Case file · Witch trials
Blåkulla, the witches' mountain
Swedish lore placed the witches' sabbath at Blåkulla, often identified with the island of Blå Jungfrun in the Kalmar Strait; Olaus Magnus mentions it in 1555.
1555 CE · 57.25, 16.80 · status: legend
The account
In the 1668–76 trials, children described flights to Blåkulla for feasts, dances and weddings with the Devil.