Erratic boulder
Judas's footprint stone at Koigu
Juudajala kivi Koigus
In old Urvaste parish several stones were known as Juudajala kivi, 'Judas's foot stone', marked with what looked like the print of a huge foot. One of them, according to Urvaste schoolchildren's notes from 1939, once stood on a hilltop at Koigu, where people used to gather for merrymaking on Thursday evenings. When the custom died out, the landowner moved the stone off his land, and by then it lay in front of the door of a village shop. An older note recorded by F. J. Wiedemann says the prints were left when Judas leapt from such a stone onto his horse.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Endises Urvaste kihelkonnas tunti mitut kivi Juudajala kivi nime all; neil oli justkui hiiglasliku jala jälg. Urvaste koolilaste 1939. aasta üleskirjutuste järgi seisnud üks neist kunagi Koigus mäe otsas, kus rahvas käis neljapäeva õhtuti pidutsemas. Kui see komme hääbus, viis maaomanik kivi oma maa pealt ära ning siis asus see Koigus ühe kaupluse ukse ees. F. J. Wiedemanni vanem märkus ütleb, et jäljed jäid kivile, kui Juudas sellelt hobuse selga hüppas.
Source: After the Estonian Folklore Archives (ERA II 243, 209, 1939; Wiedemann), via folklore.ee ↗