Chindlistein

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The Erdmannlistein in Wohlen, which also played the role of a Chindlistein
Chindlistein near Hüttikon
The Langenstein in Tiengen , according to legend, a Chindlistein

As Chindlistein (also spelled Kindlistein ), Poppelistein or Tittistein , boulders are referred to in Alemannic usage, which are either considered the place of origin of the children or with which a fertility cult is connected (often so-called sliding stones ). The thing is also known from France. Most of them are foundlings . The beliefs and customs associated with stones are often traced back to the Celts in popular literature and to the megalithic culture in older literature .

Chindlisteine can be found in many areas of Switzerland. In many places it was said: “This is where the midwife fetches the newborns”, a declaration that served as a substitute for sexual education , analogous to the legend that the stork brings the babies . The Chindlisteins from Heiden and Hüttikon , for example, are associated with fertility rituals by women . For example, women should "slide down the Chindlistein with their bare bottom in order to increase their fertility and make the hoped-for wish for children come true." From the Chindlistein von Heiden it is also passed down that "during famine and in times of war children were hidden by the stone".

Examples

In Switzerland

In Germany

"According to legend, a fairy is said to live in the stone , who should offer her help in the event of infertility."

additional

  • A hiking trail called Chindlistein-Weg leads to the Chindlistein von Heiden

literature

  • L. Rütimeyer: About shell and sliding blocks in the canton of Valais and elsewhere and their meaning. In: Swiss Archives for Folklore 28, 1928, pp. 145–192, especially pp. 180–186.
  • Karl Ludwig Schmalz: Name stones and cup stones in the canton of Bern. Haupt, Bern / Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-258-03936-4 , pp. 9-14 (chapter name stones ).
  • Yves Schumacher: Stone cult book Switzerland. A guide to the cult stones and stone cults. edition amalia, Bern 1998, ISBN 3-905581-06-X , pp. 125–154 (chapter love and children's stones ).
  • Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Volume XI, Column 834, Article Chind-, Chindlistein .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Poppelistein in the Swiss Idioticon
  2. ^ Tittistein in the Swiss Idiotikon
  3. ↑ L. Rütimeyer: About shell and sliding blocks in the canton of Valais and elsewhere and their meaning. In: Swiss Archives for Folklore 28, 1928, pp. 145–192, here p. 181.
  4. ↑ For example Yves Schumacher: Steinkultbuch Schweiz. A guide to the cult stones and stone cults. edition amalia, Bern 1998, ISBN 3-905581-06-X , pp. 134-136.
  5. ↑ For example L. Rütimeyer: About shell and sliding blocks in the canton of Valais and elsewhere and their meaning. In: Swiss Archives for Folklore 28, 1928, pp. 145–192, here p. 181.
  6. ↑ Examples see in the Swiss Idiotikon under the keywords Chind and Chindlistein as well as in Karl Ludwig Schmalz: Name stones and shell stones in the canton of Bern. Haupt, Bern / Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-258-03936-4 , pp. 9-14. The Swiss Idioticon names in Volume III column 338 f. Numerous places where the children should come from, for example from rocks, from under stones, from caves, from or from mountains, from trees and hollow tree trunks, from wells, from the Kindligraben, from certain (partly fictitious) places, from the Zurzach market etc.
  7. ^ Yves Schumacher: Stone cult book Switzerland. A guide to the cult stones and stone cults. edition amalia, Bern 1998, ISBN 3-905581-06-X , pp. 134-136, here p. 135.
  8. ↑ The Chindlistein near Heiden (AR) (PDF)
  9. ↑ a b Chindlistein, Hüttikon; Canton of Zurich ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ), on the erratiker.ch website
  10. ↑ a b c Der Chindlistein bei Heiden , entry on the website Kraftorte Schweiz
  11. ↑ Cult stones in Switzerland, section Chindlistein near Heiden
  12. ↑ Chindlistein I., Heiden; Canton of Appenzell-Ausserrhoden ( memento from November 13, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), on the website erratiker.ch
  13. ↑ Where children were once hidden ( Memento from February 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), article in the St. Galler Tagblatt from September 9, 2011
  14. ↑ Chindlistein (Schwamendingen / Örlikon) , information on the Seebach local history collection website
  15. ↑ The saga of the Erdmannli boulder (PDF), archive version from January 6, 2016
  16. ↑ Rolf Sprenger: Big Plans for the Long Stone , Südkurier, August 14, 2019.
  17. ↑ Chindlistein-Weg, Heiden. Google Maps, accessed November 18, 2019 .