Legend
Gold and a wandering cross at Sakalovapalo
In the pine heath of Obinitsa in Setomaa lie 36 ancient burial mounds, the oldest relics in the area, though there may once have been as many as fifty. Seto stories have given them other occupants. One says they are Swedish graves from the Great Northern War, with horses under the round mounds and people under the long ones. Another names a Russian general, Sokolovski, or Sakalov in Seto, who is said to lie here beneath a cross chained to a living pine. When people tried to move the great cross to Taelova, their horses bolted, so it was taken back. Gold is said to be buried where the domes of Saatse church can be seen, and a forest spirit, the essütaja, leads travellers astray. The mounds survive; the cross was destroyed in Soviet times.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Setomaal Obinitsa nõmmemännikus asub 36 muistset kääpast, piirkonna vanimad muinasjäänused, kuigi kunagi võis neid olla koguni viiskümmend. Seto pärimus on neile andnud hoopis teised asukad. Ühe loo järgi on need Põhjasõja-aegsed Rootsi hauad: ümmarguste kääbaste all hobused, piklike all inimesed. Teine lugu nimetab Vene kindralit Sokolovskit ehk seto keeli Sakalovi, kes olevat siia maetud kasvava männi külge aheldatud risti alla. Kui suurt risti üritati viia Taelovasse, panid hobused plehku ja rist toodi tagasi. Kulda olevat maetud kohta, kust paistavad Saatse kiriku kuplid, ja nõmmemännikus elavat eksitaja, kes viib rändajaid metsas eksiteele. Kääpad on alles; rist hävitati nõukogude ajal.