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EP 240: Georgia- Ghvthisavari (I am of God) (Wardrop) · Sandman Stories Presents

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Hello, listeners, and welcome back to Sandman Stories
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Presents, a folklore podcast where I read you to sleep more
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until the next story. I'm your host, Dustin.
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Today we are back in the book of Georgian folklore written down
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by Marjorie Wardrobe. The main character, Yves de
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Savari, has a name that doesn't roll off the tongue easily for
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me. So besides the grammar, the
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other thing I changed is the main character's name to God's
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Son, which is close to the meaning of I am of God.
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In this story there are Devi's who are a lot like the Perry's
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of Turkey. Kind of think of an ogre or
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something like that. In this story a king tries to
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protect his daughter but it backfires.
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Luckily if this Savari AKA godson can overcome every
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obstacle, but can he overcome his own mother wanting him dead?
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OK let's begin. If this Savari I'm of God, there
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once was a king who had a daughter so beautiful that he
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was in constant fear lest someone should carry her away by
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force and marry her. So he had a huge tower built in
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the sea. He shut his daughter up in this
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tower, with an intendant of course, and felt relieved.
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Sometime had passed when one day the attendant noticed something
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floating on the water. She was surprised when she saw
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that it was a large apple. She stretched out her dress and
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the sea waves left the apple in her skirt.
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She took it in her hand and ran to her mistress.
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The beautiful maiden had never seen such a Big Apple in all of
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her life and was very much astonished.
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After dinner, she peeled it, gave some to her companion, who
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quickly finished it and ate the rest herself.
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In a short time they both became pregnant.
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The king was informed of this. On hearing the news, he pressed
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his head between his hands and he could not contain his wrath.
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He commanded one of his Huntsman saying, Go to the tower in the
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sea, take my daughter and her companion and carry them to the
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wildest, most deserted spot in my Kingdom.
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Kill them and bring me their hearts and livers to show me
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that they are dead. No one must know this story save
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you and me. If it becomes known, it shall
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cost you your life. The Huntsman went to the tower
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and declared the King's orders to the Princess and their
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companion. The beautiful maiden said, What
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good is it to kill us? Take us to a lonely place, and
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no one will know whether we are dead or alive.
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The Huntsman was not moved by these entreaties.
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He took them to a deserted place, drew out his dagger, and
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was about to strike the fatal blow.
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But at the last moment he felt sorry for them, and he gave up
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his intention. He caught two hairs, killed them
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instead of the women, took out their hearts and livers, and
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returned them to the king. The king believed them to be the
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hearts and livers of the Princess and her attendant, and
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he gave the Huntsman gifts and sent him away.
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The Princess and her companion were left alone in the wild
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wood, and they had nothing to eat or drink.
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In a short time the Princess brought forth a beautiful boy
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and the intendant 8 tiny little dogs.
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The Princess called her son Yvtis Savari.
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I am of God. He grew up as much in a day as
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other children grow in a year. He became so handsome, brave and
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strong that everybody loved him. Godson used to go out hunting.
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He took his dogs with them and provided game for his mother and
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her companion. Once he went to town to a Smith
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and asked him to make bows and arrows.
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The Smith made a bow and arrows from 9 liitres of iron around 80
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lbs. Godson bent it.
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Then the Smith added more iron and made the bow again.
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God's son slung his arrows over his shoulders.
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His dogs followed him and he went away.
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On the way he haunted and took food home for his mother.
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The next day he went to hunt again.
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He shot an arrow and killed a goat.
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He shot another and killed a stag.
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He drew his bow a third time and this arrow stuck in the Debbie's
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house. In this house there were 5
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Debbie's. 1-2 headed, 13 headed, 15 headed, 19 headed and 110
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headed and their mother who only had one head.
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They saw an arrow suddenly fall down and stick into the fire.
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They all jumped up and pulled at the arrow to draw it out, but
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they were not able to move it. The mother helped them but it
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was of no use at all. Then all the brothers rose up
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and they left their mother to watch and to set out to seek him
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who had shot the arrow. Got some thought for a moment
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and set out. He followed the flight of the
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arrow to see where it had fallen.
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He went on and on until he came to the Devi's house.
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He looked in and saw a fire burning in the middle with his
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arrow stuck in the middle. He went in and was about to draw
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the arrow out when the Devi's mother cried.
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Who are you, Wretch? Who dares to venture here?
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Aren't you afraid that I shall eat you?
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You shall not eat me, said God's son, drawing out his arrow and
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hurling at the old woman. He cut her into 100 pieces, gave
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her to the dogs and told them to throw her into the sea.
