This big boulder of Svantestenen
or Svantsestenen
and Svantevitstenen
is
found 800 out in the forest from the
parking lot, in Store Klinteskov on eastern Møn
on the road leading to the GeoCenter.
Location:
Before Stengårdsvej 8, 4791 Borre.
GPS: 54.978333, 12.536667.
Size: 2,3 metres
high, 3 metres wide and 3,5 meters
long.
Meaning of the
name: Stone of Svante (Giant of
Brocken) or
Svantevit, a Vendian god. Or the
Swan-stone, as it it raises to a peak
like the neck of a swan.
Material:
Red medium-grained Granite.
Origin: ?
Legend: Two
sisters - probably giant-women - fell
out. The one built Magleby Church; the
other lived on Rygen, and from there she
threw Svantestenen that fell on
Arborrebjerg (Perch Mountain).
When the first Christian church was
built on Møn - in the city now called
Magleby - became a sorceress in Skåne
ever so furious that she threw a rock
toward the church. But it was in vain,
for the stone did not hit the church but
fell behind at the cliff on the hill
called Arborrebjerg, and there is yet to
see.
A troll on Rygen would prevent Magleby
church's building, but the stone did not
reach, it fell on top of Arborrebjerg.
It is said to be so deep in the ground
as above ground.
Magleby Church was built by two sisters,
and there were two towers of the church.
The witch hit one tower, so it fell, and
the stone flew back to church forest.
The giant Svantese on Brocken in Gernamy
has thrown the stone of the Baltic Sea
after Magleby Church tall towers, but by
God's protection stone fly half mil
back.
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