The Third Riddle in Vörå
Österbotten · Finland · Church
What is harder than hard? A mother's heart, when she pledged away her child.
In Vörå they tell of a woman in peril at sea who pledged away her unborn child to a dark power. As a youth the boy was placed on the church altar, and at sunrise the evil one came with three riddles. The boy answered mother's milk, a mother's embrace and finally her heart when she had pledged him away, and so the evil one was forced to leave.
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Where is The Third Riddle in Vörå located?
The Third Riddle in Vörå is in Österbotten, Finland.
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