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He lay down at the Debbie's house and rested.
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The Debbie's wandered far and wide in their search, but
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nowhere could they learn any tidings of a man who they were
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looking for. Then they said, Perhaps someone
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will enter our house and steal while we are here.
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Let one of us go home and the rest watch here.
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Each wished to go and promised to run back as quickly as
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possible, but the Debbie's chose the two headed brother and sent
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him. The two headed brother came and
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saw that his mother was no longer there, but in her place
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was a strange youth. He clapped him on the shoulder
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and cried out. Who are you, Wretch?
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Who dares to venture here for fear of me?
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Birds cannot fly under heaven, nor ants crawl on the earth.
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Aren't you afraid that I shall eat you?
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You shall not eat me? Said godson, shooting an arrow.
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He cut the Debbie into 100 pieces and gave him to the dogs
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and made them throw him into the sea.
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The four remaining Debbie's waited for the 200 brother to
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come, but he did not come. They thought that perhaps he was
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staying eating him who had shot the arrow, so they sent the
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three headed brother. The three headed Debbie came
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home and found neither his mother nor brother, and called
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out. For fear of me.
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Birds cannot fly in the air, nor can ants creep on the earth.
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Who are you that dares to venture here?
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Aren't you afraid that I shall eat you?
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You shall not eat me, said God's son.
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Casting an arrow. He cut him into 100 pieces, gave
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him to the dogs, and made them throw a mountain into the sea.
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The remaining brothers waited and waited.
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Then they sent the five headed Debbie.
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He too boasted, But God's Son did unto him that day even as he
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had done unto the others. Then the 9 headed Devi went.
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The same thing befell him as his brothers.
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The 10 headed Devi was now the only one left.
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He thought to himself, My brothers are probably eating and
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will not leave anything for me. He rose and went to.
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He went in and saw that his mother and brothers were not
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there. Instead there was a strange
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youth lying down resting. The Devi called out, For fear of
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me. The birds in heaven dare not fly
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on earth, the ants dare not crawl.
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Who are you who dares to venture here?
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Aren't you afraid that I shall eat you?
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You shall not eat me, said God's Son, throwing an arrow and
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killing him. He drew off his sword and cut
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off his heads, and gave him to the dog to throw into the sea.
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God's Son was left master of the field.
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Then he said to himself, I will go and bring my mother and her
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companion here, and I should live here as I like.
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He went forth and brought them, and settled in the house and
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prepared for the chase from the sea.
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There staggered forth the last 10 headed Devi, who hid under a
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tree. When God's Son had cut off his
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heads in his haste, he had left the 10th one on.
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Now it was in this head that the soul was placed.
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So the Devi came out onto the shore full of wrath.
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The next day, God's Son again went out hunting.
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His mother, wishing to see the surroundings, went out into the
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house, into the garden. As she walked about, the Devi
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suddenly appeared at the foot of a tree.
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The Devi pleaded, saying, Do not give me up, do not tell your son
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that I'm hidden here. God's son's mother promised.
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And when God's son went out to the chase, his mother always
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took food and drink to the Devi, and at last she loved him.
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Once the Devi said to her, Why should we live like this?
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We see each other only in secret, and I'm continually in
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terror of your son. Go home now, lie in your bed and
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pretend to be ill. When your son comes home and
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asks you what's the matter, say to him, go to such and such
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place and bring me some pieces of stag's horns as a remedy.
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When your son goes out to the stag, it will butt him with its
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horns, and then you and I shall remain here alone.
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The woman agreed to this plan, went in and lay down in her bed.
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Godzin came home and seeing his mother sick, he said to her,
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What is the matter? Tell me what will cure you, and
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I will find it, even if it's bird's milk.
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His mother said, If you can bring to me a piece of such and
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such a stag's horn from a certain place, I shall be well,
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if not, I shall die. God's son slung his bow and
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arrows over his shoulder, and took his dogs and set out.
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When he had gone some way, he came to an immense wide plain,
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where he saw a stag feeding. It had such large horns that
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they reached to heaven. He sat down and took out an
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arrow. Just as he was about to let it
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fly, the stag made a sign and cried out.
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God's Son, Godson, why shoot at me?
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What have I done to deserve this from you?
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Don't you know that your mother has deceived you?
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She seeks your ruin, therefore she has sent you here.
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Behold, here is a piece of my horn.
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Take it. And here's one of my hares.
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Take it with you also. And when you're in trouble,
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think of me and I shall be there.
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God's son thanked this stag joyfully and went away.
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He went home with the stag's horn to his mother.
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She took it and thanked him again.
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The next day God's son went to the chase.
