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Tõllu (Tõll)
Earlier or alternative name of Suur-Tõll (Big Tõll), legendary beer-drinking and cabbage-consuming giant who lived on the island of Saaremaa and spent much of his time throwing rocks at people, notably Vanatühi, Lord of the Underworld, literally ‘Old Empty’ (but perhaps with a side-hint of everlasting greed, covetousness or soul-bulimia, see kõht on tühi in Intro) although sometimes translated as ‘useless old bugger’. Parallel to Leigeri, his brother on Hiiumaa.
Tondiraba (Tondiraba) 
‘Ghost’s’ mire/fen/marsh. See Tondi. This part of Tallinn was clearly associated with a member of the Dunte family, since there used to be a Tondi kõrts (inn), aka Tunte Korts or Dunten-Krug (1732) on (now) Narva mnt (///count.youth.planting), roughly equidistant between Katleri Mõis (///clinked.rare.valve), aka Tondi Mõis after the nearby inn, so the manor itself had nothing to do with the Dunte family, although the area had been associated with ‘Tondi’ since the early 1600s, but still unclear as to which one) and Väo Mõis (///types.safari.grass), a linnumõis (see Mõisa) first recorded as Das Gut Faeht (the Faeht property) in 1725, aka Фетъ (Fet), Wäo or Tondi m, all of which spanning a distance of about 2.5 km. While it seems unlikely that Tondi kõrts was related to Katleri Mõis, the westernmost property (which also is said to have run a peat-extraction business, hence the ‑raba ending), Väo Mõis is understood to have been leased to a Jobst Dunte in the 17th C. But which one? As above, see Tondi.
