Legends Exchange Project

  This legend explains how the city of Teruel was founded. Once upon a time…Sancho Sanchez, Blasco Garces de Marcilla and Pedro Alava had camped on the banks of a river, heading a small army. They were going to comply with a special mission.   Not very far from there, many years ago, the Celtiberian people occupied a small village. That place was called Turba and its inhabitants, the Turbulets, enjoyed a pleasant and prosperous life. Then, with the pass of the centuries, the Romans left their mark and later on, the Muslims came to Turba in the 8th century. From then on, the small town was known as Tirwal and its inhabitants were called Muladies.   A long time later, King Alfonso I the fighter actively helped in annexing territories to the Kingdom of Aragon. Although he was only a child, Alfonso II lived through conquests and the expansionist desires of his uncle Alfonso I the fighter. When he was only seven, Alfonso II became King and he reached agreements with ...

  The Treasurer In the past, there were a lot of coal mines in the region of Silesia, where our school is situated. A lot of miners went to work there, both old and young. This legend tells the story which presumably happened in one of the mines. In one mine, the miners were told to build a new gallery. They got down to work, but the coalstone was so hard that they couldn’t break it with their pickaxes. After a few days all work had to be stopped. One young miner didn’t want to give up. His name was Karlik and he wanted to try to continue digging. He believed he could succeed. So one day he took his pickaxe and went to the mine. In the mine, he went down, to the bottom of the mine. He was hungry, so he decided to eat a sandwich before getting down to work . As he was eating, a tiny little mouse crept out from under a lump of coal. It approached Karlik, sat on its hind legs and looked at the miner. Karlik liked the mouse a lot, so he gave it some bread crumbs, but t...

  Maiden's Tower The "snake" legend   The Byzantine Emperor has a daughter and the emperor is so happy that the day his daughter is born becomes a feast day for the whole country. Every birthday of this precious princess is celebrated throughout the country with lots of fun and glamorous parties. The emperor gathers the most important scholars of Byzantium and asks them to educate his daughter about the administration of the country. The most knowledgeable, oldest of the summoned scholars has a prophecy that will upset the emperor. Because before the princess turns 18, a snake will sting her and the girl will die. The emperor is both very angry and very afraid, and he repairs a tower on a tiny island in the middle of the sea, his daughter will now live in this sheltered place and the snakes will not be able to bite her. But just before the princess turns 18, a snake emerges from the basket of grapes sent to the tower and stings her. The emperor is devastated w...