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Ghost story · 1930

Old Läll, the lord who would not stay buried at Riidaja

Vana Läll, Riidaja mõisnik, kes hauda ei jäänud

Old Läll, the lord who would not stay buried at Riidaja
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Near Riidaja manor lies Põrgulaan, Hell's Forest, with the von Stryk family's burial chapel. Folk tales from 1930 and 1942 say the cruellest lord of Riidaja, nicknamed Läll, was cursed by a village wise man so that his soul could not leave his body. When he died the manor filled with black crows. Though his grave was walled in, he came back at night, pounding on the manor door and shouting at his son, and was seen walking the oat field, running the panicles through his fingers. Only when he was reburied in a deep vaulted tomb under a stone slab did he finally keep still.

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

Eesti keeles

Riidaja mõisa lähedal on Põrgulaan, kus asus von Strykide matusekabel. 1930. ja 1942. aastal kirja pandud lugude järgi neidis küla tark Riidaja kõige julmema mõisniku, keda kutsuti Lälliks, nii, et ta hing ei saanud kehast lahkuda. Kui ta suri, täitus mõis mustade vareste parvedega. Kuigi tema haud müüriti kinni, tuli ta öösiti tagasi, tagus mõisa ust ja karjus poja peale ning teda nähti kaerapõllul käimas, kõrsi sõrmede vahelt läbi tõmbamas. Alles siis, kui ta maeti ümber sügavasse võlvitud hauakambrisse kiviplaadi alla, jäi ta lõpuks rahule.

Map of the area around Old Läll, the lord who would not stay buried at Riidaja
58.10000° N, 25.90500° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 23, 303 (1930) and ERA II 303, 352/4 (1942), Helme parish, via folklore.ee 'Rahvausundi loodus'; E 55331 (Põrgulaan) ↗

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