Sacred stone, spring or grove
Kuremäe ohvritamm
German: Kloster – Püchtitz
Long before the Pühtitsa convent was founded, Kuremäe hill was a sacred place of the local people, with a holy spring and a holy oak. Folklore remembers the hill, the spring and the oak together; the Orthodox convent later rose on the very hill, much as Christian churches elsewhere were placed on old sacred sites. Water from the Kuremäe spring is still believed to cure illness. Village tales also told of ghosts in the shape of dogs and horses wandering around the hill.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Ammu enne Pühtitsa kloostri rajamist oli Kuremäe kohalike inimeste pühapaik, kus olid püha allikas ja püha tamm. Pärimus mäletab mäge, allikat ja tamme koos; hiljem rajatud õigeusu klooster kerkis aga just sellele mäele, nagu ristikirikuid on mujalgi rajatud vanadele pühapaikadele. Kuremäe allika vett peetakse tänini haigusi ravivaks. Külajutud teadsid ka koerte ja hobuste kujul mäe ümber kolavatest kummitustest.