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The crusaders' stones on Orajõe beach

Orajõe ranna kivid ristirüütlite pihta

The beach at Orajõe, near the Latvian border, is strewn with boulders lying half in the water and half on dry land. A 73-year-old woman in the Ristiküla old people's home explained them in 1939. Long ago Christian knights came sailing towards this coast. The Devil hid in the bushes and, when the ships drew close, hurled a great stone to smash them. But his hand slipped, the stone struck the shore right at the water's edge and burst into a thousand pieces, and those are the boulders that cover the Orajõe shore.

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

Eesti keeles

Orajõe rand Läti piiri lähedal on täis pillutatud kive, mis on pooleldi vees ja pooleldi kuival maal. Üks 73-aastane naine Ristiküla vanadekodus seletas neid 1939. aastal. Vanasti purjetanud selle ranna poole ristiusu rüütlid. Vanapagan pugenud võssa ja kui laevad lähedale jõudsid, viskas ta suure kiviga, et need puruks lüüa. Käsi aga vääratas, kivi langes rannale just veepiirile ja purunes tuhandeks tükiks ning neist ongi Orajõe rannas lebavad kivilahmakad.

Map of the area around The crusaders' stones on Orajõe beach
57.95361° N, 24.40444° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: After Muistendid Vanapaganast (E. Laugaste, A. Liiv; folklore.ee) ↗

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