Manor
Hertu Manor
German: Hermet
Hertu, called Ertu in local speech, began as a cattle farm of a larger estate near Rapla. A man from the Valtu district told in 1961 what his father had told him: when the Ertu farm was being built, around the year 1700, the Old Devil sat on a big stone in the hay meadow with his legs crossed, laughing, 'Now this manor will be mine!' The Devil's footprints and the hollow where he sat were said to be visible in the stone. Rapla parish has many such stones linked with the Devil's anger at new churches and manors.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Hertu, rahvasuus Ertu, sai alguse Rapla lähedase mõisa karjamõisana. Üks Valtu kandi mees rääkis 1961. aastal, mida isa oli talle jutustanud: kui Ertu karjamõisa ehitati, umbes 1700. aastal, istus Vanakurat heinamaal suure kivi otsas, jalad ristis, ja naeris: „See mõis saab nüüd mulle!” Kivil olevat näha Kuradi jalajäljed ja istumise ase. Rapla kihelkonnas on palju selliseid kive, mida seostatakse Kuradi vihaga uute kirikute ja mõisate vastu.
Source: https://www.folklore.ee/rl/folkte/myte/pagan/kihelkonnad/rapla.html ↗