Ghost story
The horned loaf by the Riguldi river
Sarviline sai Riguldi jõe ääres
In Noarootsi, by the Riguldi river, villagers soaked their flax in the water to ret it. A tale sent to M. J. Eisen by J. Prooses tells of a man who came to fetch his flax and found a horned white loaf lying on the bank, the kind of festive bread nobody would leave behind. He picked it up, and the loaf began dragging him towards the river with tremendous force. Before he understood what was happening he was in the water, and the water spirit drowned him at once. The horned loaf, people concluded, had been the spirit itself.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Noarootsis Riguldi jõe ääres pandi linu vette likku. J. Proosese M. J. Eisenile saadetud lugu räägib mehest, kes läks oma linu likkest ära tooma ja leidis jõe kaldalt sarvilise saia, niisuguse pidusaia, mida keegi maha ei jätaks. Ta võttis saia üles, kuid sai hakkas teda suure jõuga jõe poole kiskuma. Enne kui mees arugi sai, oli ta vees ja näkk uputas ta kohe ära. Sarviline sai, arvas rahvas, oligi näkk ise.
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Näki raamat' (no. 47, 'Sarviline sai näkk', recorded by J. Prooses, Oru) ↗