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His mother immediately hastened to the Devi, and said, Godson
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has returned unharmed, and has brought the stag's horn.
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Well, said the Devi, pretend to be as ill as before, and tell
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him that you must bring a wild boar's bristle from such and
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such a place, else there is no cure for you.
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The woman ran in, lay down in bed, and began to moan.
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Godson returned, and seeing his mother, I'll, he asked her, What
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is this, mother? What heals you?
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Tell me what will cure you. And even bird's milk I will not
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leave unfound. If you seek in such and such a
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place, and bring me a bristle from a certain wild boar, then I
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will be well. If not, I shall die.
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May your God's son die if he does not find this.
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Said God's Son. Slinging his bow and arrows on
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his shoulders, and taking his dogs, he set forth on the quest.
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He went a long way and came into the woods.
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There he found the boar's lair, but there was no boar.
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He went on a little and saw another lair, but again there
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was no boar in it. He went away once more, and saw
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the boar itself. It had changed its lair twice,
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and now it lay in a third. Godson approached.
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It took him with an arrow, but as he was about to let it fly,
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the boar cried out. Godson, Godson, what have I done
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to harm you? Why kill me?
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Don't you know that your mother has deceived you?
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She wishes for your death, and therefore she has sent you here.
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But since you would like a bristle, pull out as many as you
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wish and take them with you. God's son came up, took a
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bristle and was going away, when the boar took out a hair and
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gave it to him, and said, Here is a hair for you.
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When you are in trouble, Remember Me and I shall come to
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you. God's Son took the hair, thanked
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the boar, and went away. He came home, gave his mother
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the bristle, and again hastened out to the chase.
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His mother ran immediately to the Devi and complainingly said,
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God's Son has returned unharmed, and he has brought me the boar's
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bristle. The Devi replied.
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Then go again, pretend to be ill, and say to God's Son, if
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you will go to a certain place where a certain Griffin known as
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the Fasco Dunzi lives, and bring me the flesh of its young, I
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shall be well, if not, I shall die.
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You know he cannot do that, and you and I shall stay here
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together. The woman rejoiced, ran quickly
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back to bed, and began to moan. Godson came in, saw his mother
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in bed, and asked the 'cause his mother replied, as the Devi had
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commanded. Godson answered, Then may Godson
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die if he does not find what you wish for.
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And he went away. He went on and on, and at last
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came to a plane where stood a very big tree whose top
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stretched to heaven. On a branch there was a nest,
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from which the fledglings peeped out.
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Then from far away in the sky there appeared a huge strange
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bird, something like an eagle. It swooped down and was just
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about to seize the young birds, and Godson drew his bow and
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killed it. Just then appeared the Griffin,
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mother of the young ones. She thought Godson was her enemy
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and was about to seize him, but her fledglings cried out that he
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had killed the bird that would have drunk their blood and had
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saved them. Although the Griffin did not
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bring up more than three birds in a year, yet she was in
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constant terror until they had learned to fly, because the same
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bird used to seize them and eat them.
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When she learned that Godson had killed their cruel enemy, she
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came to him and said, Tell me what you wish for.
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You come here and I will immediately satisfy your desire.
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Godson said, I have a mother who is ill.
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Unless I take her the young Griffin's flesh, she will die.
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The Griffin said in reply, Your mother deceives you and is not
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I'll at all. She seeks your death.
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Here are my fledglings. If you want them, but do not
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kill them, take them with you alive.
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She pulled out a feather and gave it to him, saying, Take
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this with you, and when you were in trouble, think of me, and I
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shall be there. God's son thanked her heartily,
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took away a fledgling, and went home.
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He came in, gave the young Griffin to his mother, who said,
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Now, my child, I am quite well, and shall want nothing else, And
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she sent him away. God's son went out hunting the
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devil went out hastily to the devil and complained.
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God's son has brought me the fledgling, and he himself has
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returned alive. The Devi was angry, but he
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calmed down and said, When God's son comes in, tell him he must
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be bathed, and when he sits down in the tub, put a cover over him
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and call for me. I will come and hammer down the
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lid and throw him into the sea. The woman rejoiced at the plan,
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went in and heated the water. When God's son came in, his
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mother said, Come child, I will bathe you.
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It has been some time since you were bathed.
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God's Son did not like this, but at last he consented.
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He sat down in the tub. His mother shut the lid and
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called in the Devi. The Devi ran in and hammered
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down in the lid. Then he lifted the tub up and
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rolled it into the sea. Godson's dog saw this.
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They went to the edge of the water and barked.
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They barked until the very stones might have been moved
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with their pity. Then they said, Let us go and
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seek our friends. They may perchance help us. 4
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remained and four went to seek his friends.
