Aug. 17th, 2007

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Within the borders of Glehn's Park in Nõmme, there's a huge statue, five times the size of a human being, of the Estonian national hero Kalevipoeg. The author of the statue depicted Kalevipoeg as a shepherd, wearing a goat skin complete with head and horns. Because of these horns, the locals have titled the sculpture "Glehn's devil".



Glehn must have strongly opposed to this nickname, so he added a clarification at the foot of his massive creation:

ceci n'est pas... )

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