The Lindwurm In The Lagar River

It happened once in old days that a woman on a courtyard in the lived near the Lagar River. She had an adult daughter, the She gave a golden ripe. can I get the most out of this gold, mother? »Put it under a lindworm, «the mother replied. a lindworm, put the gold among him and then did everything in her The worm lay there for a few days. But when the girl wanted to see the loading, the worm had grown so big that the load had begun to go out of control. The girl was frightened and took the ark and threw it and its contents into the river.

A long time passed and they began to find the worm in the river He caused people and animals who wanted to cross the river to At times it stretched up to the river hills and spat poison in a terrible way. This seemed to lead to a great misfortune which no one knew how to deal with.

They sought refuge with two Finnish men. They were supposed to kill the worm and recover the gold. They threw themselves into the river, but soon They said that they were dealing with a large superior force, and that it was not an easy matter to get rid of the worm to kill and recover the gold. They said that under the gold There was another worm, and that this one was much worse than the first. They tied the worm with two ropes, one of which was around the belly, but the other was attached around the tail.

Therefore, the worm can no longer harm humans or animals; but it happens from time to time that he makes a hump on his back, and when this is seen, one readily believes that this is a harbinger bad things, such as famine and lack of grass. Those who do not believe in this worm say that not long ago For a long time a priest was at the very place where the worm was seemed to lie, crossed the river. But they say that in order to prove that he is not there at all.