Muhu, Spirit of the Muchov Rocks

West of Velké Hamry, above Zásada, rises Muchov mountain (787 m), with a group of rocks. According to legend, its name is connected with the local rock spirit Muhu, or Mugu, supposedly worshipped by the ancestors as one of their gods. Like Rýbrcoul, he could appear in many forms: a hermit, a knight or a monk. He rode a two-wheeled cart drawn by four stags and sometimes appeared as a whirl of snow. Deep inside the mountain he guards his treasure in the form of a giant. He sits on a stone bench with his head in his hands, elbows on a table, dozing. His ever-growing grey beard is already wrapped three times around the stone table. A robbers' treasure is also supposedly hidden in Muchov. Here too, a version of the legend of the forgetful woman and her child is known. She was passing on Good Friday when...