Monday, April 11, 2011

Ülemiste Järve Vanake



Variant #1
Ülemiste Järve Vanake on mütoloogiline tegelane, kes pidavat elama Tallinna läheda Ülemiste Järves. Ta tahtvat Tallinn ära uputada, kui see valmis saab, seepärast peab talle alati ütlema, et Tallinn pole veel valmis.
Ülemiste järves on suur kivi. Enne polnud seal järve. Mees kündnud seal kohal, korraga pilv tuleb, karjutud: «Eest ära!» Uputanud mehe ära, mees jäänud järvevahiks. Jaanilaupäeva öösel pidi käima küsimas, kas linn on valmis. Vastatud ikka, et ei ole valmis.»

Variant #2
When you're here in Tallinn, if a mysterious old man approaches you and asks whether the city is finished yet, your answer had better be an emphatic "no." One of Tallinn's oldest legends tells of the Ülemiste Vanake, the old man from Lake Ülemiste, which sits on the outskirts of town. One dark night each autumn he rises from the lake, knocks on the city gates and asks, "Is the city finished yet, or is there still work being done?" The guards have strict orders to answer no, there's still loads of construction going on and it'll probably be years before it's ready. The disappointed old man then turns and leaves, grumbling all the way back to the lake. The belief was that if the answer were ever yes, the old man would call up the waters of the lake and wipe out the city in a great flood. Luckily, despite ups and downs in the local economy, there's always some construction going on in Tallinn so the city is safe from the old man for the time being.

4 comments:

  1. Vanapagan
    on eesti rahvapärimuses tegelane, kelles on kokku sulanud kristliku kuradi, rumala kurivaimu ja hiiu jooned.

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  2. Rehepapp
    oli mõisa palgatud talumees, kelle ülesanne oli kütta mõisa rehes reheahju ning valvata kuivava vilja ja rehepeksu järele.
    Rehepapiks võeti mõni talumees külast või elatanud mõisa-ametimees.
    Rahvaluules on rehepapp seotud Vanapagana-juttudega. Harilikult kavalpea ja naljamees, tüssab ta Vanapaganat (kuradit) ja ka mõisnikku.

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  3. Kalevipoeg-
    In Estonian (mainly East Estonian) legends, Kalevipoeg carries stones or throws them at enemies, and also uses planks edgewise as weapons, following the advice of a hedgehog. He also forms surface structures on landscape and bodies of water and builds towns. He walks through deep water. Kalevipoeg eventually dies after his feet are cut off by his own sword owing to his own prior — and fatally ambiguous — instructions.
    Kalevipoeg was one of the sons of Kalev and Linda. Kalevipoeg's real given name was Sohni/Soini. Alevipoeg, Olevipoeg and Sulevipoeg were his friends and more distant relatives.
    The character only rarely appears in folk songs. In literature, he was first mentioned by Heinrich Stahl in the 17th century.

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  4. Suur Tõll
    on Saaremaa vägilane. Väidetavasti põlvneb temast Saaremaa aadlisuguvõsa Toll. Ta oli tuntud Lääne-Eestis, eriti Saaremaal. Kõrvu puhthiidlike vägitegudega (võitlus Vanapaganaga, kivide pildumises jm.) ilmneb Tõllu tegevus ka rahvavanema jooni: ta võitleb võõrvallutajatega, ehitab või püüab lõhkuda kirikuid. Tõllul on naine Piret, vend Leiger ja poeg Noor Tõll. Kõik 1961. aastani kogutud Tõllu-muistendid on ilmunud sarjas "Eesti muistendid. Hiiu- ja vägilasmuistendid II" (1963)

    Suur Tõll
    He lived in Tõlluste village with his wife Piret. He tossed huge rocks everywhere, mostly aiming for his archenemy Vanatühi or other enemies of Saaremaa people. Tõll was king of Saaremaa but he lived as common farmer. He often visited his brother Leiger on the neighboring Hiiumaa (Dagö) island. He was so tall that he could almost walk there (The distance is something about 5 to 6 km long). His walking stick was a 5 sazhen (~10 meters or 35 foot) spruce tree trunk. Tõll was always kind and ready to help, but very hot-tempered. He loved to eat cabbages, drink beer and go to the sauna (his wife was always busy gathering him sauna stove rocks).

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