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Haunted houses, curses and ghosts that entered wills, courts and property sales, and the legends, epics, plays and novels told about heirs, thrones and treasures.

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The price of a house where a family was killed fell first because of the crime and then rose and fell with the story told about it. A trust for grandchildren could not keep an heirloom that the estate's debts had to pay for.

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50
Years
1147 BCE to 2013
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Europe, East Asia, North America
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Common law, Civil law
Updated
30 October 2026

Every case in ghosts and legends, best-known first

Best-known first: cases from 1900 on, then the United States, then Europe, and the people most read about on English Wikipedia each month. Fiction, scripture and legend come last.

Amityville house: The house featured by the movie The Amityville Horror, built circa 1924, at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York, United States. By the time this photograph was1974 · 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, Long Island, New York, USAThe Amityville house sold for $80,000 after six murders; the family that fled sued, and a judge called their story largely fictionKind 1. On 13 November 1974 Ronald DeFeo Jr., 23, shot his parents and four siblings as they slept at 112 Ocean Avenue.psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk and 2 moreThe Hope Diamond - SIA: 1974. The Hope Diamond, one of the largest of all blue diamonds, 45.52 carats, exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History. The gem is slightly lops1947 · Washington, D.C., USAThe Hope Diamond's curse story was sold with the stone in 1911; its owner's will put it in trust for her grandchildren, and her trustees sold it to pay her debtsThe Hope Diamond curse is an unproven tale. Newspapers printed curse stories about the stone between 1908 and 1911; later research cast serious doubt on them, and they are described as embellished to help sales.the-cartiers.com and 2 moreSarah Winchester: Sarah Lockwood Winchester in her only extant image circa 1920.1922 · San Jose, California, USASarah Winchester inherited a rifle fortune and built a San Jose mansion; the medium who supposedly ordered it was invented in 1967Kind 2, with the record. Sarah Pardee married William Wirt Winchester, son of the rifle maker, in 1862. Their daughter Annie was born on 15 June 1866 and died within weeks. William died of tuberculosis in March 1881.skeptoid.com and 2 moreLemp Mansion 2012: Lemp Mansion in 20121904 · Lemp Mansion, 3322 South 13th Street, St. Louis, Missouri, UThree Lemps shot themselves in the family mansion, Prohibition closed the brewery, and the house now sells haunted toursKind 1 and kind 2. Johann Adam Lemp arrived in St. Louis from Germany in 1838 and began brewing. His son William J. Lemp moved the brewery to its present site in 1864, and by the mid-1870s it was the largest in the city.stlouis-mo.gov and 4 moreMap of New York, marked on the globe1989 · 1 LaVeta Place, Nyack, Rockland County, New York, USAA New York court ruled the Nyack house "haunted as a matter of law" and let the buyer walk away from $650,000Kind 1. Helen Ackley and her family lived at 1 LaVeta Place, an 1890 Victorian on the Hudson.blogs.loc.gov and 3 moreMap of North Carolina, marked on the globe1921 · Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina, USAPink Chaffin said his dead father led him to a second will hidden in Genesis 27, and a North Carolina court admitted it in 1925Kind 1. James L. Chaffin farmed near Mocksville and had four sons. A will dated 1905 left his estate, including 102 acres, to one son, Marshall. Chaffin died after a fall in 1921 and the 1905 will was probated.mentalfloss.com and 2 moreDutchmans Trail, Palamino Mountain (left), Weavers Needle (right) (3285875350): Superstition Wilderness.1891 · Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction, Arizona, USAJacob Waltz died in 1891 and his carer sold maps to his supposed gold mine; searchers have died looking for it sinceThe Lost Dutchman's Mine is an unproven tale. Jacob Waltz, a German immigrant, died in Phoenix on 25 October 