The Hole

Over centuries, Mên-an-Tol, locally known as the Crick Stone, has been associated with myths and folklore. Some of the more widespread legends are that if a woman passes naked through the holed stone seven times backwards during a full moon, she will become pregnant. It has also been used over generations to try & cure children of rickets, by passing them naked nine times through the hole in the stone. Whatever rituals have gone before, my ritual is to pay this wonderfully surreal ancient site a visit, usually in moody weather.

Add to Cart Add to Lightbox

Filename: The Hole
Copyright: Copyrighted image - all rights reserved - 1988 Design & Copyright Patents Act
Image Size: 2100x1401 / 1.5MB; www.glyndavies.com; Cornwall ancient sites history standing stones Men-an-Tol Penwith antiquities myth legend folklore stone holed stone naked nude woman female nudity nature ritual
Contained in galleries: Nudes, 06. Landscape Figures (Nudes)

Over centuries, Mên-an-Tol, locally known as the Crick Stone, has been associated with myths and folklore. Some of the more widespread legends are that if a woman passes naked through the holed stone seven times backwards during a full moon, she will become pregnant. It has also been used over generations to try & cure children of rickets, by passing them naked nine times through the hole in the stone. Whatever rituals have gone before, my ritual is to pay this wonderfully surreal ancient site a visit, usually in moody weather.