Ljungby Horn and Pipe
At Trolle-Ljungby Castle in Scania, southern Sweden, a large glacial boulder called Maglestenen stands in the fields. Legend says that trolls live beneath this stone, and every Christmas Eve, the stone rises on golden pillars while the trolls feast and make merry beneath it. In the mid-16th century, the widowed Lady Sissela Ulfstand, mistress of Ljungby, grew curious about these tales and promised her best horse to any servant who would ride to Maglestenen on Christmas night and investigate. A brave stable hand took the challenge. When he arrived, he found the stone indeed raised on golden pil