In the old days there lived a noaidi woman in Varanger whom they called Alda Ahkku. She wanted the people in the Varanger fjord to be well off. On the Russian side of the border she knew about some islands called Ainaisuollok. On these islands there was an abundance of angelica, seal, eggs and down.
In the Varanger fjord they had an island called Varjavuonsuolu, or Suolu, outside the church village of Nesseby. This island was not nearly as rich as Ainaisuollok. One day the noaidi woman decided to move Ainaisuollok. Varjavuonsuolu she would move to where Ainaisuollok were.
The noaidi woman climbed up on a mountain outside Juvravuonna further out in the Varanger fjord. She left her dog sitting at the land head Davvenjárga so that it would see when the islands came floating over from Russia. Up in the hillside Alda Ahkku started to joik, that is a kind of singing, and do her noaidi arts, some call it to gande. Ainaisuollok started shaking and moved slowly. The birds took off from the island and there was screaming and loud noise.
On the Russian side there was also a noaidi, who woke from the racket and realized what was going on. This noaidi would not let go of the rich islands, but started to make noaidi tricks as well. It turned out that the Russian noaidi was stronger than Alda Ahkku.
At the same time as putting a stop to the moving of the islands, the Russian noaidi killed Alda Ahkku and her dog. They turned to stone and we can still see Alda Ahkku up in the mountainside over Gandvik. She has turned into a cliff which clearly has the shape of a woman. Out on Davvenjárga there is another strange stone. This has been called Benekoaive, which is Sámi for “dog’s head”. These are the remains of Alda Ahkku’s dog.
