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Ghost story · 1939

The wolf and the white revenant of Soesoo, Vitipalu

Soesoo hunt ja valge kodukäija Vitipalus

An old road once ran through the Vitipalu woods and across a thicket called Soesoo, the Wolf's Swamp. A tale recorded in 1939 tells of a farmer driving there at night when a wolf trotted out of the swamp and followed his sleigh, though it harmed neither man nor horse. Then the farmer saw a white figure by the roadside and took it for a revenant. The wolf sprang at the figure, turned into a pillar of fire and set the ghost ablaze like a torch. Today Vitipalu is a forest of trails and a memorial site, and the old swamp name survives in local lore.

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

Eesti keeles

Vitipalu metsast ja tihnikust nimega Soesoo ehk Hundisoo viis kunagi läbi vana tee. 1939. aastal kirja pandud loo järgi sõitis seal öösel talumees, kui soost tuli välja hunt ja sörkis saani järel, puutumata meest ega hobust. Siis nägi talumees tee ääres valget kogu ja arvas, et see on kodukäija. Hunt kargas kogule kallale, muutus tulesambaks ja süütas kummituse leegitsema nagu tõrviku. Praegu on Vitipalu matkaradade ja mälestuspaigaga mets, vana soonimi elab aga edasi kohapärimuses.

Map of the area around The wolf and the white revenant of Soesoo, Vitipalu
58.16500° N, 26.43000° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 241, 324/5 (Otepää parish, 1939), via folklore.ee 'Rahvausundi loodus' ↗

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