Case file · Folklore / legend
Elijah's Cave, Haifa
A grotto at the foot of Mount Carmel where Elijah is said to have hidden or taught; Jews, Christians, Muslims and Druze have prayed there, and many came hoping for healing, especially of mental illness.
1300 CE · 32.83, 34.97 · status: legend
The account
Medieval Jewish pilgrims describe it, and a Muslim mosque and later a Jewish synagogue occupied the site. Stories tell of visitors who slept in the cave and woke cured, or who met Elijah himself, who in Jewish folklore wanders the world in disguise.
The sceptical view
Healing reports are traditional, not documented cases; year is an approximate earliest attestation.