Legend
The werewolf of Näo village
A wolf killed an ox belonging to the master of Otsajüri farm in Näo village near Tapa, yet did not eat it. At Piilu inn the half-wise innkeeper told him: that is no real wolf but a person who goes about as a werewolf. For a measure of vodka he loaded his gun with salt, read words over it and waited by the carcass. When the wolf came he shot it in the face, and it fled howling into the forest. Next day the news was out: the mistress of Tammemäe farm had been shot blind. She stayed blind until she died, and told the Otsajüri master that he had had her shot.
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Eesti keeles
Tapa lähedal Näo külas murdis hunt Otsajüri peremehe härja, kuid ei söönud seda. Piilu kõrtsis ütles pooltark kõrtsmik: see pole õige hunt, vaid inimene, kes käib libahundiks. Toobi viina eest pani ta püssi soola, luges sõnad peale ja jäi härja juurde ootama. Kui hunt tuli, lasi kõrtsmik talle vastu vahtimist ja hunt jooksis kisades metsa. Järgmisel päeval oli jutt väljas: Tammemäe perenaine oli pimedaks lastud. Ta jäi pimedaks surmani ja ütles Otsajüri peremehele, et too lasi ta pimedaks lasta.
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Kodused jutud' (no. 131; J. Ekemann < Leenu Aster, Tapa, 1893) ↗