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Vilsund mod sydvest, Thisted mod vest og Feggesund mod nordvest.
"Den røde Galt" ligger i vandet ud for parkeringen.
Et sagn om Mors - Den røde galt
Da kristendommen kom til Mors, gav det problemer med det troldtøj, som boede rundt omkring. Rent galt var det ved at gå med en styg trold, som boede i nærheden af Sennels i Thy. Han havde det som andre trolde. Elskede fred og ro og en god lang søvn både morgen, middag og aften. Og så hadede han kristenfolk af et godt hjerte, ikke mindst deres kirker og kirkeklokker, som bragte forstyrrelse i alting.
Særlig slemt var det, da folk i Sejerslev byggede kirke og satte en klokke op, som de ringede med både tidlig og silde. Lyden gik så klart over vandet, at trolden slet ikke kunne finde ro. Noget måtte der gøres.
Endelig en dag tog han sig sammen, og gik ud for at finde nogle sten af passende størrelse, så han kunne få ram på kirken med et velrettet kast eller to. De fleste sten gik dog langt forbi, men en der var så stor, at en hest og vogn kunne vende på den, faldt lige nordøst for kirken, så det hele gungrede, og der ligger den vel nok endnu.
Efterhånden blev trolden træt, men én rigtig god kastesten havde han gemt til sidst. Den var helt rød, og da han tog den op, holdt han den så hårdt, at hans klør satte dybe mærker i stenen. Så kastede han med alle de kræfter, han havde tilbage, men det var ikke nok, stenen faldt i strandkanten langt fra kirken. Så blev han så vred, at han fandt et mere fredeligt sted at bo, selv om han havde været i Sennels i mindst tusind år eller der omkring.
Og kirken den ligger der såmænd endnu, og det gør stenen ”Den røde Galt” også.
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Vilsund southwest, Thisted at west and Feggesund northwest.
"The Red Galt" is in the water off the parking lot.
A legend about Mors - The Red Galt
When Christianity came to Mors, it gave problems with the trolls who lived around. Mostly with an ugly troll who lived near Sennels in Thy. He was just like other trolls. Loved peace, quietness and a good long sleep, morning, noon and evening. And he hated Christian people of good heart, not least their churches and church bells, which brought disruption in everything.
Particularly bad was it when the people of Sejerslev built their church, and put a bell up. The bell they rang both early and late. The sound was so clear over the water that the troll could not find peace. Something had to be done.
Finally one day he pulled himself together and went out to find some rock of appropriate size so he could get at the church with a well-aimed throw or two. Most stones went far past, but one that was so great that a horse and wagon could turn on it, fell just northeast of the church, so it all resounded, and there it lies well enough yet.
Eventually the troll tired, but one really good throwing stone, he had saved for last. It was all red, and when he picked it up, he kept it so hard that his claws made deep marks in the stone. So he threw all the strength he had left, but it was not enough, the stone fell on the beach far from the church. Then he was so angry that he found a more peaceful place to live, even though he had been in Sennels in at least a thousand years or so.
And the church is really there yet, and so is the stone "The Red Galt".
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