Legends of the UK and beyond

Each page retells one legend in our own words and sets it beside its origins, the versions recorded in the sources, and the books and archives where it was written down. These are traditional tales, not established facts.

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• United Kingdom

Legends

• The Lambton Worm – The Lambton Worm is a County Durham legend about the young heir of Lambton, who fishes a strange worm out of the River Wear on a Sunday and later has to kill the monster it grows into. Because he breaks the vow made before the fight, a curse falls on nine generations of his family.