Stone of Mora

The Stone of Mora was one of the names of the Stone of Destiny. ("Rock of Ages")

Real World Background

The Stones of Mora (Mora Stenar in Swedish) was used as part of the coronation ritual for the Kings of Sweden, up to the sixteenth century, as a parallel to the Stone of Destiny's role in crowning kings in Ireland, Scotland, and England. Unlike those coronations, the King of Sweden was elected and a tribute stone was placed on the coronation stone until the election of the next monarch. While the primary coronation stone and corresponding tribute stones were destroyed in 1515 in a civil war with Denmark, fragments of the tribute stones have been collected and preserved to the modern day. [1]

See Also

• Stone of Mora at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia