Legend
The Devil's stone heap at Kiivite
Vanapagana kivihunnik Kiivitel
On the land of the Kiivite farm in Ringiste village, beside Lake Kiivite in old Karula parish, lies a heap of stones. A 70-year-old local man explained its origin in 1939. The Old Devil had wanted to build a bridge across Lake Kiivite and carried the stones inside his coat, with a few more stuffed into his bast shoes. Then a cock crowed at the nearest farm, and in his fright the devil let the whole load tumble out of his coat and his shoes onto the field, where the stones still lie.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Endise Karula kihelkonna Ringiste külas Kiivite järve ääres Kiivite talu maal asub kivihunnik. 1939. aastal seletas üks 70-aastane kohalik mees selle päritolu. Vanapagan tahtnud Kiivite järvest silda üle ehitada ja kandnud kive kuue sees, mõne veel pastalde sisse topitud. Siis kires lähimas talus kukk ning ehmatusega pudenesid Vanapaganal kõik kivid kuue ja pastalde seest põllule maha, kus need tänini lebavad.
Source: After the Estonian Folklore Archives (ERA II 243, 454/5, 1939), via folklore.ee ↗