1891.azstateparks.com and 2 moreHauser Kreul: Kaspar Hauser1833 · Ansbach, Bavaria, GermanyA rumour said Kaspar Hauser was the stolen heir to the throne of Baden; he was stabbed to death in 1833, and a 2024 DNA study ruled out the Baden lineKaspar Hauser is a claimed lost heir whose claim was never proven. On 26 May 1828 a teenager appeared in Nuremberg carrying two letters, later judged to be in one hand. He said he had grown up in a dungeon.bath.ac.uk and 2 moreGlamis Castle 01: Glamis Castle in Scotland, as seen from Angles Park.1821 · Glamis Castle, Angus, ScotlandThe peerage records Lord Glamis's first son as born and dead on 21 October 1821; a legend says he lived, hidden in the castle, and each heir was told the secretThe Monster of Glamis is a legend.mikedashhistory.com and 2 moreBorley Rectory after the fire: Borley Rectory1892 · Borley, Essex, EnglandBorley Rectory passed from father to son for 64 years, drew ghost hunters for a decade, and burned in 1939 with the insurers suspecting arsonKind 1 and kind 2. Rev. Henry Dawson Ellis Bull built Borley Rectory in 1863, a 23-room house on nearly four acres. His four daughters said they saw a nun in daylight on 28 July 1900.psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk and 2 moreMap of Nebraska, marked on the globe1892 · Brownville, Nemaha County, Nebraska, USAA widow left her inherited fortune to a Lincoln charity home; her family said a planchette and her dead husband's spirit guided her, and Nebraska upheld the will in 1895Kind 1. Elizabeth C. Handley of Brownville inherited her husband's estate, valued at $36,000 to $37,000, when he died about ten years before her will.Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School and 2 moreGlamis Castle - geograph.org.uk - 637303: Glamis Castle1537 · Castle Hill, Edinburgh; Glamis Castle, Angus, ScotlandJames V burned Lady Glamis in 1537, took Glamis Castle and its silver, and the legend says she still kneels in the chapelKind 1 and kind 2. Janet Douglas was the widow of John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis, who died in 1528, and the sister of the Earl of Angus, whom James V had driven out of Scotland. In 1532 she was indicted for poisoning her late husband.Internet Archive and 4 moreMap of China, marked on the globe2013 · Shaanxi, China; also Shandong, Hebei and GansuChina's courts jail grave robbers who sell women's corpses as "ghost brides" for sons who died unmarriedKind 1. In the custom of ghost marriage, a family buries a son who died single with a dead bride. Chris K. K.madeinchinajournal.com and 2 moreMap of China, marked on the globe2000 · Yau Yat Chuen, Kowloon, Hong Kong, ChinaA Hong Kong buyer asked twice whether anything had happened in the flat; a boy had fallen to his death from its balconyKind 1. In July 2000 the son of Mr Leung, whose company Ladefaith owned a fifth-floor flat in Yau Yat Chuen, fell from its balcony and died in hospital about eight hours later.vlex.hk and 3 moreMap of Japan, marked on the globe1986 · Niigata, Sendai, Sapporo, Fukuoka and Tokyo, JapanJapanese courts cancelled auction sales of houses where owners had died by suicide, and in 2021 the state set a three-year disclosure ruleKind 1. Japan calls a property where someone died by suicide or murder a jiko bukken. When courts sell seized homes at auction, buyers have asked to cancel sales of such houses, and courts have ruled both ways.mc-law.jp and 2 moreProbably Dorothy, Viscountess Townshend title QS:P1476,en:"Probably Dorothy, Viscountess Townshend "label QS:Len,"Probab: Probably Dorothy, Viscountess Townshend title QS:P1476,en:1726 · Raynham Hall, Norfolk, EnglandDorothy Walpole married the man her father forbade, died of smallpox at Raynham in 1726, and became the Brown Lady photographed on its stairs in 1936Kind 2, with the record. Dorothy Walpole, sister of Robert Walpole, Britain's first prime minister, grew up at Mannington and Wolterton near Aylsham.derehamtimes.co.uk and 2 moreThérèse Humbert: Thérèse Humbert1879 · Paris, FranceThérèse Humbert borrowed for 20 years against an inheritance from an American millionaire who never existed, and the safe held almost nothingThe Crawford inheritance was a hoax. Thérèse Humbert, born Thérèse Daurignac in 1856, said that in 1879 she had helped an American millionaire, Robert Henry Crawford, through a heart attack on a