Brno Dragon - Old Town Hall / Brnenský drak - Stará radnice (Brno - South Moravia)
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N 49° 11.588 E 016° 36.515
33U E 617198 N 5450171
Old legend says that animal, which you can find hanging under ceiling of passage in complex of Old Town Hall in Brno is famous and dangerous beast - The Brno Dragon...
Waymark Code: WMBG0C
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/17/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member monkeys4ever
Views: 122

Old legend says that animal, which you can find hanging under ceiling of passage in complex of Old Town Hall in Brno is famous and dangerous beast - The Brno Dragon.


Legend of the Brno Dragon

Once upon a time, a huge dragon appeared in Moravian town Brno. He ate poultry and strangled lambs, and people were very scared of him. Merchants started to stay out of the city, women could not go to the market. Councillors racked their brains as to how to get rid of him, and in the end announced a reward for the killing of the dragon. However, for a long time, nobody was brave enough to face such a monster. One day, a travelling butcher volunteered to try. He sewed up burnt lime into an ox skin, and hid it in the grass. The dragon smelled the ox skin, and ate the whole lot. This made him very thirsty, so he went to the river and drank so much water that the lime began to expand, and in the end his stomach burst out...

What's the Real Story?:
This big Nile crocodile, hanging down from the passage ceiling, was a probably donation by King Mathias Corvinus to the city of Brno in 1608. Of course nobody knew anthing about crocodiles those days and so there started a rumor that it would be a dragon that was killed by some brave men. Some sources say that crocodile was here before year 1608... So, the real origin of this "Dragon" is still uclear.


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