[EST] Seekordne aare viib Teid kohta, mis seni geopeituse kaardilt puutumata. Tutvustame Teile Pühajõe vastuhaku kivi ning Harjumäe külaplatsi.
Legend Pühajõe vastuhaku kivist.
1640.aastal ehitas Sõmerpalu mõisnik jõele veski. 1641 ja 1642 aasta oli ilmastikuoludelt väga raske ja saak ähvardas taas ikalduda. Kevadel tulid 60 talupoega mõisniku jutule. Lubades veel kaheksa päeva oodata ja kui ilm selle ajaga ei parane, on selge, et Võhandu jõgi, mida ka Pühajõeks nimetati, on välja vihastatud veski ja tammi ehitamisega. Härra järele ei andnud ja ilm ei paranenud. Talumehed tungisid veskisse ja põletasid selle. Purustati ka tamm. Eesmärgiks oli lepitada püha jõge. Ilma ennustamiseks pandi jõkke kolm mõrda, kui keskmisesse sattus soomusteta kala või vähk, oli oodata ikaldust. Ohust pääsemiseks ohverdati härg ja prooviti uuesti. Kui ka kolmandal katsel ei saadud paremat ennet, olla ohverdatud laps. Vastuhakk suruti sõjaväe abiga maha ja talupojad said karmilt karistada. Pühajõe rahutused jäid eestlaste viimaseks katseks kaitsta oma rahvausundit avaliku võitlusega.
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[ENG] Monument For The Insurrection Of Pühajõe
In 1640 landlord of Sõmerpalu built a new sawmill to River Võhandu in addition to an already existing grain mill.
The year 1641 witnessed extremely difficult weather conditions, also the spring of 1642 promised nothing good. Harvest threatened to fail for the second year in a row.
April 30 1642 60 peasants from all over the area came to see the landlord Ohm. They promised to wait for eight days and if weather conditions don`t improve by then it was clear that the mill and dam had angered River Võhandu or Pühajõgi (Holy River) as it also was called with the damming up of the water.
On July 8 1642 peasants invaded the mill and burnt it down. Also the dam was destroyed. The goal of the peasants was to placate the holy river, which was thought to be the home of Thunderbolt. It was believed that the river fairy could make rain if the river water was littered or the flow blocked. Three weirs were put in the river to forecast weather, if fish without scales or crayfish was caught in the weir it meant that bad harvest could be on his way. An ox was sacrificed and tried once more to escape the danger. If even a third attempt didn`t give a better omen, it is told that a child was sacrificed.
The insurrection was squashed with the help of the army and peasants were severely punished. The riot of Pühajõe was to be the last attempt for Estonians to protect their folk belief in a public struggle.
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