Legend
The Devil's house on Kiireste hill
Vanapagana maja Kiireste mäel
Kiireste hill stands on the pasture of Jõe farm in Sepamaa village, on the Hanila coast facing Muhu. Massu storytellers in 1939 said the Devil wanted to build a bridge across the strait and had brought his first load of stones when his apron strings broke, dropping them on his toes; the heap became the hill. In another telling he married and lived on Kiireste, building his house at the start of the bridge until Suur Tõll knocked it down. When the Devil died, his widow set his grave mound on fire, and the sparks from his sneeze flew out to sea to become the islands.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kiireste mägi asub Sepamaa külas Jõe talu karjamaal, Hanila rannikul Muhu vastas. Massu jutustajad rääkisid 1939. aastal, et Vanapagan tahtis üle väina silda ehitada ja oli toonud esimese koorma kive, kui põllepaelad katkesid ja kivid kukkusid talle varvastele; kivihunnikust sai mägi. Teise loo järgi kosis Vanapagan naise ja elas Kiireste mäel, ehitades maja silla algusse, kuni Suur Tõll selle maha lõi. Kui Vanapagan suri, süütas lesk tema hauakünka põlema ja tema aevastusest lendasid sädemed merele, kus neist said saared.
Source: After Muistendid Vanapaganast (E. Laugaste, A. Liiv; folklore.ee) ↗