Ghost story · 1929
'The hour is full': the rider at the Kohatu river
„Tund on täis“: ratsanik Kohatu jõe ääres
The water spirit sometimes sat on a stone washing itself, Mihkel Järlep of Suure-Kalju in Kullamaa parish told the folk-music collector Herbert Tampere in 1929. Once it cried out from the Kohatu river: 'The hour is full and a man is needed!' People watched to see who would come, and soon a rider galloped up. The men held him back and would not let him near the river. 'I'm terribly thirsty,' he said, so they fetched him water from the river, and as soon as he drank he gave up the ghost. Had they brought it from the well, the narrator mused, who knows what would have happened.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Näkk istus vahel kivi otsas ja pesi ennast, rääkis Kullamaa kihelkonna Suure-Kalju küla Mihkel Järlep 1929. aastal rahvamuusika kogujale Herbert Tamperele. Kord hüüdis ta Kohatu jõest: „Tund on täis ja meest on tarvis!“ Rahvas vaatas, kust see mees tuleb, ja varsti tuligi üks ratsanik kihutades. Mehed pidasid ta kinni ega lasknud jõe juurde. „Mul on kangesti janu,“ ütles ta, ja talle toodi jõest vett. Ta jõi ja heitis kohe hinge. Kui oleks kaevust toodud, ei tea, mis siis oleks saanud, arutles jutustaja.