The cursed island of Blå Jungfrun

Some places in the world are considered cursed by their inhabitants or neighbors.In Lifestyle we have talked about several of them as Dudleytown, the town of the damned or the forest of the suicides of Japan.In this case it is a cursed island .We mentioned it in the article about Blokula, the meadow where the devil celebrates his covens, and is called Bla Jungfrun .Join us to meet her!

The cursed island of Bla Jungfrun

The island of Bla Jungfrun is in the Baltic Sea , in the Kalmar Strait and belongs to Sweden .It is also known as Blakulla , and Blakulla or Blokula is the name that receives the meadow in which the devil celebrates its covens on Holy Thursday .The island is not populated and its only inhabitants are birds called «arao aliblanco», rabbits and bats.

The name of Bla Jungfrun , which means "Blue Virgin" , according to the tradition the sailors put it to ingratiate themselves with the evil spirits who lived on the island.Men of the sea avoided landing on it Well, they firmly believed she was cursed, since the devil had his home in it.Cases of men who entered the mountain were explained and never returned or did so with lost memory and disturbed mind.The island of only 0'7 km2 has several caves , which contributed to Increase the fear of seafarers.The most widespread belief is that the witches arrived on the island flying from all places to fulfill their obligations to the evil one and move on to him Holy Thursday, it was his rest day.

The cursed island of Blå Jungfrun

One of the curiosities of the island is a immense maze of stones, consisting of fifteen circles, whose origin and purpose are unknown.he weighs a curse : the person who removes one of the stones that form the labyrinth framework will be a victim of bad luck until he returns it to his lu The city of Oskarshamn, to which the island belongs administratively, receives stones that were stolen every year and are usually accompanied by letters in which explain the misfortunes suffered by the "thieves".In 2004 a ferry transported Bla Jungfrun 160 stolen stones that had been returned.

The cursed island of Blå Jungfrun

Today, the island is one of the most famous Swedish national parks.on it, or spend the night on the island...What are they afraid of?

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