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Tallinn Lillekyla Gymnasium
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Legends of Tallinn
Tallinn 2009





Table of Contents


Introduction 2
Legends of Tallinn 3
How Ülemiste Elder will drown the town 4
How did the medieval Tallinn get its name Reval 4
How the Toompea hill came into being 4
How the Lake Ülemiste was formed 5
How was St. Olaf ’s Church built 5
How did the weather vane Old Thomas get its name 5
How did Wheel ’s Well get the name Cat’s Well 6
How did Kiek in de Kök get its name 6
References 7





















Introduction


I chose the topic „Legends of Tallinn“, because I had heard some splendid myths about Tallinn from my history lessons and I was eager to widen my horizon . I am quite interested in history in general and I especially love tales about medieval Tallinn. I hope that I will find out some entertaining stories to tell my friends .

Legends of Tallinn


There are many interesting legends about buildings or sights in Tallinn. Nobody can tell, if they are all true or not, but at least they make the medieval capital much more intriguing and attractive for tourists as for the locals.

How Ülemiste Elder will drown the town


The most known legend of Tallinn is probably about the mythological Ülemiste Elder, who is believed to live in the Lake Ülemiste. Every autumn he is said to come to the Viru Gates and asks the guard, if the town is completed yet. The guard shall always answer that there is much to be done. If he would say that the town is completed, the Ülemiste Elder would flood Tallinn.


How did the medieval Tallinn get its name Reval


One day the Danish King Valdemar II was hunting for deer near Toompea, when he spotted a beautiful stag. He liked the animal so much, that he ordered it to be caught alive. Unfortunately the deer fell from a limestone bank , broke its neck and died. The fall of a dear is called Reh-fall in German, so that’s where the name Reval probably derives from.



How the Toompea hill came into being


Kalev, the father of the hero Kalevipoeg, was killed by his greatest enemy. His widow , Linda , mourned for seven days and eventually dug his grave and started to gather up large boulders to make him tumulus mound. So the tomb of the great King Kalev is what we call Toompea hill today .

How the Lake Ülemiste was formed


It is believed that once Linda was carrying boulders to make his husband a tomb, she got tired and one of the boulders fell from her apron. She sat on it and wept , thus creating the lake.

How was St. Olaf’s Church built


According to a legend the people of Tallinn were searching for ways to make their hometown famous . Someone got the idea of building a high church, so the merchants would see the town from far away . But soon there was a problem- they couldn’t find a man to build this gargantuan house of worship. Finally a stranger offered himself to build the church for a big cost , but he said he would do it for free, if the townspeople would guess his name. Once the sanctuary was almost finished, the citizen started to worry that where would they get that much gold for the architect. So they tried to be friends with the stranger and find out his name, but builder would not give in. So they sent a spy to find out his name. The architect was just fixing the cross on the steeple, when the espionage shouted out that is was Olev. The poor man realized that he had lost his fee, slipped and fell to death from atop the tower.


How did the weather vane Old Thomas get its name


In the medieval times , there was a hand bow competition held every spring . It took place in the Parrot ’s Garden and it was meant for only the most skilful archers. The competitors had to shoot down a wooden parrot, which was placed on top of a high pole. One year all the vying knights were all gathered at the shooting line, the parrot suddenly fell to the ground , pierced by an arrow . The sharpshooter turned out to be a poor boy called Toomas. The annoyed contestants told him to place the parrot back on the top of the pole. Everyone was impressed and the story about Toomas spread quickly. The major of Tallinn asked him to be the town-guard. It was a great honor for the young man and he proved his reliability several times in the battles of the Livonian war. At old age his looks were very similar to the man on the weather vane on top of the spire of the Tallinn’s Town Hall, so the people started to call the vane Old Thomas.

How did Wheel’s Well get the name Cat’s Well


The legend says that citizens of Tallinn believed that an evil spirit , who threatened to make all the towns wells run dry, lived in the Wheel’s Well. To keep the spirit happy, people sacrificed animals . They started to throw dead cats to the well and thanks to this common citizen started to call the well Cat’s Well. Although the wells of Tallinn never ran dry, the water was soon undrinkable due to the sacrifices.

How did Kiek in de Kök get its name


It is said that at the medieval times the cannon tower was so high that the warriors on top of it could see, how housewives and maids were cooking lunch in their kitchens, thus the name, meaning “peek into the kitchen ”.
Conclusion
It was very interesting to write this report, because before I wasn’t aware that there are so many enchanting legends about people, buildings, sights and objects in Tallinn. Thanks to this report I have discovered some new stories that are not so famous, but yet so fascinating. One of these is the legend about the Cat’s Well. I hadn’t heard nothing about it before and now it’s is definitely going to be a tale to tell my foreigner friends. Writing this report I have learned that almost everything in Tallinn has its own story.






References


http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevipoeg_(eepos) , read on 23.03.2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toompea , read on 23.03.2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_%C3%9Clemiste , read on 23.03.2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Olaf's_church,_Tallinn , read on 23.03.2009
http://www.tallinn-life.com/culture/culture_details/6-St_Olav's_Church , read on 23.03.2009
http://www.ohtuleht.ee/index.aspx?id=79256 , read on 23.03.2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Thomas , read on 23.03.2009
http://www.redgroup.ee/destinations?id=11717 , read on 23.03.2009
http://www.tourism.tallinn.ee/est/esi/vaatamis/vaatamis/vanalinn/article_id-436 -, read on 23.03.2009
http://www.linnamuuseum.ee/kok/index.php?&id=170 , read on 23.03.2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_Tallinn , read on 23.03.2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark , read on 23.03.2009
http://www.traveltoucan.com/files/Denmark-flag.gif , read on 23.03.2009
http://www.tallinn.ee/g6117s37760 , read on 23.03.2009
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/OKallis-Kalevipoeg.jpg/180px-OKallis-Kalevipoeg.jpg , read on 23.03.2009
http://www.balticshop.com/shopping/pics/30696.m.jpg , read on 23.03.2009
http://www.tallinnavesi.ee/static/images/pilt_37.jpg , read on 23.03.2009
http://www.7is7.com/otto/estonia/tallinn_kiekindekok.html , read on 23.03.2009
http://euro.postimees.ee/foto/9/3/1344394770fc36d6312_2.jpg , read on 23.03.2009
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