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#22 - Suur Tõll

Five Minute Folklore

Aug 16, 201815:56Society & Culture

Folklore from Estonia - The legend of Suur Tõll, otherwise known as Toell the Great, or Tyll the Giant, who defends his island of Saaremaa, alongside his wife Piret, against the attacking hordes, the evil Warlord, and hi...

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