Legend
The Old Devil's mill stone at Lääniste
The Old Devil liked the high banks of the Ahja river in Võnnu parish. He dug a row of rooms into the bank, threw the soil far away and named his new home Taevaskoja, the Heavenly Hall. But he had nowhere to grind his grain. So he hauled stones by barge and carried logs on his back to Lääniste and began a watermill, though he had never learned to build. A whirlwind, keen to show that the devil was not the only strongman, tore the mill apart. Only one corner stone stayed in the river. The devil left the place in a rage. Locals called it Tondikivi, the Ghost Stone, and it still rose from the water near Mihklimäe pine wood.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Vanapaganale meeldisid Võnnu kihelkonnas Ahja jõe kõrged kaldad. Ta kaevas kaldasse terve rea tube, viskas mulla kaugele ja ristis uue kodu Taevaskojaks. Vilja polnud aga kuskil jahvatada. Nii vedas ta lotjadega kive ja kandis seljas palke Läänistesse ning hakkas jõele vesiveskit ehitama, kuigi polnud ehitamist õppinud. Tuulispask tahtis näidata, et vanapagan pole ainus vägimees, ja raputas veski laiali. Jõkke jäi ainult üks nurgakivi. Vihane vanapagan lahkus ega tahtnud enam Taevaskojas elada. Kohalikud hakkasid kivi Tondikiviks kutsuma ja see paistis veel Eiseni ajal Mihklimäe palu lähedal veest välja.
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Teised Eesti kohalikud muistejutud' (no. 63) ↗