The white virgins
The white virgins or "the white girls" ( Danish (to) Hvide Jomfruer ) are two approximately 2.0 m high building stones that are in Råkilde-Ellidshøj near Aalborg in Himmerland in North Jutland in Denmark on the edge of the forest, west of the road.
Legend
According to legend, they bear this name to commemorate two virgins from Råklide who either killed each other or committed suicide because they loved the same man. One tradition says that they were both seduced by him - another says that the stones remind of two virgins who were innocently executed. Legend also has it that if you try to destroy the stones, it goes badly. In 1920 a man erected a new building in Ellidshøj and there were no stones. He thought of "the two girls" and went to work on them. Warned by the pastor, he gave up his job, but died shortly afterwards.
The residents of Råkildegård (farm) ensure that the monoliths are whitewashed every spring, because neglecting this would bring bad luck to the farm or Råkildegård would even burn down.
See also
literature
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
- Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , pp. 191 .
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Coordinates: 56 ° 55 '9.4 " N , 9 ° 51' 0.5" E