Legend
The snakes that hunted the lord of Rae
Rae manor once stood near Vaskjala on the Pirita river, where Ussiaugu farm was later. Its lord Johannes tortured his people and mocked them: "Now wriggle like snakes!" Then snakes came, where none had been before. They crept into his bed and onto his plate. He built a house on posts in the river; they swam over. He built a new manor four versts away; they followed. At last he fled to Tallinn, understood his guilt and built the almshouse church, where his picture as a blind old man led by a boy was said to hang. A snake king with a golden crown stayed on at Ussiaugu, kind to innocent girls on Midsummer Eve.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Vanasti seisis Raemõis Pirita jõe ääres Vaskjala lähedal, hilisema Ussiaugu talu kohal. Selle kuri härra Johannes piinas valda ja irvitas: "Vingerdage nüüd nagu ussid!" Siis ilmusid ussid, keda enne polnud seal nähtud. Nad pugesid tema voodisse ja taldrikule. Härra ehitas jõkke postide otsa uue maja, kuid ussid ujusid üle. Ta ehitas neli versta eemale uue mõisa, kuid ussid tulid järele. Viimaks põgenes ta Tallinna, mõistis oma süüd ja ehitas seegikiriku, kus olevat rippunud tema pilt: pime vanamees, keda poiss talutab. Ussiaugule jäi elama kuldkrooniga ussikuningas, kes jaaniõhtul süütutele neidudele lahke oli.
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Kolmandad Eesti kohalikud muistejutud' (no. 100) ↗