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They came to the stag, then the boar, then the gryphon.
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These all arose and immediately went to the water's edge.
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They thought and planned and at last decided what to do.
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They said to the gryphon, Fly up high and strike and cleave the
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water with your wings. The tub will appear, the stag
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will throw it onto the shore with his horns, then the boar
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will strike it with his Tusk. The tub will break open and
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godson will come forth. So they all did as they were
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told. The Griffin flew up high in the
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air, beat with its wings as hard as it could, and it cleft the
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sea into three. The tub was seen, and the stag
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did not let it fall, but threw it with its horns and let it
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down on the shore. Then the boar struck it, crying
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out. God's son, lie down in the
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bottom. He struck it with his Tusk and
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broke the tub, and God's Son came forth unharmed.
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After this the friends went away, each to his own home.
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Godson remained thinking. Just then a ragged swineherd
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came along. Godson said to the swineherd,
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Come, give me your clothes, I will put them on.
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The swineherd was afraid and thought, This stranger will take
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my coat and not give me his, and he ran away.
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Godson pursued him, took off his clothes and put them on himself.
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He gave the man his coat and left him with his dogs and went
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away. He came home as if you were a
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beggar and asked alms of his mother.
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When the Devi saw him, he looked at him ferociously and said, Go
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back to the place where you came from, lest I do to you as you
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deserve. Just then God's son saw his bow
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and arrow in the corner and cried out.
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We shall see who goes, I am God's son.
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Saying this, he drew his bow, shot first the Devi and then his
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mother, killing them both. Then he went to the companion,
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scolded her for not warning him, and killed her too.
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He went away, brought his dogs and returned to the house to
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rest. There came then no one knows
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from where, a certain youth. He saw his father and mother and
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their servant were all killed and asked Godson to a fight.
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He was Godson's mother by the Devi.
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Godson did not know this, and came to the combat A long time
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they struggled, and a long time they strove, but neither could
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strike the other. Then Godson said, Come, friend,
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let us each tell the other his story, and afterwards we can
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fight good. Very well, they said, and each
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told each other his tale. When Godson learned that this
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was his own brother, he said It is indeed fortunate that we told
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our tales first, for if we had killed each other, there would
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have been no help for it. After this, the two brothers
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went to the house and they lived happily together.
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Once Godson said to his younger brother, Let us go brother, and
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seek our fortunes. We should become like old women
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if we live like this. I'm willing, replied the
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younger. So they set out.
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They wandered on until they came to a place where two roads met.
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1 led to the right and the other to the left.
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In the middle of the road stood a stone pillar on which was
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written. Whoever goes to the left will
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come back, but he who goes to the right will never return.
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Godson took to the road to his right, and his brother went to
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the left. Godson said, Know that if the
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water on the roof changes into blood, I shall be in trouble.
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Come then to my aid. If the water on my roof turns
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into blood, I shall come and help you in your trouble.
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Then they divided the dogs, each took four, said farewell, and
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set out. God's Son went until he came to
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the shore of the sea, so vast the eye could not measure it. 12
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men were on this side, and 12:00 on that.
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Whoever comes to the sea must jump over it.
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If he leaps over it without getting his feet wet, he may
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marry the King's daughter, who is very beautiful.
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If not, he is drowned in the sea, and whoever dares not jump
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at all is seized by Sentinels and taken before the king.
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God's son came, and the Sentinels told him the
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conditions. God's son took a spring with all
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his might and leaped over so that not a drop of water touched
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him. He saw on the other side the
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Sentinels, and they told him that they must take him before
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the king. When the king saw him, he
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rejoiced and gave him his fair daughter to wife.
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That night God's son asked his wife, Where is the best hunting
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to be had in the Kingdom? She replied, If you go to the
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left, you will return. If you go to the right, you will
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never return. The next morning Godson arose at
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Daybreak, took his bow and arrow, and went to the right.
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He shot an arrow and killed a hare, tied its feet and left it.
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He shot another arrow and killed a stag.
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He bound its feet together and left it two.
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He shot a third arrow and it stuck in a burning fire.
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He went on and on until he reached this fire.
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Then he killed a stag, put it on the fire, and sat down at the
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side. He roasted some meat, ate some,
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and gave some to his dogs. Behold, a toothless old woman
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appeared. She begged Godson to give her
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something to eat. He did so.
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He ate, but the old woman ate 10 times more.
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For every mouthful Godson took, she took a basket full.
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Godson looked on in amazement. The old woman finished all the
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food. Then she took a little stone and
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threw it at Godson's bow and arrow.
