Smöjträd
Posted by lilykarin on januari 14th, 2010 . Filed under: Beauty in the World .
Smöjträd or trolltall is the swedish folklore name for a magic pine that is split in two (or has large roots over ground) & that the people used to pull people through to cure diseases, mostly rachitis & aches of different kinds. When I was a kid I used to read a lot about them in my grandmother’s weekly newspapers and in a lot of books on life in the 19th century in Sweden where they practically always seemed to go and pull someone through a trollträd and I was extremely fascinated by it. A few weeks ago I read a story at Frej’s parents’ apartment on how a man had gotten seisures from trying to cut down the one in Årby to conserve it because they were building a road…
I don’t know if there are any left near Göteborg. Does anyone else? Because if so I want to go and visit it.
