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Kalevipoja lingukivi ehk Prossa hiidrahn

Kalevipoja lingukivi ehk Prossa hiidrahn
Iifar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

This giant boulder by Lake Prossa near Kaarepere is nine metres long, almost eight wide and nearly 25 metres round. Locals call it Kalevipoeg's sling stone, but also Linda's sling stone and a broken-off chip of Kalevipoeg's sling stone, as if even this huge rock were only a fragment of what the hero hurled. Folklore collectors who visited in 1952 noted that its surface is pitted all over with hollows of many sizes, which people read as the prints of caps, so that you can count 'cap marks' on every corner of the stone.

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

Eesti keeles

See hiidrahn Prossa järve ääres Kaarepere lähedal on üheksa meetrit pikk, peaaegu kaheksa meetrit lai ja ligi 25 meetrit ümbermõõdus. Kohalikud kutsuvad seda Kalevipoja lingukiviks, aga ka Linda lingukiviks ja Kalevipoja lingukivi killuks, justkui oleks isegi see hiiglaslik kamakas vaid tükike sellest, mida kangelane heitis. 1952. aastal kohal käinud rahvaluulekogujad märkisid, et kivi pind on täis eri suurusega lohke ja lohukesi, mida peetakse mütsijälgedeks, nii et neid võib lugeda kivi igalt nurgalt.

Map of the area around Kalevipoja lingukivi ehk Prossa hiidrahn
58.65376° N, 26.56686° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevipoja_lingukivi ↗

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