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Unikivi

Unikivi, the sleep stone, lies in the forest near Vilima on the Kõpu peninsula. Two explanations of the name were recorded in the 1930s. One said the Old Devil lives under the stone and dozes away his days there. The other gave a warning: whoever lies down to sleep on Unikivi will never wake again. Emmaste storytellers counted it among the great boulders of the Vilima pastures and hay meadows, which the Devil was said to have thrown all the way from Saaremaa; these were the biggest, so they flew the furthest.

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

Eesti keeles

Unikivi asub Kõpu poolsaarel Vilima lähedal metsas. 1930. aastatel pandi kirja kaks nimeseletust. Ühe järgi elab kivi all Vanapagan, kes seal oma päevi magab ja tukub. Teine oli hoiatus: kes heidab Unikivile magama, see jääbki igaveseks magama. Emmaste jutustajad lugesid kivi Vilima karjamaade ja heinamaade suurte rahnude hulka, mille Vanapagan olevat visanud koguni Saaremaalt; need olid kõige suuremad ja lendasid seepärast kõige kaugemale.

Map of the area around Unikivi
58.91832° N, 22.24272° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://www.folklore.ee/rl/folkte/myte/pagan/kihelkonnad/emmaste.html ↗

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