Legend
Rajamägi, the hill of dead wolves
Rajamägi, huntide mägi
Rajamägi is a hill near the old Halliku manor in Pala village, close to the shore of Lake Peipus. A 78-year-old woman told its origin in 1939, as she had heard it from her grandmother. Long ago there was no hill here at all. One hot summer day Kalevipoeg went ploughing, lay down under a bush to rest, and while he slept a great pack of wolves killed his horse. When he woke and found the horse gone, he flew into a rage and slaughtered the wolves without mercy, and the heap of their carcasses grew into the hill, which grass has since covered.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Rajamägi on küngas endise Halliku mõisa lähedal Pala külas Peipsi järve lähedal. 1939. aastal jutustas 78-aastane naine selle tekkeloo, nagu ta oli kuulnud oma vanaemalt. Muiste polnud siin mäge olnudki. Ühel kuumal suvepäeval läks Kalevipoeg kündma, heitis põõsa alla puhkama ja tema magades murdis suur hundikari ta hobuse. Kui ta ärkas ja hobust ei leidnud, sai ta kohutavalt vihaseks ja tappis hunte armutult ning nende korjustest kerkis mägi, mis on nüüdseks rohtu kasvanud.
Source: After the Estonian Folklore Archives (ERA II 249, 209/10, 1939), via folklore.ee ↗