Sacred stone, spring or grove
Ohekatku Oak
German: Odenkat
The old oak at Ohekatku near Rapla grows on a hiiemägi, a sacred hill, and the legend of the hill is a strange one. Where it stands there was once a lake, the story goes, but the lake rose into the air and flew away to settle at Imsi, a few kilometres to the south, leaving the hill behind. Another tradition says the Germans felled the oaks of the sacred hill and dragged them into the lake. Below the hill lies a bog still called Hiiesoo, the sacred-grove bog.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Ohekatku vana tamm Rapla lähedal kasvab hiiemäel ja selle mäe muistend on imelik. Kunagi olnud mäe asemel järv, kuid järv tõusnud õhku ja lennanud mõne kilomeetri kaugusele lõunasse Imsi juurde, jättes mäe maha. Teine pärimus räägib, et sakslased raiusid hiiemäe tammed maha ja vedasid need järve. Mäe all asub soo, mida kutsutakse tänini Hiiesooks.