Legend
Kuri: the hill where the Devil wrecked a church
Kuri, kus Vanakuri kirikut lõhkus
Kuri village in Pühalepa owes its name, local people said, to the Devil, in Estonian Vanakuri. The first church of the parish was meant to be built on Kuri hill, but whatever was built by day was pulled down by night, because the Devil would not allow it. So people called the hill Kuri mägi, the Evil One's hill. In the end the cornerstones were loaded onto a cart drawn by two black oxen, and where the oxen stopped, by a holy alder, Pühalepa church was built.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Pühalepa Kuri küla sai rahva sõnul nime Vanakurjalt. Kihelkonna esimene kirik pidi tulema Kuri mäele, aga mis päeval ehitati, see öösel lõhuti, sest Vanakuri ei lubanud seal ehitada. Seepärast hakkas rahvas mäge Kuri mäeks hüüdma. Lõpuks laaditi nurgakivid vankrile, mille ette pandi kaks musta härga, ja kuhu härjad püha lepa juures seisma jäid, sinna ehitati Pühalepa kirik.
Source: After Muistendid Vanapaganast (E. Laugaste, A. Liiv; folklore.ee) ↗