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They turned into stone and fell to the ground.
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Then she took the little stone and threw it at the dogs, who
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also became petrified. She took them one by one into
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her hand and swallowed them. God's Son was stupefied.
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He seized his bow and arrow to kill the woman, but he could not
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move it. It fell down to the earth.
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Then the old woman turned her stone towards God's son, who
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lost his strength and became corpse like.
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The old woman lifted him up in her hand and swallowed him.
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At that moment the water changed to blood, and the younger
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brother knew that God's son had fallen into misfortune and set
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out to help him. When he had gone some way, he
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came to the water's edge, on each side of which stood 12
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Sentinels. He leaped across.
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The Sentinels were surprised. They thought it was God's Son
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and asked him where he was coming from and where he was
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going. The youth told them nothing and
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did not let them know who he was.
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He came to the King that night. He was given his brother's wife,
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but he laid down and put a sword between them and did not touch
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her. Then he asked her where is the
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best haunting? She replied, If you go to the
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left you will return, if to the right you will never return.
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Do not go. Did I not tell you the same
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thing yesterday? I asked you, and I went one way,
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but I did not like it, so now I ask you again, said the youth.
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He rose the next morning and went to the right hand.
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He had gone a little way, and he saw a dead hare with his feet
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bound. He went on farther and saw a
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dead stag with its feet bound. He said to himself, My brother
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must have come this way. This is some of the game he has
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killed. He went on again and saw the
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fire burning. Beside it lay Godson's bow and
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arrow. And he said to himself, Here my
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brother has met his fate. Then he killed some game and
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roasted on the fire. There appeared from who knows
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where the same old woman. She sat down and waited for her
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share of the roast meat. In eating the old woman's
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behavior was the same as before. When she had finished the food,
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she was still hungry. She took a little stone and
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lifted it to throw at the dogs. The youth thought to himself,
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This must have been the way that this old woman swallowed my
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brother Godson. He sees the old woman by the
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throat, cleft her open, and took out Godson and his dogs.
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Then he killed the old woman and poured her blood over God's son,
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the dogs, and the bow and arrow. God's son and his dogs came back
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to life, and the bow and arrow were raised from the earth.
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When God's son woke to the consciousness, he said, Oh, I've
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had such a dream that his brother said that was not a
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dream, and he told him what had happened.
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God's son rejoiced, and they both went to their new kinsman,
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the king. On the way God's son was very
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melancholy, for he thought that his brother must have married
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his wife. His brother looked at him and
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said, May this arrow strike me on the part of my body that has
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touched your wife, and kill me. Thus spoke God's son's brother
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and threw up an arrow. It fell, struck him in the
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little finger, and he died. God's son left, his brother went
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in, and when he had learned all was deeply grieved, he went out
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no one knows where, founded mortal water, and brought his
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brother back to life. Then he found him a fair wife,
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and they dwelt together, happy and fraternal affection and in
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love. The end.
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Another epic from Georgia again. Yet the Savari is easier now.
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But if the Savari, when you've got to say it two or three times
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in a sentence, really gets difficult.
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I love the twists and turns and how God's son and his brother
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came together right after God's son had slain the only family he
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knew. The stone slash Medusa type lady
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was interesting to see as well. If anyone has tips on how to
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pronounce GHUVTHISAVIRI, you are more than welcome to shoot me an
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e-mail at Sam and Stories presents@gmail.com.
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Also, this episode will come out closest to my birthday.
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So happy birthday to me July 15th.
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And you know what I would like for my birthday?
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Go tell a friend about the show or a stranger if that's easier.
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And the podcast shout out is to the Appalachian Folklore Podcast
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hosted by Aaron. This podcast goes through
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different folklore that you might encounter if you were in
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the Appalachian Mountains. It was really cool to learn
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about this part of the world so close to my home relatively.
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Now, this show hasn't put out a new episode in about six months,
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so you might just have to binge what he has and ask him for new
28:05
episodes. But if you like his show as much
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as I do, give him a like rating and a review.
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And the listener shout out is to the Belgian city of Namur in the
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French speaking province called Wallonia.
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The Wallon. The name is the same as in Wales
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and walnuts and it means foreign.
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The area passed back and forth between empires, including the
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Spanish Netherlands. It looks like an interesting
28:26
place and the castle overlooking the river would be a lot of fun
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to spend the night in. They have a language that is
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somewhere between a language and a dialect.
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So some say it's French, some say it's Walloon.
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It's a distinct language. You know, linguists are always
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like, is it a language? Is it a dialect?
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So I will say to my listener in Namur merci E boni, thank you
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and good night.