Barbados · Folktales and oral traditions
Documented transfer
Related telling or shared motif
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Barbados
- Tales
- 1
- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 1
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A vault door in Oistins, Barbados, sits at the centre of a mystery retold in several publications. Schomburgk’s 1848 account shows how it was written down before later interpretations.
Tales in the Atlas
The Moving Coffins of the Chase Vault
1848 · Robert H. Schomburgk · The History of Barbados · pp. 220–221
Tales found across countries
| Tales | Countries and regions |
|---|---|
| The Moving Coffins of the Chase Vault | Barbados Estonia |