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Tourist map of Estonia (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Makes me want to go there, actually. And I love that they put a cement factory on there 😂 like "Estonia is very proud of its castles, its witches - and its cement. Our cement rocks. For real. Check it out, boys and girls"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They sure do love their rocks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Absolutely.

In Estonian (mainly East Estonian) legends, Kalevipoeg carries stones or throws them at enemies

Kalevipoeg becomes king after defeating his brothers in a stone hurling competition

Taara, in consultation with the other gods, reanimates Kalevipoeg, places his legless body on a white steed, and sends him down to the gates of hell where he is ordered to strike the rock with his fist, thus entrapping hell in the rock