An estate-owner from Dubrovnik sent a sickly son to
Lopud to recover. He fell in love with a poor girl there. His father, to avert
this love, asked the Benedictines from the island Saint Andrija to take care of
his son. Regardless of the decision, two lovers gave each other the word to
meet in the future. Whenever he was free he would set the fire near the sea and
she would swim there. It worked for a few times but the girl’s brothers soon
heard about it and decided to set the fire on their boat and to sail to the
open sea.
As they did so the girl swam behind them further and further until
she got exhausted and drowned. During the night a big storm arose and
overturned the boat. Her brothers drowned, too. The girl’s dead body was found
at the shores of Saint Andrija and the young man took holy orders and remained
at the island forever. According to this legend Saint Andrija was also called
Donzella (a young girl).
‘A wretched woman from Lopud’ is a legend very similar
to the legend ‘Hero and Leandra’ from Greek mythology.
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