Rõugataja's Daughter

Once upon a time the old man lived in a wide clearing in the forest Rõugataja with his wife. They also had a daughter who didn't was born in a natural state, but still tried the mother decided to raise them in the manner of human children to have a son-in-law later. There was talk that this The girl, as far as was visible, probably had human skin but under the robe fir bark covered the body instead of skin. Nevertheless, the mother hoped that in time she would be able to marry her and therefore sent the girl everywhere among the people, where only in the villages was there a banquet or celebration. The Daughter beautiful clothes, multi-twisted strings of pearls, necklaces of gilded coins, large breastplates and silk ribbons stood out Young boys certainly looked in the eyes, but they didn't attract suitors A house. The boys laughed and mocked: pretty and smooth on top, underneath rough like toad skin.

So that the little daughter is now at home as an old maid moldy, the mother sought help from a witch mother and left prepare her a mysterious potion that as soon as she becomes a bachelor suddenly tasted it, infallibly drove him to the girl whether he wanted to or not. The mother gave the old one Witch a bundle of armpit hair along with other secrets her daughter, with which the witch prepares the stimulant for the boys should. When the magic potion was brewed, the witch said: “From this water Seven drops, dripped into food or drink, captivate everyone Guy who tastes it.”

Afterwards there was a big banquet at Rõugataja's farm arranged, to which crowds were gathered from all sides, But bachelors are particularly numerous, so that the maiden is out of the flock could choose one that suits their taste above all others were. When the feast had been going on for two days, the Her mother's daughter meets a young man whom she is very fond of husband longed for. The clever mother secretly put seven drops of it Potion into a cake and gave it to the boy to eat, whereupon the poor rogue found nowhere to stay, but like that Kitten after the straw that Rõugataja's daughter had to run after, otherwise he had no rest day or night. Soon after he appeared as Suitors, and his brandy was warmly received. Some weeks later a magnificent wedding feast was prepared, so that Children and children's children commemorated the splendor and glory. But what Did that all help? When the young couple was led into the chamber in the evening, to go to bed, the groom found so much under the covers Uncanny things that made the blood clot in his heart; still in the same one At night he fled and left the young woman as a widow. Mother and daughter probably waited a while for the love potion to come the witch mother would lure the young man back; but who doesn't came was the escaped bridegroom. When another week had passed, and the man nevertheless failed to materialize, doubts began to arise them. Finally the news came that the man who had escaped was someone else woman had married, and with that her waiting and hoping came to an end.

A year later, Rõugataja's old wife heard that her former husband had died Son-in-law's wife had given birth to a boy. Then an evil one irritated Her heart soared that she found no rest anywhere until with the help of the The child's mother's witch was transformed into a werewolf. Then managed she secretly put her daughter to bed instead of the woman who had recently given birth. But there the Daughter didn't have any breasts like women usually have, so she could also do not suckle the child. She probably poured cow's milk into the artificial one Bork shaped breast, but the child did not put it in his mouth, but screamed day and night because of hunger, so that there was no end to the shouting. There were indeed, child bathers and tear soothers from near and far brought together, but what could it help? The child didn't let up scream. One day the father shouted in anger: “Carry it Screamer from the room, otherwise he'll blow up my ears: I can be "I can't stand the screaming any longer." The nurse went with the child When he heard him screaming, a she-wolf came out of an alder bush came out, snatched the child from the nurse by force, but did nothing to her nor any harm to the child, but the little one lay down neatly to the breast and suckled it. When the child had fallen asleep sweetly, The nurse brought it home and put it in the cradle, where it lay until the next day lay completely quiet. The guard didn't say anything about it the incident with the she-wolf, but went up again the following day Field where everything happened exactly as it had the day before. That was there The guard was in a good mood because things were easy for her now, and so was her father The child's life had become happier again because there was no screaming There was more in the house, although the woman who had recently given birth was still seriously ill Bette lay there and pretended not to be able to move her hand or foot. As now on On the third day the nurse went back to look for the child's wet nurse, said the she-wolf. »I'm not allowed to go out in public like this every day come to suckle the child. But if you do it every morning If you bring an alder bush on the Ukko rock, I will suckle it; but you must, As long as I suckle it, keep watch at the edge of the bush to prevent it Someone suddenly comes along and sees me suckling the child. And also you yourself may not come after the child until I see you "Call." The guard did as she was told, and the matter went over one another Excellent for the week; the child noticeably thrived and slept peacefully without it Screamed, and woke up from his sleep with a friendly smile Face.

