Stenstuen - Alstrup, Denmark - Weird Story Locations on Waymarking.com

Dansk: Stendysse fra den tidlige neolitiske periode cirka 5500 år siden. I følge folkloren er der to drabelige historier knyttet til Stenstuen.

To karle forelskede sig i den samme pige fra egnen. Den ene dræber sin rival og begraver ham i oldtidskammeret. Der ligger han endnu med en skæppe guldpenge i den ene hånd og en skæppe sølvpenge i den anden.

I det andet sagn boede der en bisp fra Århus på Bisgård. Han besvangrede en af Bisgårds piger. Da han havde været ude ved øen Hjortholm for at se til sit kvæg, mødte han hende om aftenen på vejen tilbage pigen der bebrejdede ham, hvad han havde gjort mod hende og bad om hjælp. Han blev vred og slog hende ihjel og begravede hende i oldtidsgraven på Alstrup mark.

English: Early neolithic dolmen built approximately 5500 years ago. According to folklore two weird and macabre stories is told about the location.

Two men fell in love with the same girl from the area. One kills his rival and buries him in the ancient chamber. There he still lies with a bushel gold money in one hand and a bushel silver money in the other.

In the second story a bishop from Aarhus lived at Bisgård. He fel in love with one of the local girls and made her pregnant. When he had been out on the island of Hjortholm to look after his cattle, he met her in the evening on the way back the girl who blamed him for what he had done to her and asked for help. He became angry and killed her and buried her in the ancient tomb at Alstrup field.

Type: Local Legend or Lore Referenced in (list books, websites and other media): Mads Lidegaard "Danske sten fra sagn og tro" (Nyt Nordisk Forlag) Website Reference: [Web Link] Additional Coordinates: Not Listed

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