4 creepy legends of Transylvania

Beyond the famous novel by Bram Stoker that automatically makes us associate Count Dracula with this city of Romania, Transylvania has ancient beauty and many more legends that are overshadowed by that of the bloodsucker.In this Mysterious article, we tell you 4 creepy legends of Transylvania .

4 creepy legends of Transylvania

1.The cry of the bride of the Abrud castle

To the north of the city is the Abrud castle, a fortification built in the 16th century and named in a local legend.Apparently one invaders wanted to take over the castle which was being well protected by Francisco Rakoczi: To try to succeed, they sent a handsome officer who should love Rakoczi's daughter, but he ended up in love with the girl and told him how to get out of the fortress through a secret tunnel. To the girl's bad fortune , her father escaped and cursed her forever, and, as in u In Disney's story, she could only break the curse with a kiss of love .In fact, with three kisses that her beloved should give : one turned into a frog, snake and looking like a crying girlfriend .

4 creepy legends of Transylvania

Guess who they haven't kissed since the 16th century?

2.Hunyad Castle

Hunyad Castle is as beautiful as it is depressing, one of its towers is called Nej Bojsia which, in Spanish, means "Do not be afraid"-ready to be instantly afraid-and the coat of arms has a Raven, anything else? Yes.It is said that Iancu de Hunedora promised freedom for three Turks if they dug in a rock until they found a water well ; luckily, it took 28 years and before completing the work, Iancu passed away.His wife did not keep his word towards the Turks, who, instead of being free men, were beheaded. Before they died they wrote "Now you have water, but you have no heart", next to three names on a wall.

4 creepy legends of Transylvania

Castle visitors can see the well and the sad dedication, written in Turkish.Chilling.

3.The legend of the flutist

At some point in our lives we have all known the story of the flutist that I release to a whole town of the plague of rats that invaded him with just the music of his instrument ...he took all but one.For that rat that remained, the flutist played a different melody and attracted all children of Hamelin .We know that Hamelin is in Germany and may not have much relationship with Transylvania, right? Although many legends say that children ended up drowned in a river or at the bottom of a ravine, there is a Transylvanian alternative with a less terrible ending.

4 creepy legends of Transylvania

According to tradition, children hypnotized by the music coming out of the flute they were guided to the lands of Dracula, through the cave of Vaghis. A version that makes a lot of sense, as many Germans from Hamelin emigrated to Transylvania and their descendants still live there.Curious, right?

4.Imprisoned before divorce

It is said that a long time ago, in Sibiu, couples wishing to divorce were imprisoned in a prison tower for two weeks , forced to live day and night in a small space-torture, if the marriage was unsustainable-the brutal system should work, because in the end, according to tradition, only one couple continued with the divorce.

4 creepy legends of Transylvania

Near Sibiu, a similar" therapy "was done in a church, but it didn't last two weeks...In this case, the confinement alone it ended when they really fixed the relationship, even if it was because the “until death do us part” is fulfilled.To consider it macabre is to fall short.

How did you think about these legends of Transylvania? As we love the vampire, we recommend you read The true story of Count Dracula .

Images: Carol, fusion-of-horizons, Gonzalo Sancho, celynek, Henner Zeller.

Comments

The Chronovisor: Covert truth or sensationalist farce?

Can you imagine being able to see a photograph that showed you how real dinosaurs were? Or even meet some of the prominent personalities of the history of the stature of Henry VIII of England or Napoleon Bonaparte.What if you could see how Jesus de Nazaret went? Do you find it unlikely? Well, you should know that there was a visionary that tried to prove that it was possible to observe images of the past and even important moments of the story .However, the essential thing is to discern if your statement is part of a farce very well framed or a truth that could reveal a lot of the mysteries of antiquity. The invention of Father Ernetti Father Marcello Pellegrino Ernetti , a member of the Vatican, was considered a simple, respectable and honest before the whole Catholic community.Born in 1925 and died in 1994, this man spent most of his life to check the existence and effectiveness of a machine capable of reflecting images and even sounds of the p...

The 3 most mysterious Spanish villages

These 3 Spanish villages are full of mystery. Many stories have been woven about souls in pain that roam their lonely streets, castles and houses, reality or simple legends? Continue reading and discover their chilling stories. The 3 most mysterious Spanish villages 1.Belchite Without a doubt, Belchite is one of the most mysterious and spooky Spanish villages that is known.The history of this town has been characterized by the war and spilled blood of those who once inhabited its streets, today completely ruined. At the time, this town near Zaragoza, was an authentic architectural jewel.Unfortunately, during the civil war it was the scene of incessant bombings and bloody battles that ended with the life of at least 6,000 people in less than fifteen days. Belchite has become in recent years one of the favorite places for the investigators of the paranormal , who go in search of supernatural experiences.In this sense, many tourists, with or without that intention, c...

Games with the Ouija: The case of Jennifer Lynn Springman

There are stories that even the most skeptical can become a believer, as is the case of Jennifer Lynn Springman , a young woman whose death was predicted through the famous game of the Ouija . When Jennifer was just a 14-year-old teenager she played with her closest friends with the Ouija board , far from being a moment of laughter among friends turned out to be one of the most chilling moments I had ever lived. "Murdered, strangled" One night, Jennifer and her friends met at the house of one of them, took out the Ouija and started playing, at first they were a bit skeptical about it, but soon realized that they had made contact with a be paranormal. Little by little each girl was asking the questions that they had previously thought, when it was the turn of Jennifer , the same question “what age would die? ”, At that moment the table pointer began to move indicating the number 18, and not only that, but gradually spelled the words: "Killed...

