Homepage Select Language:

News and Articles

Print

The Devil's Wedding in Tallinn

07.September 2012
Click on the photo & see the top window on the left. Photo: et.wikipedia.org

The hundreds of years of its colorful history have given Tallinn numerous stories, legends and myths about different things in and around town. Legends about certain places, about certain aspects in history, and more.
And for sure we cannot even imagine, what kind of stories the medieval walls in Tallinn Old Town would tell us, if just they could talk.

 



This is a story of a house at Rataskaevu street whose former owner had wasted away his wealth and had no future. One night he became so desperate that he decided to take his own life.

 

At the fatal moment a stranger entered the room asking the broke landlords permission to celebrate a wedding on the top floor of his house the following night. In reward he promised the man all the riches but only on one condition - no one would eavesdrop on the feast otherwise it would cost the eavesdropper its life. The landlord agreed.

 

 

At the appointed time the carriages started arriving at the door and lights were lit up on the top floor window. Fabulous music sounded and the whole house shook as if under the weight of great number of dancers. When the clock struck one the whole apparition disappeared.


The landlord head over ears in dept the day before was expecting a huge sum of money. At the same time the butler revealed he had been eavesdropping on the devils wedding and then he died suddenly.

 

At Rataskaevu number 16 there is nowadays a house with a painted window; the landlord had the corner room walled up for ever and to hide the fact he had a proper window with curtains painted on the wall.

 

 

Search from Estonian map

Map search allows you to find a suitable tourist attraction.
Eesti kaart

Search services

Select a category and find the service area or use the keyword search.
Category:
Region:
Keyword: