True crime · 1636
Berries in the woods: a werewolf confession at Kurna
Marjad metsas: libahundi ülestunnistus Kurnal
In 1636 a woman from Kurna, south-east of Tallinn, told an extraordinary story before the court. An old woman, she said, had led her into the forest and given her berries to eat, and after that the two of them had gone hunting together as wolves. Confessions like this were typical of the Estonian witch trials of the seventeenth century, where accusations very often took the shape of werewolf stories. The record does not say what sentence she received. Kurna manor and its park still stand by the village.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1636. aastal rääkis üks Tallinnast kagus asuva Kurna naine kohtus erakordse loo. Tema sõnul oli üks vana naine viinud ta metsa ja andnud talle marju süüa ning pärast seda olid nad koos huntidena jahil käinud. Sellised ülestunnistused olid tüüpilised 17. sajandi Eesti nõiaprotsessidele, kus süüdistused võtsid väga sageli libahundiloo kuju. Ürikud ei ütle, millise karistuse ta sai. Kurna mõis ja park asuvad tänini küla servas.
Source: English Wikipedia: Werewolf witch trials (after Maia Madar's study of Estonian witch trials) ↗