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The ship-furrow of Igaküla

Suure laeva soon Igakülas

On the pastures of Igaküla in western Muhu runs a shallow trench about two and a half kilometres long and eight metres wide, from Eku hill towards the Small Strait, now overgrown with juniper. Muhu people called it the furrow of the great ship. The Devil, they said, wanted to cut Koguva, Rootsivere and Igaküla off from the rest of Muhu and ploughed through the land with his huge ship. An old woman doing her washing saw him and showed the ship her bare backside; the ship leapt three times and sank into the earth. Herd boys later claimed to have whittled sticks from the tip of its mast.

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

Eesti keeles

Lääne-Muhus Igaküla karjamaadel kulgeb Eku mäest Väikese väina poole umbes kahe ja poole kilomeetri pikkune ja kaheksa meetri laiune madal soon, mis on nüüd kadakaid täis kasvanud. Muhulased kutsusid seda Suure laeva sooneks. Vanapagan tahtnud Koguva, Rootsivere ja Igaküla muust Muhust lahti lõigata ja kündnud oma hiiglasliku laevaga läbi maa. Pesu pesev vanaeit nägi seda ja näitas laevale paljast tagumikku; laev hüppas kolm korda ja vajus maa alla. Karjapoisid olevat hiljem välja jäänud mastitipust kaikaid lõiganud.

Map of the area around The ship-furrow of Igaküla
58.60056° N, 23.12194° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: After Muistendid Vanapaganast (E. Laugaste, A. Liiv; folklore.ee) ↗

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