The Crowned Pike of Lappfjärd

Österbotten · Finland · Site of legend

A crowned pike offered everything - for the first thing to meet the old man on his way home.

In Lappfjärd they tell of an old man who at the shore met a crowned pike that offered all he wished for in return for the first thing to meet him on his way home, which proved to be his eight-year-old son. The boy was protected within a ring bearing the name of Jesus carved in rock and withstood the evil one's disguises. The legend then grows into a long journey through the underworld with magic boots and a cap of invisibility.

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Where is The Crowned Pike of Lappfjärd located?

The Crowned Pike of Lappfjärd is in Österbotten, Finland.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.