Mora Battjon in the Mora Forest, Ingå

Nyland · Finland · Natural site

In a charcoal-burner's hut on Good Friday night, a stranger asked the man whom he believed in.

In the Mora Forest, belonging to Ingarskila village in Ingå, a man was burning a charcoal kiln when a stranger entered his hut on Good Friday night and asked whom he believed in. The charcoal-burner answered with his creed and bade the unclean spirit depart, whereupon the stranger shot off through the forest with a long trail of fire behind. The man was called Mora Battjon, and the event is said to have happened a couple of centuries ago.

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Where is Mora Battjon in the Mora Forest, Ingå located?

Mora Battjon in the Mora Forest, Ingå is in Nyland, Finland.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.