Legend
The Devil's stones aimed at Torma's rooster
When the church at Torma was built, a rooster was set on top of its tower, and the Old Devil could not bear it, for it is the rooster's crow at dawn that sends him fleeing. The legend says he took his stand at Kivimurru and hurled stone after stone at the bird for half a day without once hitting it. One stone was drawn off course towards Kõnnu village; the rest fell short. Those stones, people said, are the ones that still lie scattered between Kivimurru and Torma church. The tale belongs to a longer chain of Devil stories in which he also tried, and failed, to block the sea route to Riga with a boulder that fell on Manija island. Torma's church still raises its tower above the village.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kui Torma kirik ehitati, pandi selle torni otsa kukk ja seda ei suutnud Vanapagan taluda, sest just koidikul kukelaul ajab ta põgenema. Muistend räägib, et ta asus Kivimurrule ja loopis pool päeva kivi kivi järel linnu pihta, tabamata seda kordagi. Üks kivi tõmmati kõrvale Kõnnu küla poole, teised jäid lühikeseks. Need on rahva sõnul needsamad kivid, mis tänini lebavad laiali Kivimurru ja Torma kiriku vahel. Jutt kuulub pikemasse kuradilugude ahelasse, kus ta püüdis ka rahnuga Riia meretee kinni panna, kuid kivi kukkus Manija saarele. Torma kiriku torn kõrgub endiselt küla kohal.
Source: M. J. Eisen, Teised Eesti kohalikud muistejutud: Vanapagana kivid ↗