#osmussaar

[dkorobtsov]

Probably you have seen my picture with a dog and a cat near #Osmussaar Lighthouse I've posted couple of months ago. Was looking through the pictures taken at that day, and just for fun compiled a "backstage". Guys were working really hard to get a final image. #dkvisualdiary #visitestonia #bestofthebaltics (at Osmussaare Lighthouse)

[dkorobtsov]

Locals on a Lighthouse on #Osmussaar island - really cute guys, by the way. One just can't leave without caressing a cat (or dog, or both of them) 😀 | #Estonia #dkwelcometoestonia #visitestonia #bestofthebaltics (at Osmussaare Lighthouse)

[sorry-been-lokid]

Soo is Odin's grave here in Estonia??? :D

"The old name of Osmussaar is Odensholm and it alludes to the site of Odin’s grave. According to folk tales among people on the coast the Russian military blew up a large granite rock somewhere on the southern shore of Osmussaar, to get building material for their fortresses. That rock is said to have been the gravestone of Scandinavian god Odin."

And Thor's hammer caused "Kaali järv" (Kaali crater).

"The superior god of Oeselians as described by Henry of Livonia was called Tharapita. According to the legend in the chronicle Tharapita was born on a forested mountain in Virumaa (Latin: Vironia), mainland Estonia from where he flew to Oesel, Saaremaa. The name Taarapita has been interpreted as "Taara, help!" (Taara a(v)ita in Estonian) or "Taara keeper" (Taara pidaja) Taara is associated with the Scandinavian god Thor. The story of Tharapita's or Taara's flight from Vironia to Saaremaa has been associated with a major meteor disaster estimated to have happened in 660 ± 85 B.C. that formed Kaali crater in Saaremaa."