train.complaintes.criminocorpus.org and 2 moreRose Hall (Jamaica): Rose Hall, the estate house of a former sugar plantation, in Jamaica.1827 · Rose Hall, near Montego Bay, St James, JamaicaRose Hall's heir died in debt, his widow sold her rights for £200, and a novel later made her the "White Witch" who killed three husbandsKind 2, with the record. Rosa Kelly married four times. Her fourth husband, John Palmer, owned the neighbouring Palmyra estate. Rose Hall great house was finished in the 1770s. Rosa died in 1790 and left the property to Palmer.jamaicanfamilysearch.com and 2 moreCock Lane ghost: Cock Lane as seen in MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE Madness of Crowds, 18521760 · Cock Lane, Smithfield, London, EnglandKent inherited his dead lover's money, and her "ghost" accused him of poisoning her; a London jury convicted the ghost's handlers in 1762Kind 1. William Kent, a Norfolk innkeeper and moneylender, married Elizabeth Lynes, who died in childbirth. Canon law barred him from marrying her sister Fanny because Elizabeth had borne him a living child.Project Gutenberg and 2 moreMap of Australia, marked on the globe1826 · Campbelltown, New South Wales, AustraliaWorrall held Fisher's power of attorney, said Fisher had sailed for England, and sold his property; Fisher was in a grave on Worrall's landKind 1 and kind 2. Frederick Fisher was transported to New South Wales in 1818 and became a ticket-of-leave man. By 1825 he held four farms, one of them at Campbelltown.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au and 2 moreBurton Agnes Hall 01: Burton Agnes Hall, Burton Agnes, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.1620 · Burton Agnes Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire, EnglandBurton Agnes Hall has passed by inheritance since 1610, and its builder's daughter is said to be bricked into a wallKind 2, with the house's ownership record. Sir Henry Griffith built Burton Agnes Hall from 1601 to 1610 to designs attributed to Robert Smythson.burtonagnes.com and 2 morePerchta z Rožmberka: Perchta z Rožmberka1476 · Vienna, Austria; Český Krumlov and Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Perchta of Rožmberk was married off for money in 1449, refused her dying husband's plea for forgiveness, and the legend made her the White LadyKind 2, with the record. Perchta was born about 1429, a daughter of Oldřich II of Rožmberk, the most powerful lord in South Bohemia.encyklopedie.ckrumlov.cz and 2 morePliny the Younger - Como - Duomo - 4: Statue of Plinius Minor on the Duomo (Como)100 · Athens, GreecePliny tells of an Athens house let cheap because of its ghost; the philosopher who took it found a chained skeleton in the yardKind 2: what Pliny writes in letter 7.27, told "just as I heard it". A large house in Athens had a bad name. At night tenants heard chains, then saw the ghost of a thin old man in fetters.Project Gutenberg and 2 moreHorti Lamiani (2006-2009): Planietria ricostruttiva degli Horti Lamiani41 · Horti Lamiani, Esquiline Hill, Rome, ItalySuetonius says Caligula ignored Tiberius's will, killed his co-heir, and haunted the gardens he inherited until his sisters reburied himKind 2: what Suetonius says. Tiberius's will named Caligula and his other grandson, the boy Tiberius Gemellus, as joint heirs. When Caligula entered Rome, the Senate and the crowd gave him full power and the will was set aside.University of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 2 morePeriander Pio-Clementino Inv276: Bust of Periander bearing the inscription “Periander, son of Cypselus, Corinthian”. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original from the 4th century.587 BCE · Corinth, Greece; Corcyra (Corfu), GreeceHerodotus says Periander killed his wife, lost his heir over it, and stripped the women of Corinth to get her ghost to say where a deposit wasKind 2: what Herodotus says, written about 150 years later. Periander ruled Corinth from about 627 to 587 BC after his father Cypselus. He killed his wife Melissa.Project Gutenberg and 2 moreKitano Tenjin Engi Emaki Michizane in exil: 大宰府の配所で恩賜の御衣を取出し嘆く菅原道真（承久本『北野天神縁起絵巻』巻4）903 · Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan; Kyoto, JapanJapan's court exiled Michizane on a rival's charge, then restored his offices and made him Chancellor 90 years after his deathKind 1 and kind 2. Sugawara no Michizane was a scholar from a family of modest rank. His daughter became a consort of Emperor Uda, and in 899 he was made Minister of the Right while Fujiwara no Tokihira became Minister of the Left.kotobank.jp and 2 moreTaira no Masakado Kubizuka: 将門塚正面。