Gygra and the Gleta Stone

There was once an angry, bitter witch who lived in Skjerdal, to the East of Aurlandsvangen. She had a good view over the beautiful village of Undredal on the other side, but she became increasingly irritated about what the villagers were doing. When they started constructing the stave church, Gyra, the witch had had enough. She threw a rope across the land and attached it to Flenes, she began to pull the headland towards her to obstruct the view. But it was hard work, eventually the rope gave way and she fell down the mountainside, leaving a large hole in the rock, that is today called Gygrasete. She became irate and took the biggest stone that she could find and threw it at the Stave Church, but she was dizzy after the fall, and luckily missed the church. Instead, it landed with a huge crash in the place that we are now passing, and divided in two, it remains here today and is known as the Gleta stone. It is a long time since Gygra has shown herself, but it is said that if the clouds are hanging low over the fjord, then the witch is cooking porridge.