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Kuutsi sacrificial stone

On the land of Horsti farm at Kuutsi, near Mõniste, lies a flat offering stone about one and a half metres long. Local legend calls the spot a church hill and says the stone served as the altar of a vanished church; treasure hunters have dug around it more than once. An account from 1896 describes the St Anthony's Day gathering here: pigs' heads were boiled, offered and eaten on the spot, and no leftovers could be carried home. The custom has not completely died out, as candles and small gifts are still left on the stone today.

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

Eesti keeles

Mõniste lähedal Kuutsi külas Horsti talu maal lebab umbes poolteise meetri pikkune lame ohvrikivi. Kohalik pärimus nimetab paika kirikumäeks ja räägib, et kivi oli kadunud kiriku altarikivi; varandusotsijad on selle ümbert korduvalt kaevanud. 1896. aasta kirjeldus jutustab siinsest tõnisepäeva kokkutulekust: seapead keedeti, ohverdati ja söödi kohapeal ning ülejääke ei tohtinud koju viia. Komme pole päris kadunud, sest kivile tuuakse veel tänapäevalgi küünlaid ja väikesi ande.

Map of the area around Kuutsi sacrificial stone
57.59148° N, 26.57162° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://www.folklore.ee/tagused/nr83/valk.pdf ↗

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