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An oversized representation of the hand of the mythical giant Toell the Great (Suur Tõll) stands in front of the Thule Koja Museum of Alternative History in Kuressaare, Estonia.
The bow of the steam icebreaker "Suur Tõll" (named after a giant from Estonian folklore) moored at the Seaplane Harbour in Tallinn.
May 2015.
A remarkably ugly piece of work. The Suur Tõll stories are the folklore equivalent of Desperate Dan - tripey but popular.
Suur Tõll, Europe's largest steam-powered icebreaker.
Suur Tõll is an Estonian steam-powered icebreaker preserved in the Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn. She was originally built for the Russian Empire in 1914 by AG Vulcan in Stettin, Germany, as Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich. In 1917, she was taken over by the Bolsheviks and renamed Volynets. However, in 1918 she was captured by Finland and served as Wäinämöinen until 1922, when she was handed over to Estonia according to the Treaty of Tartu and renamed Suur Tõll.
Pre-World War I icebreaker which was returned to Estonia in 1988 and is now part of the Eesti Meremuuseum., the Estonian Maritime Museum. Built in 1914 in the Vulkan-Werke in Stettin , Germany (now Szczecin) as the Tsar’ Mikhail Fyodorovich
Sand
In the belly of the Steamer-icebreaker Suur Tõll
Suure Tõllu kõhus
Tallinna merepäevad 2010
Tallinn Maritime Days, July 2010
Legenden und Geschichten:
Leiger, der von Saaremaa nach Hiiumaa kam, war berühmt für seine gemütliche Sauna und seine riesigen Kohlköpfe. Besonders deswegen besuchte ihn sein Verwandter Suur Tõll aus Saaremaa so oft wie möglich. Es war allgemein bekannt, dass Suur Tõll keine nassen Füße bekommen wollte und so beschlossen Leiger und seine Söhne, eine Brücke zwischen den zwei Inseln zu bauen. Sie sammelten viele Steine, die den Beginn eines Dammes nach Saaremaa bildeten, der aber die Nachbarinsel nie erreichte. Bis heute weiß man nicht, warum diese Brücke nie fertig gestellt wurde, aber es ist anzunehmen, dass es zwischen den beiden Riesen zu Meinungsverschiedenheiten gekommen ist. Den Anfang der Brücke kann man jedoch noch heute bewundern – Sääretirp.
Legends and stories:
Leiger, who came to Hiiumaa from Saaremaa, was famous for his cosy sauna and huge cabbages. It was especially for these things that his relative Suur Tõll from Saaremaa came to visit Leiger as often as he did. It was common knowledge that Suur Tõll didn't want his legs to become wet, so Leiger and his sons decided to build a bridge between the two islands. They gathered together many stones, which formed quite a long bank, but it didn’t quite reach Saaremaa. It isn't known why they didn't finish the job, but most likely there were some differences of opinions among the giants. But the beginning of the bridge is still there - the wonderful Sääretirp.