Legend
Iivakivi: the devil's bridge-stone and the gate of hell
Vanapagan planned to build a bridge across Lake Võrtsjärv and set off hauling a huge boulder in his arms. He was still far from the lake near Sudiste when a cock crowed. With the first light of day the devil lost his magic strength, the stone slipped from his grasp, and there it remained. People also believed that from the boulder's north side a way led straight down into hell. Children knew a gentler use: on its south side there is a smooth, moss-free slide where they have long slid down. Today the Iivakivi, a giant of gneiss, stands in Sudiste village in Mulgi parish.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Vanapagan kavatses ehitada üle Võrtsjärve silla ja hakkas hiigelsuurt rahnu süles järve poole tassima. Ta oli Sudiste lähedal alles kaugel järvest, kui kukk laulis. Päevavalgega kadus kuradil võluvägi, kivi libises sülest ja jäi sinna maha. Rahvas uskus ka, et rahnu põhjaküljelt pääseb otse põrgusse. Lastel oli kivile leebem kasutus: selle lõunaküljel on sammaldumata sile liulaskerada, kust on ammust aega liugu lastud. Tänapäeval seisab gneisist hiidrahn Iivakivi Mulgi vallas Sudiste külas.