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Dedek i Babica Rock Formation

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Dedek i Babica Rock Formation

Dedek i Babica Rock Formation

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Location: Krapina-Zagorje, Croatia

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  • Legend of "Grandfather, Grandmother and Granddaughter"
    The inspiration for the legend of "Grandfather, Grandmother and Granddaughter" are large natural boulders. The figure of "Grandfather and Grandmother" is located in the composition of the mountain peak, and the monstrous figure of "GRANDCHILDREN" is a stone boulder of supernatural size, at the foot of a small bay, where there is a mountain well that is centuries old, from which a clear spring flows, and the excess water in the form of a stream murmurs at the foot of the hamlet of KAMENEČKI (Radobojsko Strahinje). The aforementioned folk tale reads: "Grandfather and midwife had a granddaughter." Their house was on top of a hill, and the well was in a ditch. More than once they sent the little girl to the well near the "Pustača" to fetch water. One day, their granddaughter made them angry, so they told her to bring them water in a "sieve". The girl went to get water. When it caught the water, and as soon as it was a little far from the well, it leaked out through the bottom of the grate. The grandparents still expected water to be brought to them, believing in a miracle. As she was gone for a long time, they stopped cursing their granddaughter. And just as they said: "God let you turn to stone where you are!", a miracle truly happened. The granddaughter turned into stone and remained standing on the "savior" in human form, but at the same time the grandfather, grandmother, house and everything they had were petrified."

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    • April 7, 2024

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