of your land, somebody he gonna die), reflecting man’s atavistic unease with the ‘otherworldliness’ of migratory birds. True to form, #toonekurg derives from #tooni, forefather, ancestor, probably from #toona, before, long ago, etc., see #Toonela. Part of the #Lilleküla group of streets.
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#Kalma is also the #Finnish goddess of death, rotting flesh and decay, her name morphing into meaning ‘stench of corpses’, and is reported to rove upon odors like a puff of smoke. Her father is #Tuoni, ruler of the FU underworld (see #Kure and #Toonela) and her mother #Tuonetar, reputed for her
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Filtri.
View along Filtri, Tallinn, in the direction of Odra.
Street art in Filtri, Tallinn.
Rest- and smoking-area for military personnel in Filtri, Tallinn.
#Filtri (Filter)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Juhkentali #Ülemistejärve
Filter. Named after nearby water treatment plant. Given the cemeteries nearby (see #Toonela), one wonders where they obtained their activated charcoal...
#WaterRelatedStreets #VeeteedeTänavad
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
Overview of the Kalev Stadium (Kalevi staadioni) in Staadioni, Tallinn, facing north.
View of the western straight of the Kalev Stadium (Kalevi staadioni) in Staadioni, Tallinn, with young people training.
Statue of Aleksander Tšikin (1915-2006), much loved track and field athlete and coach, in the Kalev Stadium (Kalevi staadioni) in Staadioni, Tallinn.
View up the stairs to the tribune in the Kalev Stadium (Kalevi staadioni) in Staadioni, Tallinn.
#UusKirikuaia (new churchyard, 1923-1936), #Friedhofstraße (graveyard street, 1942) then Kalmistu again (1938-1955) after the #SiselinnaKalmistu close to #Toonela.
#Sport #Spordid
#Health #Tervis
#Death #Surm
#Cemeteries #Kalmistud
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Clockwise (sorta) from #Toonela there are: #SiselinnaKalmistu, the city (lit. ‘within-the-city’) cemetery, divided into #AleksanderNevski (W) and #Kaarli (E) cemeteries, due S is the #Kaitseväe (Defence Forces) cemetery with its Pronkssõdur (bronze soldier)
#Cemeteries #Kalmistud
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#Toonela (Toonela)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Juhkentali
Realm of the dead, exact location uncertain. #Toone is either ‘ancestor’ or ‘realm of the dead’, too. In fact, this street leads SW to Tallinn’s cemetery area, bounded by #Filtri, #Magasini and #Herne.
#Death #Surm
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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followed by #UusKirikuaia (new churchyard, 1923-1936), Friedhofstraße (graveyard street, 1942) then "Kalmistu again (1938-1955) after the #SiselinnaKalmistu close to #Toonela.
#Cemeteries #Kalmistud
#Death #Surm
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#Filtri (Filter)
Filter. Named after nearby water treatment plant. Given the cemeteries nearby (see #Toonela), one wonders where they obtained their activated charcoal...
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnaTööstusTänavad