Sawney Bean legend

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legend
European folklore
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:debatedBy possible myth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sawney Bean legend
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:The_Hills_Have_Eyes
Rory Gallagher's song 'Sawney Bean'
gptkbp:mainCharacter Sawney Bean
Agnes Douglas
Sawney Bean's family
gptkbp:narrativeStyle gptkb:murder
gptkb:execution
ambush
capture by authorities
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:murder
alleged 48-member cannibal family
inspiration for horror fiction
gptkbp:period 16th century
gptkbp:recordedAt 18th century pamphlets
gptkbp:relatedTo Alexander Smith's 'A Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen'
Scottish criminal folklore
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Ayrshire,_Scotland
Bennane Cave
gptkbp:theme cannibalism
outlawry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Hills_Have_Eyes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6