Above the village stands eight-metre-high Jarcovská kula, a natural rock curiosity also called the Devil's Stake. The devil dropped it here when a farmer's wife challenged him to build a mill on the hill and divert the Bečva overnight to win her daughter's hand. The girl had earlier boastfully invited ‘the devil himself’ to dance. Surprised by a cock crowing, the fiend dropped the final stone, burying the cottage with mother and daughter inside.
Location and map
- Place
- Jarcová
- Municipality / starting point
- Jarcová
- District / region
- Vsetín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 3 km S of Valašského Meziříčí
Above the village stands eight-metre-high Jarcovská kula, a natural rock curiosity also called the Devil's Stake. The devil dropped it here when a farmer's wife challenged him to build a mill on the hill and divert the Bečva overnight to win her daughter's hand. The girl had earlier boastfully invited ‘the devil himself’ to dance. Surprised by a cock…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 143
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.