RegularJoe

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Sacrificial throw, also named riskiest, stone throw, or with an older name woal, is a place where someone died an unexpected or violent death. Passers-by have sacrificed a coin at the scene of the accident, thrown a stone, spruce rice or a twig, which is sometimes not allowed to be green, partly to prevent the deceased from go again, but also to protect oneself against future accidents. In some areas, people lived in the belief that the bigger the stone or branch you put on the mound, the further you could travel without having an accident.[1]

Live sacrificial throw

There are still "living" sacrificial castes in Sweden, especially in Dalarna and Härjedalen. . One such example is a sacrificial throw at Nyhammar next to the old country road towards Björbo. Here a young woman was found raped and murdered in 1915.[2] Nowadays, this ancient route is an almost completely overgrown forest road and part of Pilgrimsleden Västerbergslagen. Passers-by still put flowers or fresh spruce rice at the crime scene.

Another example of a "living" victim caste is The impact stone which is along the old village road at Stensättra farm i Huddinge parish. . The sacrificial throw measures approximately 6 x 1 meter and lies under the overhang of one moving block. . It consists of old dry, as well as freshly broken twigs and branches. According to several information from the farm population, the stone is also called The Wish Stone and as far back as "you can remember", you have put a twig or branch when you have passed the block to get luck and prosperity.[3]

Under Fantas high i Wooden twig, Ekerö municipality in 1947, a cairn of 23 was found coin of which the oldest was from 1577 and the youngest from 1938. Burnt pieces of bone were also found after a human, dated from 500 BC to 100 BC, which a carbon-14 dating implemented by The Historical Museum shown in 2001. This indicates that there has been a grave here ever since pre-roman Iron Age. . According to legends attached to the place, Fantan was a woman who was stoned to death in connection with a street race. Here, too, passers-by still lay wooden sticks in the unsavory burial ground where Fantan is said to have been executed.[4]

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