940 · Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan (mound); Kanto region, JapanMasakado fought his uncles for land, called himself the new emperor, and his head mound in Tokyo moved the Finance MinistryKind 1 and kind 2. Taira no Masakado was the son of Taira no Yoshimochi. The Konjaku monogatarishu says his uncles seized lands he was due to inherit from his father. Other accounts give a quarrel over a woman.pinktentacle.com and 2 moreMap of Virginia, marked on the globeLegend · 1822 · Bedford County, Virginia, USAAn 1885 pamphlet says a buried treasure in Virginia belongs to 30 men and their heirs, named in a cipher nobody has solvedThe Beale treasure is an unproven tale, and several researchers call it a hoax. It comes from a pamphlet, The Beale Papers, published by James B. Ward in Lynchburg in 1885. The pamphlet says Thomas J.documents.theblackvault.com and 2 moreBeowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r: The first folio of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. Part of the Cotton MS VitelliLegend · 1000 · land of the Geats, Scandinavia (setting)Beowulf says a dying king won a dragon's hoard with no son to leave it to, and his people buried the gold with himBeowulf is an Old English poem, not history. It survives in one manuscript, the Nowell Codex, dated about 975 to 1025; scholars date the poem anywhere from about 700 to 1000.Project Gutenberg and 2 moreThe entrance of Shaniwar Wada.: This is a photo of ASI monument number1773 · Shaniwar Wada, Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaRaghunathrao's men killed the 17-year-old Peshwa in his palace, his widow bore a son who took the throne back, and Pune says the boy still cries for his uncleKind 1 and kind 2. The Peshwa Madhavrao I died of tuberculosis in 1772 and was succeeded by his brother Narayanrao, aged 17. Their uncle Raghunathrao, next in line, had been held in confinement.livehistoryindia.com and 2 moreHimeji Castle Okiku Well: Himeji Castle Okiku Well1741 · Himeji Castle, Hyogo, Japan; Bancho, Edo (Tokyo), JapanOkiku broke one of ten heirloom dishes, was killed and thrown into a well, and Himeji Castle still shows the wellKind 2: what the plays and storytellers say. The first staged version, a puppet play at Osaka's Toyotakeza in 1741, is set at Himeji. Aoyama Tessan, a retainer, plots to take the castle from his lords, the Kotera.edizionicafoscari.it and 2 moreKabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Iemon Confronted by an Image of His Murdered Wife, Oiwa: Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Iemon Confronted by an Image of His Murdered Wife, Oiwa, on1636 · Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanOiwa's shrine says she and her adopted-heir husband restored the Tamiya fortunes; the 1825 play has him betray her for a richer matchKind 2, with the shrine's record. In 1827 the Oiwa Inari Tamiya shrine submitted a history to the shogunate.projects.mcah.columbia.edu and 2 moreFrancis Humberston Mackenzie: Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth FRS (9 June 1754 – 11 January 1815), Chief of the Highland Clan Mackenzie who raised the 78th (Highlanders) RegiLegend · 1815 · Ross-shire and the Isle of Lewis, ScotlandA Highland prophecy says the last Seaforth chief would be deaf and outlive his sons, Lord Seaforth's death in 1815 matched it, and historians say the seer may never have existedThe Brahan Seer is a figure of Highland folklore. Tradition says that while the third Earl of Seaforth was in Paris, his countess asked the seer Coinneach Odhar where he was. The seer said the earl was with a fair lady.Internet Archive and 2 moreEmpiezan las historias(Popol vuh): Title page of oldest known Popol Vuh manuscriptLegend · 1554 · Chichicastenango, Guatemala (where the book was kept)The Popol Vuh says twin boys found their dead father's ballgame gear hidden in the roof, and it led them to the lords of the underworld who had killed himThe Popol Vuh is the sacred book of the K'iche' Maya. Allen Christenson dates it to 1554 to 1558. The original is lost; the text survives in a