Legend
Kalevipoeg's planks across Lake Peipus
In the epic, Kalevipoeg sets out to Pihkva, today Pskov, to buy planks for building strongholds in his land. On the way home he carries a huge load of boards on his back and wades straight across Lake Peipus, the water reaching only to his knees. Storms and a wicked sorcerer try to stop him, and some planks are lost, but the hero brings the rest home. People along the shore said the lake was shallow ever since, because Kalevipoeg had walked through it.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Eeposes läheb Kalevipoeg Pihkvasse laudu ostma, et oma maale linnuseid ehitada. Kojuteel kannab ta seljas suurt laudadekoormat ja kahlab otse üle Peipsi järve, vesi ulatub talle vaid põlvini. Tormid ja kuri nõid püüavad teda takistada ning osa laudu läheb kaduma, kuid kangelane toob ülejäänud koju. Kaldaelanikud rääkisid, et sellest ajast peale on järv madal, sest Kalevipoeg kõndis sellest läbi.
Source: From F. R. Kreutzwald's Kalevipoeg and lakeside tradition.