Ghost story · 1929
The white-clad maidens of the Kissa spruce wood
Kissa kuusiku valges riides neiud
An old woman of Kissa village in Simuna parish told the folklorist Richard Viidebaum in 1929 that not long before, a forest spirit had been seen in the nearby Kissa spruce wood, like a grey woman sitting on a stone. Anyone who lay down to sleep among those trees would be driven away. One man who did so once was chased off by two young ladies dressed in white. Sometimes the spirits had been seen dancing between the trees. Such forest spirits, she added, led people astray: whoever crossed their path would lose the way.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Simuna kihelkonna Kissa küla vanaeit rääkis 1929. aastal folklorist Richard Viidebaumile, et lähedal Kissa kuusikus oli hiljuti nähtud halgjat, kes oli nagu hall naisterahvas ja istus kivi otsas. Kes sinna metsa vahele magama jäi, see aeti üles. Üht meest, kes kord seal magama jäi, tulid minema ajama kaks valges riides mamslit. Mõnikord nähti metsa vahel halgjaid tantsimas. Need metsavaimud, lisas ta, eksitavad inimesi: kelle tee nad ületavad, see eksib ära.