Sacred stone, spring or grove
Naiskivi
Near Koila in the old parish of Viru-Nigula, close to the Koila hill fort and its holy eye spring, stands a boulder called the Naiskivi, the 'woman stone'. Local tradition says it is a bride who was turned to stone. Stones with the same name are known elsewhere in Estonia too, usually explained as women who were petrified as punishment for working on a Sunday. Such tales of people turned to stone were a favourite way of explaining odd-shaped boulders in the landscape, and in Virumaa the Naiskivi of Koila belongs with the Fisherman's Daughter of Toolse and the Kuhikivi of Kestla, a haystack turned to stone.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Viru-Nigula kihelkonnas Koila lähedal, Koila linnamäe ja selle püha silmaallika lähedal, seisab rahn nimega Naiskivi. Kohalik pärimus räägib, et see on kiviks moondatud pruut. Sama nimega kive teatakse ka mujal Eestis ja tavaliselt seletatakse neid naistena, kes muudeti pühapäeval töötamise eest kiviks. Selliste lugudega seletati meelsasti maastikus olevaid veidra kujuga rahne ning Virumaal kuulub Koila Naiskivi samasse ritta Toolse rannamehe tütre ja Kestla Kuhikiviga – kiviks muutunud heinakuhjaga.