Old stone-lined well with its wooden cover pushed aside, dark water far below

the open well

An uncovered well is the other setting, and the reason is the same. The danger is real, vertical and silent.

Basis: Finnish well and water lore · AI-generated

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Weathered wooden swimming dock over dark lake water, empty, seen from the shore

the end of the dock →

Dark open water at the edge of lake ice in spring, with a crack running away

the edge of the ice →