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The golden fish of Kalana

Sailors lost at sea for seven years vowed to build a chapel if they ever reached land, and so they did on Hiiumaa. On a stone jutting from its wall sat a golden fish, and each day its nose pointed to where the catch would be best, so the shore came to be called Kalanina, the fish's nose. When the walls fell the fish vanished and with it the islanders' luck. They built a smaller chapel and even painted a fish on it, but the golden one never returned.

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

Eesti keeles

Seitse aastat merel eksinud meremehed tõotasid maale jõudes kabeli ehitada ja tegid seda Hiiu saarel. Kabeli müürist välja ulatuval kivil istus kuldkala, kelle nina näitas iga päev, kus on parim kalasaak, ja nii hakati seda randa Kalaninaks hüüdma. Kui müürid langesid, kadus kala ja koos temaga hiidlaste kalaõnn. Ehitati uus väiksem kabel ja maaliti seinale isegi kala, kuid kuldkala ei tulnud enam tagasi.

Map of the area around The golden fish of Kalana
58.92411° N, 22.07331° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Esivanemate varandus', Hiidlaste kuldkala (J. Ninnas, Risti, from Juula Tomming) ↗

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