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Winter panorama of "Hestmannen"
The distinctive rock formation Hestmannen is found on Storseløy between Lurøy and Rødøy Municipalities in Nordland County rising 571 metres above sea level. From certain angles, the formation resembles the shadow of a knight mounted on his horse.
This landmark plays the classic role of the unruly child in a Nordland tale of trolls that became the mountains of the Nordland coast. As the tale is told, the knight Hestmannen was chasing Lekamøya at dawn and shot an arrow that pierced the Brønnøy King's hat. Sunrise arrived at that very instant, petrifying them all. Hestmannen became the rock formation that we now see, while the King's hat turned into Torghatten, the granite mountain with a distinctive gap though the middle of its mountainside.
Winter panorama of "Hestmannen"
The distinctive rock formation Hestmannen is found on Storseløy between Lurøy and Rødøy Municipalities in Nordland County rising 571 metres above sea level. From certain angles, the formation resembles the shadow of a knight mounted on his horse.
This landmark plays the classic role of the unruly child in a Nordland tale of trolls that became the mountains of the Nordland coast. As the tale is told, the knight Hestmannen was chasing Lekamøya at dawn and shot an arrow that pierced the Brønnøy King's hat. Sunrise arrived at that very instant, petrifying them all. Hestmannen became the rock formation that we now see, while the King's hat turned into Torghatten, the granite mountain with a distinctive gap though the middle of its mountainside.