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Land of Legens - Blod Moutain

The Blanda - legend is the most widely known legend of all Smålandish legends. It is about how Blanda and other Smålandish women cunningly and courageously defested the Danish invaders. After the fighting they camped by the lake Åsnen. in the bay, they washed the blood off them, and the bay is called Blodviken, the Blood bay, to this day. The moutain is called Blodberget, the Blood Moutain. Another explanation for the name Blood Moutain is that there was a holy grove by the moutain. Here, animals were sacrificed to the heathen Gods. inside the moutain there is supposed to have been a hall with an altar. The king of the trolls "Puke", had ruled here. The name "Puke" stemes from the devil itself. The Blanda - legend had been regarded as historically authentic for a long time. Yet, it was made up by the mill - and factory owner of Huseby, Petter Rudebeck (1660 - 1710), in order to glorify Smålandi`s past.

Jordens undergång inträffar då stenen till vänster har kasat ner i sjön Åsnen.

The dead resting here on "Blodberget" were burnt before they were interred. The dead man/women was placed on the pyre in his/her festive attire; well equipped with food and domestic animals for the other world. Remains from the pyre were then covered by a mound. However, it was only the wealthier free men and women who received such impressive pyres. "Blodbergetserved as a burial - graund during the later Iron Age, between 1500 and 1000 years ago. both these graves, as well as name of the next village, Odensjö, remind us of the pre - Christian time in the district, when Oden was the first among the Aesir gods.

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The big cairn on the southern part of the grave - field may been built as early as 3000 years ago. All the other graves are from the later Iron Age. Most of the graves are mounds. There is also a trident. As the name indicates the shape of the trident is triangular, seen from above. The three corners are extended to long, thin points. A stone stands in the middle f the trident. Just nesrby the precipice in the southern part of the grave - field a stone can be seen, more than 2 m long. originally it stood upright and marked a grave. A legend from the area says that when the stone has slipped down to the water below, the earth will come to an end.

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