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The spirit that dragged sledges back at Lammasmägi

Lammasmägi at Kunda was long one of the most feared places around, Aksel Mikker of Kunda wrote in 1939. People believed that a host of spooks, spirits, revenants and witches lived there, frightening and pestering everyone who drove past. A man from Siberi village was once coming home from the fair when his horse suddenly could pull no further. He looked back through the harness to see who was playing tricks and saw a big old man holding on to the sledge and dragging it back. The moment the man's eyes met the spirit, it vanished into the forest, and the horse bolted so fast that it was in Siberi village within five minutes.

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

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Lammasmägi oli vanasti üks kardetumaid kohti, kirjutas Aksel Mikker Kundast 1939. aastal. Rahvas arvas, et seal elab palju tonte, vaime, kodukäijaid ja nõidu, kes möödasõitjaid alati peletasid ja tülitasid. Kord tuli üks Siberi küla mees laadalt ja äkki ei jaksanud hobune enam vedada. Mees vaatas läbi rangiroomi augu tagasi, et näha, kes nii mängib, ja nägi suurt vanameest, kes hoidis reest kinni ja tiris seda tagasi. Niipea kui mehe silmad vaimu nägid, kadus see metsa ja hobune pistis sellise valuga jooksma, et oli viie minutiga Siberi külas.

Map of the area around The spirit that dragged sledges back at Lammasmägi
59.46168° N, 26.53985° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Mall Hiiemäe, 'Virumaa vanad vaimujutud' (Estonian Folklore Archives, 2015), from ERA II 215, 679 (Aksel Mikker, 1939) and ERA II 216, 157/8 (R. Urb, 1939) ↗

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