Legend
Paganamaa, the Devil's land
Paganamaa
Paganamaa, 'the Devil's Land', is a stretch of hilly forest south of Krabi village on the edge of the Haanja upland, bounded by the Piiriorg valley along the Latvian border. Its many boggy closed hollows were called the Devil's footprints by old people: he had been sleeping heavily, something startled him and he ran, leaving tracks and the dent of his bed behind. In 1958 a local woman said that when Krabi was all deep forest the devil worked mischief here, dragging people to hell, sending sickness on people and cattle and sucking the blood of farm animals at night.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Paganamaa on künklik metsane paikkond Krabi külast lõunas Haanja kõrgustiku serval, mille lõunapiiriks on mööda Läti piiri kulgev Piiriorg. Selle arvukaid soostunud sulglohke kutsus vanarahvas Vanapagana jäljehaudadeks: ta oli raskelt maganud, miski ehmatas ta üles ja ta jooksis, jättes maha jäljed ja magamisaseme. 1958. aastal rääkis üks kohalik naine, et kui Krabi oli veel sügav mets, tegi Vanapagan siin kurja: viis inimesi põrgusse, nõidus inimestele ja loomadele haigusi kaela ja käis öösiti koduloomade verd imemas.
Source: After Estonian Wikipedia and the Estonian Folklore Archives, via folklore.ee ↗