copy made by the Dominican Francisco Ximénez in Chichicastenango in the early 1700s.mesoweb.com and 1 moreGerman: Hagen versenkt den Nibelungenhort.title QS:P1476,de:"Hagen versenkt den Nibelungenhort."label QS:Lde,"Hagen vers: German: Hagen versenkt den Nibelungenhort.title QS:P1476,dLegend · 1200 · Worms, Germany, and the court of Etzel (setting)The Nibelungenlied says Hagen sank a widow's bridal treasure in the Rhine, and she had her brother beheaded trying to learn whereThe Nibelungenlied is a Middle High German epic written down about 1200, probably at the court of Bishop Wolfger von Erla of Passau.Project Gutenberg and 3 moreCowdray ruins 20: Ruins of Cowdray House, Midhurst, West Sussex, England.Legend · 1793 · Cowdray, Midhurst, West Sussex, EnglandLegend says a monk cursed the family given Battle Abbey's lands to end by fire and water; in 1793 Cowdray burned and its young owner drowned in the Rhine within weeksThe curse of Cowdray is a legend. In 1538 Anthony Browne received Battle Abbey after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.cowdray.co.uk and 3 moreMap of South Korea, marked on the globe1441 · Soreung, Ansan, Gyeonggi, South Korea; Hyeolleung, DonggureuSejo dug up Queen Hyeondeok's tomb after her son's fall; the legend says her coffin was thrown into the sea, and her rank came back 56 years laterKind 1 and kind 2. Lady Gwon, daughter of Gwon Jeon, became consort of the crown prince who later reigned as King Munjong. In 1441 she gave birth to their son, the future King Danjong, and died a day later, aged about 23.ih.snu.ac.kr and 2 moreSoga Brothers Surprising Suketsune, 1890: Dramatic kabuki scene from the famous tale of the Soga Brothers, whose lifelong quest was to avenge the death of their father at the hands1176 · Itō estate, Izu, and the Fuji hunting grounds, Shizuoka, JapThe Tale of the Soga Brothers says a guardian took his ward's estate, the ward killed the guardian's son, and the son's boys killed him 17 years laterThe Soga revenge is recorded history wrapped in legend. The killing in 1193 is in the chronicle Azuma Kagami; the estate quarrel behind it comes mainly from the Manabon text of the Soga monogatari.kotobank.jp and 3 moreEmperor Sutoku: Portrait of the Emperor Sutoku (from the Tenshi-Sekkan Miei)1164 · Sanuki Province (Sakaide, Kagawa), Japan; Shiramine Jingu, KEmperor Sutoku lost the throne to his brothers, died in exile, and was brought home as a spirit in 1868Kind 1 and kind 2. Sutoku, the first son of Emperor Toba, became emperor as a small child in 1123 while Toba ruled as retired emperor. A story that surfaced in the next century said his real father was Toba's grandfather Shirakawa.archived.writersinkyoto.com and 2 moreZi Chan: Zi Chan (子產, 子产), also known as Gongsun Qiao (died 522 BC), was the most outstanding statesman of the State of Zheng in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period. 543 BCE · Xinzheng, capital of the state of Zheng, Henan, ChinaZheng's minister was killed in the sheep market, his rivals died on the days his ghost named, and Zichan gave his son office to stop the hauntingKind 2: what the Zuo zhuan says. Liang Xiao, called Bo You, was senior minister of Zheng; his family had held power for three generations. He drank through the night in an underground room.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreRose Hall (Jamaica): Rose Hall, the estate house of a former sugar plantation, in Jamaica.Legend · 1827 · Rose Hall, near Montego Bay, JamaicaJamaican legend says the mistress of Rose Hall murdered her husbands; the records say her husband died in debt and she sold her claim for £200The White Witch of Rose Hall is a legend. It says Annie Palmer, trained in witchcraft, murdered three husbands and enslaved men and was killed by an enslaved man, Takoo. The records tell another story.jamaicagreathouses.com and 2 moreMuisca raft - detail - Museo del Oro, Bogotá: Detail of famous Muisca raft, Museo del Oro (Gold Museum), BogotáLegend · 1537 · Lake Guatavita, Cundinamarca, ColombiaA 1636 chronicle says the heir of Guatavita fasted six years in a cave and was covered in gold dust to take his uncle's lordship, and the rite gave the world El DoradoEl Dorado began as a real succession rite and grew into a legend. Juan Rodríguez Freyle wrote the fullest account in 1636 from what don Juan, lord of Guatavita, told