North of the village of Wi, in the parish of Källa, lies a large stone
called Sekiel’s Stone, after a giantess, Sekiel, who is said to have
lived in Borgehaga, in the parish of Högo.
The same giantess had a sister, who was married to a giant named Beard,
and lived in the parish of Ryssby on the Småland side of the sound.
That they might visit each other oftener it was agreed between the
sisters that they should build a stone bridge over Kalmarsound, the one
to build from Ryssby shore, the other from Öland.
The giantess of Småland began first upon her work. Every day she came
with a great load of stones which she cast into the sea, until,
finally, she had completed that point of land now called Skägganäs,
reaching a quarter of a mile out into the sea. The giantess on the
Öland side also began to build, but when she came with her first load
of stones in her apron she was shot through the body with an arrow from
a peasant’s bow. Overcome by the pain, she sat herself to rest upon the
before mentioned Sekiel Stone, which has a shallow depression in the
top, marking the resting spot of the giantess.
When she had recovered she again took up her journey, but had proceeded
no further than to Persnäs when it began to storm, and she was struck
dead by a bolt of lightning. With her fall the stones slipped from her
apron, and there they lie to-day, forming the large grave-mound on
Persnäs hills.