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Toell the Great has inspired the cartoon movie Suur Tõll (Tallinnfilm 1980). [3] Icebreaker Suur Tõll is a museum ship in Tallinn. A sculpture of Suur Tõll and Piret was created in 2002 by Estonian sculptor Tauno Kangro, and is now situated by the SPA Hotel Meri in Kuressaare, Saaremaa. [4]
Suur Tõll (English: Tyll the Giant) is a Soviet-era Estonian animated movie created by Tallinnfilm in 1980. The film was directed by Rein Raamat, [1] and the main artist was Jüri Arrak. [2] When it was first made, it was highly praised by other Soviet animation directors.
Hiiumaa is an island in Estonia located north of Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea. It is the northernmost island in the Muhu archipelago, which includes Saaremaa and Muhu . [ 4 ] Hiiumaa has a low relief (up to 68 m above sea level) [ 5 ] and is mostly formed of limestone, that is exposed in cliffs around parts of the island's coast. [ 4 ]
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The wildlife of Hiiumaa is remarkable. Out of 30 species of mammals, big game as elk, deer, fox, wild boar and lynx roam the island. There are about 250 species of birds on the island, 195 of them nesting. Among the Estonian counties Hiiumaa is the richest in forest – nearly 60% of the island are wooded areas.
Käina Bay (view from north-west) Käina Bay (aerial eastward view) Käina Bay (Estonian: Käina laht) is almost isolated and very shallow approximately 9 km 2 (3.5 sq mi) marine area between the Estonian islands Hiiumaa and Kassari, which is connected to the surrounding Väinameri and adjacent Vaemla Bay via three tiny channels - Orjaku channel, Orjaku sill and Vaemla (Laisna, Õunaku) channel.
Film Year(s) Description The 3 Worlds of Gulliver: 1960: The US fantasy film is an adaptation of the 18th-century novel Gulliver's Travels, and features a voyage during which Dr. Gulliver is perceived as a giant by the small Lilliputian people, and is later perceived as small by the giant Brobdingnagian people.
Talharpa, by Charlie Bynum, Silver Spoon Music, Alkmaar NL, 2014. The talharpa, also known as a tagelharpa (tail-hair harp), hiiu kannel (originally hiiurootsi (which meant Vormsi island located on the halfway to Hiiumaa) kannel) or stråkharpa (bowed harp), is a two to four stringed bowed lyre from northern Europe.