Legend
The hiis maidens of Kassari and their red dogs
Long ago a sacred forest of ancient oaks filled the middle of Kassari, and the people of Esiküla did not even know there was another village beyond it. Then a pig pushed through, people followed its track and found Taguküla. But soon the hiis maidens, white and naked, stood on the path with their red dogs and asked: "Do you know the hiis maiden's song?" Those who could recite it passed. The rest were chased back by the dogs. Most of the grove was felled some 80 or 90 years before the tale was recorded in 1895, and only a smallholding called Hiiertee, the hiis road, kept its memory.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Vanasti kasvas Kassare keskel põlistest tammedest hiiemets ja Esiküla rahvas ei teadnudki, et selle taga on teine küla. Siis puges üks siga metsast läbi, inimesed läksid jälgi mööda järele ja leidsid Taguküla. Peagi seisid aga teel hiieneitsid, valged ja ihualasti, punaste koertega, ning küsisid: "Kas hiieneitsi laulu oskad?" Kes laulu peast lugeda mõistis, pääses läbi. Teised aeti koertega tagasi. Suurem osa hiiemetsast raiuti maha umbes 80-90 aastat enne loo kirjapanekut 1895. aastal ja mälestuseks jäi ainult popsikoht nimega Hiiertee ehk Hiietee.
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Kodused jutud' (no. 117; F. V. Vahe, Käina, 1895) ↗