him.biblioteca-antologica.org and 3 moreHere begynneth a gest of Robyn Hode: Beginn der Gest of Robyn HodeLegend · 1450 · St Mary's Abbey, York, and the greenwood, EnglandThe Gest of Robyn Hode says a knight pledged his lands to an abbot for £400 and Robin paid the debt; a 1598 play made Robin an earl robbed by his uncleRobin Hood is a legend, and the Gest is the longest early ballad about him. It was printed by Wynkyn de Worde and in Antwerp around 1500 and was probably compiled between 1450 and 1475.boldoutlaw.com and 4 moreMap of South Korea, marked on the globeLegend · 1833 · Namwon, North Jeolla, South Korea (villages that claim the sThe Korean tale of Heungbu and Nolbu says the elder brother took the whole inheritance and threw the younger out, and a swallow reversed their fortunesHeungbu and Nolbu is a folk tale and a pansori song cycle, Heungbuga, written down in the late Joseon dynasty by an unknown author. The earliest known text is presumed to date from 1833. Two brothers are sons of a rich man.jjan.kr and 2 moreThe Murder of Iraj: This folio from Walters manuscript W.602 illustrates the murder of Iraj.Legend · 1010 · Iran (the kingdom of Iran in the epic)The Shahnameh says King Faridun gave Iran to his youngest son, and the two elder sons killed him and sent his head to their fatherFerdowsi's Shahnameh, finished in 1010, tells this as legend; the king Faridun goes back to the Avestan hero Thraetaona. In Warner's 1905 translation, Faridun, worn with age, divides the world among three sons.Internet Archive and 4 moreMap of United Kingdom, marked on the globeLegend · 1485 · London, England (the churchyard of "the greatest churchMalory says Uther's heir was raised in secret, the lords refused the boy who pulled the sword, and the common people made him kingThe sword in the stone is legend. Specialists hold Arthur to be a mythological or folkloric figure. The sword story does not appear in Geoffrey of Monmouth's account of about 1137; it was introduced around 1200 by Robert de Boron.Project Gutenberg and 3 moreGeoffrey Leicester Gray: Geoffrey Leicester Gray, British colonial administrator and his wife in 1953Legend · 750 BCE · Leicester, EnglandGeoffrey of Monmouth says King Leir split Britain between two flattering daughters, who took all of it and cut his household from 60 knights to oneGeoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain, written about 1136, is the first known telling of the story of Leir. Scholars treat Leir as a legendary king.yorku.ca and 4 moreMap of the Mali Empire: Own work, based off of Gomez, M. (2018). African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa (1st ed.). Princeton University Press. Legend · 1224 · Manden, MaliThe Sundiata epic says the king wanted his crippled son to rule, the council crowned his half-brother, and the exiled son came back to found MaliThe Epic of Sundiata is oral tradition passed down by Manding griots. It reached print when Djibril Tamsir Niane published the version of the griot Mamoudou Kouyaté in French in 1960; an English translation followed in 1965.bu.edu and 2 moreHorus and Seth crowning Ramesses III: Statue of Horus and Seth placing the crown of Upper Egypt on the head of Ramesses III. Twentieth Dynasty, early 12th century BC.Legend · 1147 BCE · Deir el-Medina, Thebes (Luxor), Egypt (where the papyrus wasAn Egyptian papyrus says the gods argued for 80 years over whether the dead king Osiris's throne went to his son Horus or his brother SethThe Contendings of Horus and Seth is a myth, not a record of events. It fills the first sixteen pages of Papyrus Chester Beatty I, copied around 1147 BC in the reign of Ramesses V and found in 1931.riull.ull.es and 3 moreL'Orphelin de la Maison de Tchao: This is a page of Joseph Henri Marie de Prémare's L'Orphelin de la Maison de Tchao, as published in Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's Description GéographiLegend · 583 BCE · State of Jin, Shanxi, ChinaThe Zuo zhuan and the Shiji give two accounts of how Jin destroyed the Zhao clan and gave its lands back to the one surviving boyThe Orphan of Zhao is told in two histories that disagree, and later as a play. The older Zuo zhuan says Zhao Ying had an affair with Zhuang Ji of the Zhao household, and his brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo exiled him to Qi.zh.wikisource.org and 3 more