Malatya, Beydağı (folk tale)

The Sleeping Saint of Beydağı

Folklore — not a documented case

On Beydağı, the mountain overlooking Malatya, it is told that a saint turned to stone lies sleeping, waking once a year to ask about the fertility of the plain.

According to the tale, a saint turned to stone sleeps on the mountain. He wakes only once a year and asks a single question: is the Malatya plain being plowed with a golden plow? If the answer is no, he falls back asleep.

The stories in this section are folk tales and legends; they are not verified, real events and should not be confused with the rest of the archive.

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