The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks
The young couple were the luck, and we the stepping-stones. The presents we got at the marriage were stockings of buttermilk and shoes of paper, and these were worn to the soles of our feet when we got home from the wedding.
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The Wonderful Hair - The Story of a Poor Man Who Dreamed of an Angel
Category: Slavic Folktale
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The Vilas' Spring - The Story of the Brother Who Knew that Good was Stronger than Evil
Category: Slavic Folktale
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There was once a king who was very powerful. He had great influence over the wild beasts and animals. Now the tortoise was looked upon as the wisest of all beasts and men. This king had a son named Ekpenyon, to whom he gave fifty young girls as wives, but the prince did not like any of them. The king was very angry at this, and made a law that if any man had a daughter who was finer than the prince's wives, and who found favour in his son's eyes, the girl herself and her father and mother should be killed.
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