What is a Deja Vu | The definitive scientific explanation

We have all experienced the incredible phenomenon of deja vu, however, do we know exactly what a deja vu is? We can say that it is one of the events that arouses most interest among people. In French, the language from which this word comes, it means "seen before". In fact, that is what deja vu .It is the memory of some experience that we felt as if it had been previously lived, however, what is hidden behind this phenomenon? In Mysterious we want to clarify all the mysteries that hide behind the deja vu.If you want to know them, keep reading! Content Index What is a D eja Vu and the scientific explanation after the phenomenon What is a deja vu ? We've all lived that experience of remembering something we hadn't lived. What is a deja vu? It seems an easy question to answer, because we have all felt once that we live the same situation twice although, in reality, this has not occurred before, this is the phenomenon we usually know as deja vu .As we...

The mysterious giants of the Congo: J'ba Fofi

If you have heard of the giant ghosts of the Congo, it is likely that you have also heard about cryptozoology , a branch of culture that studies cryptos , animals considered by science as surely non-existent . The mysterious giant ghosts of the Congo: J'ba Fofi The Cryptids, a term cradled by John Wall in 1983 to refer to animals not confirmed by science, includes famous characters such as the Loch Ness monster, or any other dinosaur surviving the meteor of 65 million years ago, Bigfoot, the Yeti, the Chupacabra and other animals less known worldwide, but present in almost all cultures and civilizations of the globe, and among which would be the J'ba Fofi , better known as Congolese giant arana , an animal with a size of about two meters in diameter that mainly inhabited in the jungles of the Congo. Some literal translations speak of six-meter aranas, but it would be a confusion caused by the Anglo-Saxon unit of measure, since there are five six feet in diamet...

The most CONCERNING disappearance in history: the case of Oliver Thomas

The case of the disappearance of the child Oliver Thomas in Wales in 1900, is one of the best known as well as singular. It can be said that many data fall within the supernatural, and that the reliable sources available are only statements from family and neighbors that in those years, and in view of the unusual circumstances in which the child disappeared, they ended up giving more weight to the "magical" than to the concrete. Today in Mysterious we want you to travel with us to a very specific point of the past: on December 24, 1909, in the small town of Brecon, in Wales. The story that happened here didn't I will leave you indifferent. The most CONCERNING disappearance in history: the case of Oliver Thomas The holidays the day before Christmas were celebrated as of custom in the town of Brecon, in Wales.The humility of its people, the family fondness and the smell of good food permeated normality some dates that did not intuit that the tragedy was about...

Do you know that I have been with Frankenstein for years? We do not recommend it

The life of Frankenstein's author, Mary Shelley, marked by tragedies and quirky chronicles, surpasses her chilling masterpiece.She suffered misery, the death of her children, her family's rejection of falling in love and fleeing with whom she didn't they approved, the misfortune for the love affairs and rebuffs of her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, and although there were plenty of reasons to hate him, it was her tragic death the last event that disrupted her.She loved him deeply.the memory of her sweet torment, I carry with her a part of which for the canons of the 21st century is spooky, but what do I keep and keep the author of Frankenstein as a precious treasure until the end of her days? Do you know that I have been carrying the Frankenstein author for years? Nothing advisable... The duel does not take a unique form.It is because of the complexity of being, that each one experiences it in different ways.What we all have in common is that when someone we love dies, ...

The story of the 3 astronauts who died smiling

The eagerness of man for knowledge has no limits.And his curiosity for outer space and all the vast mysteries that rise beyond our little blue planet, seemed to have no end in that time of rivalries between Russia and the United States. There are many misfortunes that occurred inside small Soviet or American ships, human losses that occurred in that effort for a space race which brought us great discoveries and new paths that it travels.Unfortunate deaths that today rise to the altar of state heroes, but also that of mysterious deaths, such as those of these three Russian astronauts who said goodbye to their families on June 6, 1971, without knowing that they would never return... The Soyuz 11, a new success for the Soviet space race Their names were Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov and Gueorgui Dobrovolsk. They were chosen to rea To perform a seemingly simple but very relevant task for the country.The Soyuz 11 remained forever in the history books for being the first m...

Is it possible to cry blood?

In Mysterious we talked to you once about 10 curious things you didn't know about your body.This time we want to present you with a phenomenon that has been culturally qualified as something paranormal and that has been associated with both Good and Evil: crying blood .Is it possible for a person to cry blood? Can a human being cry blood? Indeed, there are very few cases that are known, but this condition is called hemolacria and when it manifests it is truly shocking. It is usually part of the symptoms of a disease , for example a tumor in the tear system .Although it can also happen if the eye is injured or we suffer from bacterial conjunctivitis., however, that sometimes l The doctors fail to find the specific cause .Do you want to know a case really surprising ? Crying blood is possible.The shocking case of Calvino Inman Calvino Inman is a American teenager who appeared in various media outlets showing what happened with his body: 3 times a day ...

The mirror capable of detecting diseases

The mirror is a indispensable object in our home.How would we do to comb our hair if we didn't have one? Think about not having him, could you really live without a mirror? «You see, the mirror fascinates and terrifies me» (MAURICE BEJART) But, some researchers decided to go further and take advantage of new technologies to create a mirror that will not only serve to groom itself. The Wize mirror A series of researchers and industrial partners from 7 European countries decided to test how a high-tech mirror would work. With this objective, they created the Wize mirror , a mirror that not only allows you see you , comb your hair, make up, etc., but also detect any health problems you may suffer . To do this, the mirror has a facial scanner with 3D technology very complete that would allow you to s if you have gained or not gained weight. Also, you would have sensors that would detect chemical compounds in your breath and determine the amount of alcohol you dri...

Mystery Unsolved

Search This Blog