in hotels could be discreetly removed. The station contained many waiting rooms, in which funeral services could be held, and customers could purchase first, second and third-class funeral packages. The service wound down after World War II, but the station office building can still be seen on Westminster Bridge Road. #WyrdWednesday #history #gothic #folklore #architecture #death #weird #trains #railway #London #psychogeography #graveyard
After offending a witch, a formerly brave noble met an undignified end.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Implanted_Hare%27s_Heart
The Devil likes to put on a show before dragging sinners off to Hell.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Fire-Spraying_Cherries
Established in 1854, the London Necropolis Railway aimed to relieve pressure on overcrowded city churchyards by whisking the dead out to Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. Its station, near Waterloo, featured a steam-powered coffin lift & a glass roof so no shadow would be cast on the hearse carriage. Nearby railway arches acted as mortuaries and coffins were kept in stock so guests dying unexpectedly in hotels could be discreetly removed. The station contained many waiting rooms, in which funeral services could be held, and customers could purchase first, second and third-class funeral packages. The service wound down after World War II, but the station office building can still be seen on Westminster Bridge Road. #WyrdWednesday #history #gothic #folklore #architecture #death #weird #trains #railway #London #psychogeography #graveyard
A magician's show in Clausthal ended with a rather higher body count than the audience had anticipated.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Practitioner_of_the_Black_Arts
Once you sign up for the Reformed Satanist Secret Money Club, the only way to leave is by death.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Fickle_Xaver_of_T%C3%A4gerig
Despite all his arts, even Doctor Paracelsus could not stave off death forever.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Death_of_Doctor_Theophrast
Frau Hütt was a giant who ruled over a mighty kingdom in the Tyrolean Alps until she blasphemed against God and bread.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Frau_H%C3%BCtt
When a castle or even an entire town sinks beneath the ground, the crowing of the Rooster of the Deep can be heard soon afterwards.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Rooster_of_the_Deep
