Twice ToldMysteries
Curses and relics
TaleShush (Susa), Khuzestan, Iran, 638 to 1869
One writer hangs Daniel's coffin from a bridge at Susa
Al-Tabari has Daniel's remains found at Susa in 638 and hidden on 'Umar's order. Benjamin of Tudela, about 1167, has his coffin hanging from a bridge.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, RP-P-1966-445, cropped CaseLucerne, Switzerland, 1420 to 2006
The Lucerne dragon stone: a pledge, a charter and a CT scan
In 1523 Lucerne's council certified a dragon's stone as a cure for plague. In 2006 a CT scan showed a painted clay ball.
Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern, e-rara, cropped TaleNasu, Tochigi, Japan, About 1400 to 2022
The killing stone of Nasu and a fox with two tails
The killing stone at Nasu split in two in March 2022. In the oldest written versions of its legend, the fox has two tails, not nine.
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