Legend
The holy man of Maardu sacred grove
In 1937 an 88-year-old man from Vandjala told this story. Long ago a holy man went to the sacred grove at Maardu every single day to pray. Curious villagers finally followed him and asked what he was doing there all day. 'I am praying for an offering stone,' he answered. At that very moment a huge stone fell from the sky and landed right on top of him. The man vanished without trace, and people believed he lay buried beneath it; they named the boulder Ohvrikivi, the Offering Stone. Today the Maardu hiiemets near Saha is a protected sacred grove, and the offering stone still lies among its trees.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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1937. aastal jutustas Vandjala küla 88-aastane mees sellise loo. Vanasti käinud üks püha mees iga päev Maardu hiies palvetamas. Lõpuks läksid uudishimulikud külainimesed talle järele ja küsisid, mida ta seal terve päeva teeb. „Ma palun siia ohvrikivi,“ vastas mees. Samal hetkel kukkus taevast alla suur kivi – otse tema peale. Meest ei leitud enam kusagilt ja arvati, et ta jäigi kivi alla. Rahnu hakati kutsuma Ohvrikiviks. Tänapäeval on Saha lähedal asuv Maardu hiiemets kaitse all olev looduslik pühapaik ja ohvrikivi lebab endiselt puude vahel.