Mokas is an irregular granite pyramid measuring 3.3 x 3.6 m and 2.8 m high. The date 1866 and a cross are engraved on the west side of the stone; on the southeast side - the date 1813, and besides it, the letters M and J in the north, L and M in the east. A stone measuring 1.1 x 1.4 m still lies below on the slope of Moko - the son of Mokiukas. According to people’s stories, Mokienė lurks at the bottom of Lake Tauragnai, where she is caught by fishermen’s nets from time to time. Legend has it that there was once a man named Mokas who lived here and had a wife and a son. The hardworking Mokas family worked for the whole family. However, frustrated by people’s laziness, Mokas himself stopped working. Then people began to scold him. So, he decided to move across Lake Tauragnas and told the family members to swim back without turning. However, the wife turned back and drowned. Mokas and his son swam across the lake, but both were so saddened by the drowned wife and mother that they turned to stone... Šeimaties Mokai is one of the few Lithuanian sanctuaries that are characterized by extraordinary knowledge and wisdom. Not long ago, residents sent know-nothing people to these stones, saying: “Go to Mokas to learn!” The practise of teaching in the holy place was shrouded in white religious mysteries, directly related to rites and sacrifices. The dates of the 19th century carved on the stone, as well as the sign of the cross the size of a spring, show that the Šeimatis sanctuary was active until the beginning of the 20th century; later turned into a place visited by travellers.
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