Trutnov legends

A set of old Trutnov legends has been preserved and recorded in the work of the chronicler Simon Hüttel in the 16th century.

In the words of the historian August Sedláček: “Legend is an oral narrative which has not disappeared but luckily had been recorded for the descendants. The legend is not the same as a fairy tale. It contains a particular narration of an incident that really took place, was orally passed from generation to generation and established itself as a product half poetry and half storytelling.