Pagans once worshipped a female deity on Baba hill. Local tradition says St Methodius replaced this cult with the veneration of St Anne. He also supposedly placed a Mother of God statuette in Kostelec's church. It is now kept in the Marian pilgrimage church in Štípa. Below the hill rises the Svatá voda, Holy Water, spring, credited with healing properties.
Location and map
- Place
- Kostelec-Štípa
- Municipality / starting point
- Kostelec-Štípa
- District / region
- Zlín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 6 km NE of Zlína
Pagans once worshipped a female deity on Baba hill. Local tradition says St Methodius replaced this cult with the veneration of St Anne. He also supposedly placed a Mother of God statuette in Kostelec's church. It is now kept in the Marian pilgrimage church in Štípa. Below the hill rises the Svatá voda, Holy Water, spring, credited with healing properties.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 175
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.