Legends Around the World
We list 2 places in Germany linked to cryptids, legends and mysteries, and 2 related encyclopedia entries.
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Positions on the map are a rough guide to the area where a legend or sighting is set. Most pins are placed at representative points of a municipality or prefecture (outside Japan, a city position rounded to about 10 km, or the country), not at the exact place.
Municipality points: Geolonia address data (CC BY 4.0), based on the Address Base Registry (Digital Agency of Japan) / Country points: Natural Earth
A real secret society founded in Bavaria, Germany, in 1776 and dissolved only about ten years later. Even after its dissolution, conspiracy theories that it "survived and controls the world from behind the scenes" have been passed down, making it a byword for urban legends.
A rock towering over the banks of the Rhine in Germany, and the legend of a beautiful maiden who sings there and lures boatmen to their doom. The song "Die Lorelei," Silcher's setting of Heine's poem, was also loved in Japan as a school song.
