Wandering legend
When hiking legends are called legends that are told in different contexts, in essentially the same plot, only with changing main characters, changing locations and changing other details. This happens when popular topics are transferred to people or things that are particularly familiar or particularly important to the narrator.
An example of a wandering legend is the proverbial Solomonic judgment ; A similar wise judgment was ascribed to numerous other rulers of the ancient Orient. Another example is the interpretation of a six foot footprint on Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka , revered by Buddhists as that of the Buddha , by Muslims and Christians as that of Adam . The story of the seven sleepers who escape through a slumber of years or centuries from the men who persecuted them for their faith is told by Christians and Muslims; its origin is probably in pre-Christian times.
Other common hiking legends are stories of allegedly existing secret passages (e.g. Leythe House in Gelsenkirchen-Erle ) or the legend of pike (or other fish) that is identified and released after the first catch and is caught again after decades or even centuries ( e.g. in Böckinger See or Teterower See , see Schildbürger / Hechtsage ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Arturo Graf : Miti, legend e superstizioni del Medio Evo . Ermanno Loescher, Florence and Rome 1892/93, quoted by Umberto Eco : The history of the legendary countries and cities. Hanser, Munich 2013, p. 141. Full text here
- ↑ Michael Huber: The wandering legend of the dormice. A literary historical investigation. Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1910.