South of the village rises the steep Rýsov Hill, now also called the Devil’s Stone (536 m). On it stands a rock resembling a three-sided truncated pyramid, about six metres high. Grooves, hollows and cracks in the rock are called the Devil’s Ovens or Forks, because some look as though they have been fired red. The Devil is said to have eaten heifers, sheep and poultry on the stone. A wooden château also supposedly stood here, inhabited by a black horse whose neighing can sometimes be heard. It is also said that Rýsov holds so much gold that it can never be exhausted.
Location and map
- Place
- Provodov
- Municipality / starting point
- Provodov
- District / region
- Zlín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 12 km SE of Zlína
South of the village rises the steep Rýsov Hill, now also called the Devil’s Stone (536 m). On it stands a rock resembling a three-sided truncated pyramid, about six metres high. Grooves, hollows and cracks in the rock are called the Devil’s Ovens or Forks, because some look as though they have been fired red. The Devil is said to have eaten heifers, sheep…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 287
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.