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Erratic boulder

Apollo kivi e Kalevipoja viskekivi

This boulder near the Peipus shore in old Kodavere parish is also called Kalevipoeg's throwing stone. In tales collected from local villagers in the 1920s–50s, Kalevipoeg was on the far, Russian side of the lake when he saw a wolf attacking a lamb, perhaps an orphan child's lamb. He grabbed the stone, or slung it from his pocket, and hurled it across the water. The wolf and the lamb are said to lie crushed beneath it still, and the hollows on its side are pointed out as the prints of the giant's palm and heel.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

See rahn endise Kodavere kihelkonna Peipsi kaldal kannab ka Kalevipoja viskekivi nime. 1920.–1950. aastatel kohalikelt kirja pandud juttude järgi oli Kalevipoeg järve teisel, Vene kaldal, kui nägi, et hunt murrab lammast, ühe loo järgi vaeslapse talle. Ta haaras kivi või võttis selle taskust ja heitis üle vee. Hunt ja lammas olevat tänini kivi all ning lohke kivi küljel näidatakse kui hiiglase pihu- ja päkajälgi.

Map of the area around Apollo kivi e Kalevipoja viskekivi
58.62000° N, 27.12620° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://www.folklore.ee/rl/folkte/myte/kalev/ ↗

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