One day the keeper thought the she-wolf was taking too long to suckle last, and violating the ban, she secretly went to see what was going on the wet nurse wants to do with the child. It was a wonderful thing Of course, what she saw there. A young naked woman sat on the Ukko rock, the child on her lap, which she tenderly caressed and on the Poor rocked. Finally she took a wolf skin from the rock and slipped out in and then called the nurse to come and take the child. As the nurse three days in a row this wonderful suckling of the After watching her child, she could no longer keep her mouth clean at home keep, but made known to the father everything that had happened with him on a daily basis had happened to the children, both the suckling by the she-wolf and the Figure of the woman who had slipped out of the wolf skin. The man immediately concluded that things couldn't be right here; he forbade the guard to tell anyone the secret, and himself rushed to a famous wise man for advice and help seek.

The wise man, after hearing the story, said, “Here it shines an evil witch's work was behind it, which I immediately completely realized I am unable to clarify; but we must try by cunning to acquire and destroy the wolf skin, then we will "See what kind of fraud is being perpetrated here." Then he ordered the man to come in to make the Ukkofels glowing hot at night, so that when the she-wolf would throw the skin back onto the rock, singeing it and destroying it Dressing would be rendered unfit. The man led the next day when the child's mammal had retreated into the forest, a pair of foeders Wood around and on the rock, and then lit it in the night the wood, which made the Ukkofels glowthroth, like the glowstones a bathroom stove. When the time came for the child's birth He used to clear away the fires and ashes when he came to the mammal himself slipped into a hiding place behind the bushes where he could see everything could without being seen. At the child's cry she came The she-wolf, called out of the forest, took the child from the keeper and laid it down then put it in the grass until they peeled off the wolf skin and put it on thrown over the edge of the rock. Then she took the child on her lap and it began to suckle. The more closely the man looked at the suckling woman, the more The woman's face and figure became more familiar to him. Yes -- he recognized him his wife who suckled the child and now understood why The woman who had recently given birth was still sitting at home in the dark room. He now jumped out from the bushes and rushed towards the woman. She screamed in terror up, laid the child on the grass and wanted to take off her wolf skin again Take rocks and put them on, but the fur was all burnt, and only a shrunken end of it remained. This one also threw now the man in the hottest place, where now the last shreds burned to ashes. Then he took off his coat and gave it to the woman, to cover herself with it and asked her to stay there with the child for as long as she could stay to heat the bathroom until he went home. Went home He addressed the woman who had recently given birth in a friendly manner and said: “You have to go in today "Go to the bathroom, darling, then you'll get better quicker." The woman resisted this with all her might; she could control the draft not tolerated; How could she walk across the yard to the bathroom like that? “If I walked across the yard like that, I would faint outside and bring death to me." The man replied: "It doesn't matter at all say, we'll wrap your mouth and eyes in a woolen blanket so that... A breath of air can't harm your delicate body." With that the woman was finished quite satisfied, for she was not afraid of the draft, but of the man Eye that would have immediately recognized the fraud.

When the woman who had recently given birth, wrapped in the blanket, with the help of the man When the man had brought him to the bathroom, he closed the door so tightly that no living soul could come in or out, then sat down on horseback and galloped towards Rõugataja's farm. Entering the room he called in a friendly voice: “Good afternoon, dear mother-in-law. I I come to thank you for raising me to be a good wife and for raising me you untied the oven fork from the woman I was in my simple mind had made sense. We live happily with each other, and that's why The daughter wishes to see you so that you can separate yourself from ours Contentment can convince you." Rõugataja's wife noticed the deception not, but was happy that things had gone so well. The Son-in-law tensed up and sat down with his mother-in-law car and drove home. Here he said: “The young woman is in that If you've gone to the bathroom to take a bath, don't you feel like it too? "Go in to wash off the dust of the journey?" "Why not!" replied the mother. The man let her go into the bathroom, locked the door and then threw the red cock onto the roof. There then burned the bathroom together with Rõugataja's wife and her daughter. -- Now that the house was cleansed of the evil clan, he took Man, wife and child to himself, and they lived undisturbed until the end.