Vanapagan
Sign in to savethumb|Kalevipoeg and Vanapagan by [[Kristjan Raud (undated)]] thumb|Vanapagan's stone in the village of Kivilõppe In Estonian mythology, Vanatühi ("Old empty one", or alternatively, Vanapagan, "Old devil") is a/the devil or god of the underworld, a giant farmer who is more stupid than malevolent.
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thumb|Kalevipoeg and Vanapagan by [[Kristjan Raud (undated)]] thumb|Vanapagan's stone in the village of Kivilõppe In Estonian mythology, Vanatühi ("Old empty one", or alternatively, Vanapagan, "Old devil") is a/the devil or god of the underworld, a giant farmer who is more stupid than malevolent.
Vanapagan is the ogre character in Estonian versions of the series of internationally known folktales of the stupid ogre, tale types 1000–1199 in the Aarne–Thompson classification system. In these stories, he is outwitted by his servant Kaval Ants (Crafty Hans).