Between Ratková and Suchá stands a hill with a group of stones, supposedly a shepherdess and her sheep turned to stone. They remain as they were when a weary old man cursed them after she refused to let him drink from her spring. Once a year, on the night before the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the shepherdess is said to come alive and run about the hill searching for her spring.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Ratková
- Municipality / starting point
- Ratková
- District / region
- Rimavská Sobota
- Country
- Slovakia
- Distance and direction
- 21 km E of Hnúště
Approximate location on the map
The link searches for Ratková and its surroundings. The sources do not establish the precise point of this legend.
Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 298
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.