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Kalbu suurkivi

A legend from Rapla parish, written down in 1921, links the Kalbu stone with the Devil's war on churches. Rapla church had just been finished, and the Devil sat warming his back on a stone in the paddock of Kalbu school. Suddenly he saw the gold cross of Rapla church glinting in the distance. In a rage he grabbed a rock the size of a sauna to smash the tower, cross and all, but it fell short beside the road before Rapla. The stone he had been sitting on was said to keep the Devil's print, and both boulders were called devil's stones.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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1921. aastal Rapla kihelkonnas kirja pandud muistend seob Kalbu kivi Vanapagana sõjaga kirikute vastu. Rapla kirik oli just valmis saanud ja Kurat istus Kalbu kooli koplis kivi otsas selga soojendamas. Äkki nägi ta kaugel Rapla kiriku kuldristi sätendamas. Vihaga haaras ta saunasuuruse kivi, et torn koos ristiga puruks visata, kuid kivi kukkus enne Raplat tee äärde maha. Kivil, millel Sarvik istus, olevat jäänud Kuradi jälg, ja mõlemat rahnu kutsuti kuradikiviks.

Map of the area around Kalbu suurkivi
58.90575° N, 24.88049° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://www.folklore.ee/rl/folkte/myte/pagan/kihelkonnad/rapla.html ↗

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