Gravestone by Pixnio
The Headless Princess: There once was a king with an enchantress daughter. In the same village was a priest with his son. He would go to learn from an old woman, and one day was walking home late. While on his walk, he saw the girl take her head off to wash it. Soon the princess fell ill, asking that the boy say a prayer above her three times in death. The boy was scared to do so, but was warned that it would all be okay if he just didn't look behind him. He did just this, despite the princess rising from the dead and threatening him. Next he was to hold up a hammer to the coffin and four nails. He did this and was able to show everyone that she was a witch.
The Warlock: There once was a peasant with three married sons. When he was dying, he asked the wives to look over him for three days, asking them to make wool caftans. However, the wives didn't pray, and so he strangled them. Except for the third, who wore a cross and was able to kill the father with it's presence.
The Fox Physician: There once was on old couple that grew cabbage in the basement and ash-hole. The basement grew much better, so much that it grew past the roof. At the top was a mill of pie, cake, and even stew. The man slid back down to earth and went to get his wife who wanted to go, but he accidentally dropped her and she fell in a heap. The man came across a fox who said he could save her, but really he just cooked her in a bath and ate her.
The Fiddler in Hell: There once was a peasant man with three sons. He hid money, but never told anyone where. One day, a fiddler fell into hell and saw the peasant man there. the peasant told the fiddler to go home and not be greedy like him, or he too would end up in hell. But before the fiddler could, some demons saw him. The fiddler played for three years until being able to go back to earth. He told the sons of the money and they shared it with peasants... it only grew the more they gave away! Eventually the peasant man was released from hell because of this.
The Two Friends: There were two friends who were like brothers. They made a pact to invite one another to their wedding even if they were dead. One of course died and the other was going to be married. On the way to his ceremony, the live one went to the grave and invited his friend. But the dead friend invited the live one to come have a drink with him in the grave, not knowing that three hundred years of time would pass. When he went back to the surface, nothing was the same.
The Shroud: There was once a lazy, gossip girl who invited friends over to spin. She fed them and they chatted. She was dared to go and take a picture from the church if they all spun her work for her. She did this, and on her way back home from returning it, she was a corpse at the graveyard. She stole a shroud from the corpse, which came back to the girl's house to get it back. She would not give it to the corpse at the graveyard, and so the girl was taken down to the earth, only leaving her hair behind.
The Coffin-Lid: There once was a peasant whose horse grew tired at a graveyard. While there, he saw a corpse come out from the ground, put it's coffin lid at the church, and headed for the village. The man took the lid, and waited. the corpse came back after killing two villagers. The man asked how he could save them, if he gave back the lid. The man was able to save them and the village was told the story.. and thus able to stake the corpse so it would kill no longer.
The Two Corpses: There was once a soldier on his way home. He passed a graveyard and was called to by a corpse that was chasing him. He fled to a chapel where another corpse was laying down. He hid, and when the first corpse arrived, the two corpses debated on who would eat the man. But they argued until sunrise and so they died. The man was saved and thanked God.
The Dog and the Corpse: There was once a peasant who went with his dog to find game. He passed a graveyard and saw a corpse. It chased them and the dog began to fight with it. The owner ran off and the dog fought until sunrise. Then the dog came home and bit at the master for not helping it. They had to chain the dog up and eventually kill it because of the grudge.
The Soldier and the Vampire: A soldier was going home one day and decided to see an old miller friend. They chatted until dark, and the soldier left for home, despite his friends warning about a warlock that was terrorizing the village. He came across the warlock who invited him to a wedding. The warlock killed all of the guests after drinking too much, but could bring them back to life if he pleased. The two then fought until daylight and then the warlock fell dead. The soldier was able to bring the wedding party back to life and the village burned the warlocks body, bringing peace to the village.
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