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Ghost story · 1936

The thousand-year spirit on the Sarja inn road

Tuhat aastat oodanud vaim Sarja kõrtsi teel

An 85-year-old man from Halliste parish told a collector in 1936 of a traveller walking from Sarja inn towards Vana-Kariste. A young lady joined him and kept walking at his side, as if hoping he would touch her. When they reached a place called Vantaua she disappeared into a hole with a jingling sound, saying she had already been there a thousand years and would now have to stay a thousand more. The teller's comment carries the moral of many Estonian tales: had the man only touched her, she might have been set free.

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

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Halliste kihelkonna 85-aastane mees rääkis 1936. aastal kogujale teekäijast, kes läks Sarja kõrtsi poolt Vana-Kariste poole. Tema kõrvale tuli üks preili, kes kõndis ühtelugu kaasas, nagu ootaks, et mees teda puudutaks. Vantaua juurde jõudes kadus vaim kõlinaga auku ja ütles, et on siin olnud juba tuhat aastat ning peab nüüd olema veel tuhat. Jutustaja lisas paljude eesti muistendite mõtte: kui mees oleks teda puudutanud, oleks ta ehk vabaks saanud.

Map of the area around The thousand-year spirit on the Sarja inn road
58.16500° N, 25.26000° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 124, 331/2 (Halliste parish, 1936), Lõuna-Eesti pärimuse portaal ↗

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