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The headless blood-red horse of Kuimetsa

Kuimetsa peata veripunane hobune

A woman from Kuimetsa, by the ruins of the old tower castle on the Vatla river, saw something one early morning at sunrise that her family remembered for generations. A blood-red horse without a head came along the road through Kuimetsa village and vanished among the buildings further on. Soon afterwards a great cattle plague struck Kuimetsa, and only two horses were left alive in the whole parish district. The headless horse, her grand-niece told the folklorist Rudolf Põldmäe, had been the cattle plague itself, walking into the village.

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

Eesti keeles

Üks Kuimetsa naine, kelle kodukülas Vatla jõe ääres seisavad vana tornlinnuse varemed, nägi ühel varahommikul päikesetõusu ajal midagi, mida suguvõsa mäletas põlvest põlve. Mööda teed tuli Kuimetsa küla vahelt veripunane peata hobune ja kadus kaugemale hoonete vahele. Varsti pärast seda tabas Kuimetsat suur loomade katk ja kogu valda jäi elama vaid kaks hobust. Peata hobune, rääkis tema õetütre tütar folklorist Rudolf Põldmäele, oligi olnud loomade katk, mis külla tuli.

Map of the area around The headless blood-red horse of Kuimetsa
59.03690° N, 25.13190° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 18, 497 (4) (R. Põldmäe, Harju-Jaani parish < Juuru parish, Kuimetsa), Rehepapp database ↗

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