There are several legends about Dreverna. Here are some of the most interesting ones.
Long ago, there was a beach giantess named Neringa, who filled her apron with sand to fill the Baltic Sea. Since there was a hole in her apron, as she walked from Semba (toward Kaliningrad) toward the Dutch Cap, so much sand spilled into the water that the Curonian Spit was formed. She let the remaining sand fall from her apron in the village of Dreverna. This is how a spherical hill was formed, which is now the Dreverna cemetery. Once, an old man wanted to cross the Curonian Lagoon to gather firewood on the other side, because there was a magnificent forest growing there. So the old man asked the giant to fill in the Curonian Lagoon so he could cross over to the forest. The giant went to Dreverna to fetch sand, filled a sack to the brim, and set out to fill in the Marių. However, his sack burst, and the sand spilled onto the ground.
The giant sat down on the sack of sand to mend it. His long legs stretched all the way to the Brukšva meadow, which was overgrown with bushes and teeming with wolves. The hungry wolves rushed toward the giant and gnawed off his legs. He was so absorbed in his work that he didn’t notice the wolves’ mischief at all, so he grew weak and suddenly died. The next day, the people gathered, mourned the good giant, and then covered him with sand. Later, a strong west wind formed a tall, pointed mound. It is now called the Dreverna Graves or the Giant’s Grave. When burying the dead there, people still find the giant’s bones.