Legend
Vaivere and Reo: names from the Devil's fall
Vaivere ja Reo: nimed Vanapagana kukkumisest
Two village names near Kuressaare were explained by the same clumsy Devil in a Kärla tale written down in 1927. Near the spot where Reo's Orthodox church now stands, his foot caught on a stone, he fell flat and gashed his face, and cursed the spot with the word 'reu', so it became Reo. Further on, with blood streaming down his face, he tore up grass and moss to wipe it and cried 'Quiet, blood, stay quiet!', in Estonian vait, veri, and that is how Vaivere got its name.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kahe Kuressaare lähedase küla nimesid seletas 1927. aastal kirja pandud Kärla lugu ühe ja sama kohmaka Vanapaganaga. Seal, kus nüüd seisab Reo õigeusu kirik, jäi tal jalg kivi taha, ta kukkus kõhuli ja lõi näo lõhki ning hüüdis paigale: „Reu sa oled ja reuks sa jääd!” Sellest sai Reo. Edasi minnes, kui veri näost voolas, kiskus ta maast rohtu ja sammalt, kuivatas nägu ja hüüdis: „Vait, veri, jää vait, veri!” Nii saigi Vaivere oma nime.
Source: After Muistendid Vanapaganast (E. Laugaste, A. Liiv; folklore.ee) ↗