Franz Lindenmayr / Man and Cave

Holed Stones and Crawling Through Rituals in further areas

In France

• Tombstone of Sainte Radegone in Poitiers (Vienne)

Even today students before their final exams are said to crawl under the sarcophagus to receive the blessing of the dead saint.

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Hole in a menhir	Aroz, Haute-Saône
Holed stone	near Campu Muru, Korsika
Holed Stone	Conflans-Sainte-Honorine/ Seine-Oise	reerected in a ditch of the castle of Saint-Germain
Hole in the menhir	of Coulmiers, Côte-d'Or
Hole in the menhir	of Draché, Indre-et-Loire
Holed stone	in the Allée couvert in the Bois Couturier near Guery en Vexin, Val Oise
Hole in the menhir	of Jethou, Channel Islands
Hole in the dolmen	near Jouaignes, Aisne
Hole in the menhir	of Luzech, Lot
Hole in a dolmen	near Mas d'Azil, Ariège
Hole in a dolmen	near Nod-sur-Seine, Côte-d'Or
Hole in the "Dolmen de la justice"	in Presles, Oise
Hole in the dolmen	of Trie-Château, Oise

• Crawling through cave at l'ermitage de Saint-Pons (Montagne de Lure, Alpes de Haute-Provence)

On Cyprus

• There should be about 50 of these holed stones on the island. An old legend has it, that the husband of an unfaithful woman isn't able any more to crawl through such a hole because he gets too long horns on his head. (picture is from: Daniell Geoff, Landschaften auf Zypern, 2. Auflage, London 1991)

In Spain

• Menhir with pierced hole at Talati de Dalt, Menorca

In Slovenia

• Socerb bei Trst

 

In Japan

• Crawling through pillar in Tôdaiji, Nara

Photo A: Seidel, from: R.A.Stein, GROTTES-MATRICES...

" The Daibutsu-den (Hall of the Great Buddha) is the largest wooden building in the world, but the actual structure is not remarkably anciet because it is a reconstruction dating from 1709... the present statue stands just over 16 meters high and consists of bronze, gold and several tons of vegetable wax...

As you circuit the statue towards the back, you'll see a wooden column with a small hole at the base. Popular belief maintains that those who can squeeze through are ensured of enlightenment (You'll probably see a lot of disappointed, firmly wedged adults reluctantly giving way to streams of nimble kids making quick work of enlightenment!)" (from an unknown source, page464)

In Thailand

• Tham Wat Silaat

Photographie Claude Mouret / Spelunca n°55

"Entrée.. Partie la plus étroite de la cavité. Le nage qui orne l'entrée dérive des croyances hindouistes. C'est un symbole de félicie." Spelunca n°55, page 8

stellvertretend für viele weitere Lochsteine in Thailand

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