They were seven young Christians who hid in a cave to escape persecution. When they awoke, it was 200 years later.
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The weather on Seven Sleepers Day is said to determine the weather for the next seven weeks.
Pictured:
Above: Medieval manuscript representation of the Seven Sleepers.
Below: Another kind of Siebenschlafer (Seven-Sleeper), the Glis glis or Edible Dormouse. Illustration by Gustav Mutzel, 1927.
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