Legend
The Devil's failed shot at Tartu cathedral
When the cathedral on Toome Hill in Tartu was being built, the Old Devil could not stand it. He took a stone from the side of Vooremägi, where he lived, put it in his sling and whirled it round his head until the earth shook. Just as he took aim at the church, the sling cord snapped. The stone flew off before it had full force and fell short, into the Emajõgi opposite the Ihaste inn. People called it Tondikivi, the Ghost Stone. The man who wrote the tale down in 1896 said it stood mid-river, a few feet above the deep water, and that he had seen it himself several times from a steamer.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kui Tartus Toomemäel kirikut ehitati, ei sallinud Vanatont seda. Ta võttis Vooremäe küljest, kus ta elas, kivi, pani lingu peale ja keerutas seda ümber pea, nii et maa värises. Just siis, kui ta kirikut sihtima hakkas, katkes lingunöör. Täit hoogu saamata lendas kivi lühikeseks ja kukkus Emajõkke Ihaste kõrtsi kohal. Rahvas hakkas seda Tondikiviks kutsuma. Loo kirjapanija ütles 1896. aastal, et kivi seisab keset sügavat jõge ja ulatub paar jalga veest välja ning et ta on seda aurulaevaga mööda sõites ise mitu korda näinud.
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Kodused jutud' (no. 13; J. Rootslane, Võnnu, 1896) ↗