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Lake Kahala arrives as a black cloud

Lake Kahala once lay near Lake Maardu, but the spirits of the two lakes quarrelled constantly, so one of them left. Where Kahala lies today there used to be a field. One day, as men were ploughing, a bird circled high above crying: 'Flee, people, flee! The lake is coming!' Nobody listened. A great black cloud rose in the west from the direction of Tallinn, a piece of it dropped near Kuusalu church and became the Turaka pond, and then the rest burst. Water poured down and the ploughmen had no time to escape. Today the round, shallow lake in Lahemaa still hides, so they say, old ploughshares in its mud.

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

Eesti keeles

Kahala järv asunud vanasti Maardu järve lähedal, kuid kahe järve algjad riidlesid lakkamatult ja üks neist lahkus. Praeguse järve kohal oli siis põld. Kord, kui mehed parajasti kündsid, tiirutas kõrgel nende kohal lind ja kisendas: „Põgenege, rahvas! Järv tuleb!“ Keegi ei teinud sellest välja. Tallinna poolt tõusis suur must pilv, mille üks tükk kukkus Kuusalu kiriku lähedale ja jäi sinna Turaka loiguks, ülejäänu aga lõhkes. Vesi sadas maha ja kündjad ei jõudnud enam põgeneda. Tänapäeval öeldakse, et Lahemaa ümara madala järve mudast on kalurid leidnud vanu adrasahku.

Map of the area around Lake Kahala arrives as a black cloud
59.48056° N, 25.53611° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian folk legend of a migrating lake; see et.wikipedia: Kahala järv (section Muistendid). ↗

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