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The devil's stone in Lake Uhtjärv

Once upon a time the Old Devil lived in Riga. One day he decided to throw a huge stone all the way to Tallinn. He swung and hurled it with all his strength, but the stone did not fly nearly far enough: it fell instead into a lake in Urvaste, in the mysterious valley that local people call Nõiariik, the Witches' Kingdom. Since then the boulder has been known as Kuradikivi, the Devil's Stone, and many other strange tales have gathered around it and around the dark, narrow lake. Today the Kuradikivi lies on the southern shore at the western end of Lake Uhtjärv, along the Uhtjärve Ürgoru nature trail near Antsla.

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

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Elas kord Vanapagan Riias. Ühel päeval otsustas ta visata hiigelsuure kivi Tallinna. Ta võttis hoogu ja paiskas kogu jõust, kuid kivi ei lennanud kaugeltki nii kaugele: see kukkus hoopis Urvastes järve, salapärases orus, mida kohalikud kutsuvad Nõiariigiks. Sestsaati hüütakse rahnu Kuradikiviks ning selle ja pimeda kitsa järve ümber on tekkinud veel palju imelikke lugusid. Tänapäeval lebab Kuradikivi Uhtjärve lääneotsa lõunakaldal, Antsla lähedal Uhtjärve ürgoru matkaraja ääres.

Map of the area around The devil's stone in Lake Uhtjärv
57.90084° N, 26.55998° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Local Urvaste folk legend; see et.wikipedia: Kuradikivi (Urvaste) (legend text there is unreferenced). ↗

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