Legend
The Devil's bridge off Tamme
Vanapagana sild Tamme all
North of the old Tamme manor on the eastern shore of Lake Võrtsjärv, a ridge of stones runs out into the lake, and fishermen used to pull big burbot from among the rocks. People of Puhja parish said the Old Devil tried to build a bridge across the lake here. He carried stones from far inland until his apron tore and they spilled in lines across the fields; when he had built halfway out, the stones ran out, a cock crowed on the shore, and he vanished like tin turning to ash. Whoever walks out on that bridge, they warned, forfeits his soul to the devil.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Võrtsjärve idakaldal endisest Tamme mõisast põhja pool ulatub järve kivivare, mille kivide vahelt püüti vanasti suuri luukarpe. Puhja kihelkonna rahvas rääkis, et Vanapagan tahtnud siit järvele silda ehitada. Ta kandis kive kaugelt sisemaalt, kuni põll rebenes ja kivid pudenesid ritta üle põldude; kui ta oli järve keskele jõudnud, said kivid otsa, kukk kires kaldal ja Vanapagan kadus nagu tina tuhka. Kes selle silla peale läheb, hoiatati, selle hinge pärib Vanapagan.
Source: After the Estonian Folklore Archives (ERA II 78; ERA II 242), via folklore.ee ↗