Landscape
Kalina karstiala
German: Kallina
In the Kalina karst area, water disappears into sinkholes and travels through hidden channels in the limestone before surfacing again elsewhere. Village folk explained the mystery with a story: a ploughing animal once fell into one of the Kalina sinkholes and vanished, only to reappear later in another body of water some distance away. Folklorists also note the area's karst depressions among the coastal and bog places of historical Virumaa that carried sacred significance, close to the old sacred grove of Kalina village.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kalina karstialal kaob vesi neeludesse ja voolab paekivis peidetud kanaleid mööda, et mujal taas maapinnale tulla. Külarahvas seletas seda lõbusa looga: kord kukkunud adravedaja loom ühte Kalina neelu ja kadunud, kuid ilmunud hiljem välja hoopis teises veekogus mõne maa kaugusel. Folkloristid on Kalina karstilehtreid maininud ka ajaloolise Virumaa pühaks peetud paikade seas, Kalina küla vana hiie lähedal.