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Legends about Luther

Such a well-known and discussed personality as the Reformer Dr. Martin Luther provides an ideal basis for the imagination to run wild and create stories which tend to distort reality. Anecdotes and legends about Luther are the result.
On top of that, Luther lived in a time during which the belief in witches, the devil, supernatural happenings and the end of the world was wide spread among the common people.
The truth of most of these legends is very minimal, but the entertainment value is high.

Luther...

... promised to become a monk during a thunderstorm
... nailed the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle church
... fights with the devil at the Wartburg
Emporer Carl at Luther's grave
Luther oak, linden, beech, and apple trees
"Here I Stand. I cannot do otherwise. God Help me, Amen!"

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