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The Four Gifts Of The Water-Sprite
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William Forsell Kirby
The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country
John C. Nimmo, London
1895
Estonia
The Four Gifts Of The Water-Sprite: water spirit, gifts, boon, testing, gratitude, magic, reward, fate, supernatural aid, wonder
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The Four Gifts Of The Water-Sprite
Four boys were playing one Sunday on the banks of Lake Peipus, when the water-spirit appeared to them in the form of an old man with long grey hair and beard, and gave each of them a present--a boat, a hammer, a ploughshare, and a little book. As they grew up, one became a smith, another a fisherman, another a farmer, and the last a great king, who conquered the Danes and Swedes.
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