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Frederiksstaden Fountain

Not far from The Little Mermaid yet another dramatic myth is illustrated with this fountain. The goddess Gefion was promised as much of Sweden as she could plow in a night. The story goes that she changed her sons to oxen and used them to portion off what is now the island of Zealand.

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Copenhagen, Capital Region  1263, Denmark

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