Ghost story · 1928
The Maiden's Grave in the Kodila river
Neitsi haud Kodila jões
Where the Kodila river runs past the old pastures of Kodila manor, west of Rapla, there is a deeper pool that local people called the Maiden's Grave. Leenu Randorf, born in 1874, explained the name to a collector in 1928: a young woman once drowned there, and before she did, the water spirit had been seen sitting on the surface of the pool. Stories like this, common across Estonia, gave names to dangerous stretches of water and warned children away from them. Kodila manor's park lies close to the river.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Seal, kus Kodila jõgi voolab Raplast läänes mööda Kodila mõisa endistest karjamaadest, on üks sügavam koht, mida kohalikud kutsusid neitsi hauaks. 1874. aastal sündinud Leenu Randorf seletas nime 1928. aastal kogujale: kord uppus sinna üks neiu ja enne uppumist oli nähtud vee peal näkki istumas. Sellised lood, mida tunti üle Eesti, andsid nimed ohtlikele veekohtadele ja hoiatasid lapsi neist eemale hoidma. Kodila mõisa park jääb jõe lähedale.