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The goose and the swan - a prophecy

The goose and the swan - a prophecy

Jan Hus and Martin Luther

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“They will roast a goose now (because Hus means goose [in Czech]), but in a hundred years they will hear a swan singing, which they will then have to endure.”

(Spiezer Chronik, 1485)

Jan Hus was born around 1369 in South Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) in a town called Husinec. He took the name of the town and abbreviated it to Hus. Hus actually means 'g…

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