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The drowned wedding party of Einby

A young man from Pasklep on the Noarootsi peninsula went across the water to Vormsi island to fetch himself a bride. The wedding was merry, and the whole party set off home across the frozen strait. But the ice was thin, and suddenly it gave way: the groom, the bride and all their guests fell through and drowned, and under the water every one of them turned to stone. After that, it was said, no girl would marry a man from another parish, for heaven had ordained that each parish should keep to itself. Today the Pulmakivid, the Wedding Stones, rise from the shallow sea about a hundred metres off Einby beach.

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

Eesti keeles

Noarootsi poolsaare Paslepa noormees läks üle vee Vormsi saarele endale pruuti tooma. Pulm oli lõbus ja kogu seltskond asus üle jäätunud väina koju tagasi. Jää oli aga õhuke ja äkki see murdus: peigmees, pruut ja kõik pulmalised kukkusid vette ja uppusid ning vee all muutus igaüks neist kiviks. Sestsaati olevat ükski neiu võõra kihelkonna mehega enam abiellunud, sest jumal olevat määranud, et iga kihelkond peab omaette jääma. Tänapäeval kerkivad Pulmakivid ehk pruudikivid madalast merest Einby supelrannast umbes saja meetri kaugusel.

Map of the area around The drowned wedding party of Einby
58.98504° N, 23.44953° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Noarootsi coastal Swedish folk legend; see et.wikipedia: Pulmakivid. ↗

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