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The Old Devil's pocket stones at Pühalepa

When the church at Pühalepa was finished, the Old Devil was furious that yet another house of God had been built on Hiiumaa. He stuffed three boulders into his waistcoat pocket and set off to smash the church to pieces. He threw them one after another, but not a single stone hit its target: all three thudded down around the church, and it stood untouched. The largest landed closest, only a couple of hundred metres away. Today this boulder, called the Vanapagana kivi or Tõllu kivi, lies just north of Pühalepa church, and a second of the devil's stones, Passi kivi, can be found 600 metres further on.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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Kui Pühalepa kirik valmis sai, oli Vanapagan vihane, et Hiiumaale on jälle üks jumalakoda ehitatud. Ta pistis kolm rahnu vestitasku ja läks kirikut puruks viskama. Ta loopis kive üksteise järel, kuid ükski ei tabanud: kõik kolm kukkusid kiriku ümber maha ja pühakoda jäi terveks. Kõige lähemale, vaid paarisaja meetri kaugusele, maandus suurim kivi. Tänapäeval lebab see Vanapagana kivi ehk Tõllu kivi Pühalepa kirikust veidi põhja pool ning teine kuradikivi, Passi kivi, asub sellest 600 meetri kaugusel.

Map of the area around The Old Devil's pocket stones at Pühalepa
58.87574° N, 22.95524° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Hiiumaa folk legend; see et.wikipedia: Vanapagana kivi and Passi kivi. ↗

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