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72
JELLINGE.
Chap. V.
There exists a tradition that this stone was erected
by Harald Blue-Tooth, Thyre’s son; and the peasant
will still point out to you on the heath of Bikke a large
mass of granite, greater far than that erected to King
Gorm, which Harald had selected for his mother’s
monument ; but the devil would not allow it to be moved,
and Harald, a fresh proselyte to the Christian faith,
knew not how to “ lay him,” so after a hard battle he
was compelled to desist from his design, and Queen
Thyre to put up with a stone of more modest dimensions.
These stones stood formerly on the top of the barrows,
deeply sunk into the earth. In 1586 the amtman of
the province caused them to be removed to the
churchyard, which has unluckily caused some confusion, and
no man can say for certain now which tumulus is that of
King Gorm and which that of Queen Thyre.
On the barrow supposed to be Queen Thyre’s, in
course of time, a reservoir of water had been gradually
formed, and wondrous miracles were wrought at the
place, which became a resort from all sides. Some
years since the water dried up, and it was
deter-Inined to clear out the cavity. The searchers first
came to a burial chamber lined with wood,
twenty-two feet long, and four and a half high, covered in
with beams of oak. No remains of bones were
discovered, but a chest was found in form of a round
coffer, almost consumed by decay. Near it lay the
figure of a bird formed of thin plates of gold; a
small cup of solid silver, about two inches high,
ornamented with fantastic twistings neither beginning nor
ending, decorated with serpent-heads or something of
the kind; also the rude figure of a warrior in wood, and a
panel of the same material with dragon carving. There
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