Kiviriida Hill

2019-12-16 In Cult Identity Estonia Hill Muhu Parish
Description

150 m long and 50 m wide barely noticeable upland (direction: North-West to South-West) covered and surrounded by forest and brushwood. Most of the hill has been ruined by mining.

Narrative

Vanapagan was said to have alighted from Kesselaid near Muhu island to Kivari hill, leaving his footprint there. Vanapagan is one of the best-known mythological creatures in Estonian folklore, transforming landscapes, leaving prints on stones and competing with Vanajumal, the thunder god. He is a cross between the Christian version of Satan and a simple-minded nature spirit. The writer Jaan Kaplinski has noted that the traditional indigenous Vanapagan was not absolute evil as was the foreign Satan.

Location
Coordinates: 58.63411, 23.35164

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Gatis Kalniņš
Founder and maintainer of www.latvijas-pilskalni.lv, www.senvietas.lv and hillforts.eu.


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