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Ghost story · 1893

White horses and cellar maidens in Porkuni castle

Valged hobused ja keldrineiud Porkuni linnuses

In the ruins of the bishop's castle at Porkuni, a tale recorded in 1893 says, white horses ran at night and screaming voices were heard. A stone was said to tell of a six-horse coach full of gold sunk in the river below the writing-room window, though no one knew where that room had been. When the new manor kept its beer in the old castle cellar, a tipsy watchman fetching the evening jug saw a little iron door spring open in the wall. Two finely dressed maidens stepped out, chatted with him like old friends and invited him to a feast inside the wall.

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

Eesti keeles

1893. aastal kirja pandud loo järgi jooksid Porkuni piiskopilinnuse varemetes öösiti valged hobused ja kuuldi karjuvaid hääli. Ühel kivil olevat olnud kiri, et kirjutuskambri akna all jõe põhjas on kuuehobuse tõld kuldraha täis, kuid keegi ei teadnud, kus see kamber asus. Kui uus mõis hoidis õlut vanas lossikeldris, nägi õhtust õllekannu tooma läinud vintis vahimees, kuidas seinas põrkas lahti väike rauduks. Sealt astusid välja kaks uhkelt riides neidu, ajasid temaga juttu nagu vanad tuttavad ja kutsusid ta seina sisse peole.

Map of the area around White horses and cellar maidens in Porkuni castle
59.18780° N, 26.19510° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives E 5719/21 (3) (O. Hintzenberg < Hans Wollmann, Tapa, 1893), Rehepapp database ↗

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