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Legends from the Seven Mountains

Dragon Legends

Other legends tell us about dragons - gruesome, malignant creatures who devour humans, blow up ships and take pleasure in the misery of others. However, these legends do the dragons unjust..

The Malignant Dragon
Spook in the basement
The Fiery Man of Lohrberg
Necessity is the Mother of Invention
The Haunted Castle
The Earth Dragons

Legends with a historical background

Of course, many legends from a region with a lot of medieval fortresses are about knights, their ladies and life back then. 

Roland's Arch 
How the Monastery of Heisterbach was founded
The Monk of Heisterbach
Liba of Ölberg
Hedwig of Wolkenburg
The Maiden of Löwenburg
The Count of Geisberg
The Maiden of Rosenau
The Treasure of the Rosenau

Historical legends with dragon heroes

The Reclused from the Nonnenstromberg
The Dragon Lady of Drachenfels
Christmas on the Drachenfels

Around the Seven Mountains

And yet more legends about giants and dwarfs,  humans  and animals ..

The Seven Giants
The Hermit on the Froschberg (Frog Hill)
Dwarfs

All legends are told in my own words.  You'll find old ones that have been known for generations, they are signed as ("traditional"), others are new versions of an old theme ("free").  And there are new stories that I wrote myself ("new").

 

Source for the "traditional" legends:
Sage und Geschichte der sieben Berge
Dietmar Blumenthal in Zusammenarbeit mit Winfried Biesing, Königswinter 1985