STIER'S ILUNGARIAN TRADITIONS AND TILED. 4 ■ ∎ II Tug collectors ,of fairy
lore, who lay: their .foundation with the solid Cabinet des Fees, and go on with the work of accumulation as new stores are perfred in - " :Itarcie or Sclavonid"gurope,
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will do well to add to their' ' k ,little velume)40.'say as German is a more access i , - 'flan Hungarians wilt A short time art, it,:seenis,nit literairy body called.tharfetKar faludy Society "--doubtleie “froMithal name of the great /T. poet-Lptrilislted inlitiftlTfi*17# Itirkgrt400 kedieetion opki • u111,ges 4 74.1?0,Zi; 4 ,1-1)4giiianma' G. Stig-,. ! Hungarian Traditions and TaleSoyamilaw toN).143 , 4 by G rubh.'thed'at.Ber:h:n% . i;a7..!ntif mi:f 3 1:!Wir ,gaist tales and songs. This is the chief source from:which M. Stier has compiled, his book ; thOughifiel hatiquldeil a tale or two f 18 :Bettie pretioutly Gerinair hy 'T. Grialjtpl;'Ctitnift t• ijqii,J)Ae Jotter IstAwpfns the historian o£ agy;g q, belong to prrciselV the same class as the " tinder and liallianarcherel eollattedohY7Grimm, and the tales which corn. pose 4:13tiviitatiiirOne! Indeed, several of them are littleiqiitite' than' ',ions of 'ih6c very productions; and even wh4llais not, .1,0,0e, we sehtdin light on 1, ,•ut incident that does ii,#`3cop4nd use ..„wztethird ,have , met ,elsewbere.. With the exceptitititof one.legentt,Whichis so 'different in tone from the rest thaltli6islmilld hardly-have had a place in the collection, thetsteries 'b nexion with the peculiar ititiersti- knee they are derived. A YOn.nger y than his elders, and ,w,he ,acjiiteves t-44 veRtei'4,1)30e.,64 9Si t ,9,..vArAlvP.014tiTivgqip4ly As •*19) i4-orrif°14erglin44:419 usitlf figle mpg valo4pri4g,"tierxty ghtleA,,A,Tha the r 41 sorts F°1?1111R(P 44390440i 040 4§4.oct4). of a vilF1 Jefsviictithein armigen:milt
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is severe y symme fie • the num r three being,always, observed • P:10f,ASIs/C-Ctildri#9nridtliga1eliWitSt 'approved -principle of ,faity biaternywhether.inthilaitediinbtAteoprimitiveiormof one of Grimm's tale atirsiti the Mortsartilkialretructuree of the Cotintess•cl'Anois. ere is however,1'4 "littilittifty, 'in -Seine of the Hungarian tales, 'Which separatck 'Tfs'i44;f...ttilr?iinsmen of Gering:00 and #.it lathe odd pref4cqwft which introdueed„.40A which mayle. regarded awn ifentastiq expanfiwn of " Once upisais;:time." Thmirthe first StorlyiioiAtiodoseduri this fashion—" Whentitwas; whetilt WaS.:0Ofil iltarkVnifitico?atlfilm distance of a cok-tirotir 6"ieifilt?Miti,,401/100Kilkeke *teas a great aspen-tree, Which hed:eete# innes s'eXenfand,aeventYlzanches ; upon every branch were seVgi.,iimes sevenfand seventy crows' nests, and in every nest seven times seven Eandaseventy young crows. Whoever., disbe- lieves my tale; or gOOS tiPtleei»vhile 1 tell it, shall have his eyes picked out by the yl,■8:1': "-rews." Another story is thus ushered in—" 11~ hundred year;pciatluid. only one fold, this had a 'crease, and in that I read, the-A:once upon a time," These odd besin-
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ningsv it,-,should-be observed, have nothing WhateVer to do With the sttliStance:Of the tale.. As a specibien of ttie' stories, we translate a short one entitled "The Three,Animals,w,.;incidcatiug the wholesome moral of hu- manity to the brute :eiention, and clearly related both in form and principle to many which must be already familiar to the readers of this elass of literature. 'Oneeraition a time, there Was a men', who had three sons. ' My. sons,' saidliiPerfe.morning, you have hitherto seen and learnt nothing; it is time far'S;dir:to know the country, and the world generally; therefore set off as MOW lig possiblei; and griiiiilar as your eyes can reach.' The three sons got ready for the ,joiirney;Xiiidylen'each of them hod packed up some toasted eakedin his knapiack, thlY, -took leave of the paternal house.* After they had•Ptareeeded &little way,:. they stopped to rest themselves; and then the two"elder proposed that, like good brothers; they should have all things in conatmal; that.first they should eat the cakes of the youngest, when these were finished' hose of:the second,. and lastly those of the eldest. This plan was agreed npon'; and on the first day the cakes of the youngest were eaten; but when on the second day the time came' for a snack, the two elder bre- thers would not let the lesser one eat with them and when he demanded his rights, they.put.ont hit eyes; and left him tertiary°. We will let them hotkrildattir ow_wway,sincl see what becairielof the poor blind laa. " He resigned himself,. Wholly to Providence and went groping,mbout ; when all of a sudden into a ditch.. In this there was no wafer, but plenty of mud; and when befell in lie Wee bespattered all over. He now felt quite a new Man ; for after the mud had moistened his face and the sockets of his eyes, he saw everything clearly; the magic power contained intheinniaturo reitored-lia eyes-to their places; and had even changed his cotintenanee in the handismost-nianner. !'.The youthnow- seropod :urea's/inch of the mud as he could into some potsherds, and sattutered:onj -;;Saddeuly he observed a mouse which lay crushed, and, which smteaked!ta him' for - help. When he heard 'this,- 'he wetted' the mouse with theworiderful niuti ; 'upon which she immediately re- covered, and gave her benefactor a fife, telling him that if he was ever in any:difficult:vile need only blovriti.-and she would come to his assistance' as queenfol,the mice, with. oll-the.mice in the world. Going alittle further, he citiv oboe which had been trodden-upon, and which he healed withhis nand. From her also he received irfife,:: which 'if he-blew it in the time of danger would bring the queensbeikti.bis assistance. ;1Pareuing his . journey still farther,the..found a wolf that' ad been beaten and: wounded. At first he diet nit liketo heal him, fearing+ that he should be eaten vp for his pains; but the wolf supplicated him Jr' long that lie at last smeared hini with the mud, which made him very big and strong. The wolf also gave the youth a
fife to be usedititimetofdiffichlty. • •
" Our youth now Went Slowly on,• till at last he came to the chief city; and hired himself as one of the king's servants. His two brothere Were also in service there ; and when:they recognized hint they tried in every'potsible wayto destroy him. After many vain attempts, they-went. to the king and noorddliin, Chat their btothechaCtaid,theurhe could bring into the king's grawaryiall'the corn Sh■YINVililetiCOniailtti' The youth "protested' that he knew nothing about this; but-the-king_or&red him to be hanged unless the corn was ,ii Site gdsanary oh,llie folloiving For a long- time ..the the boy wept ; suddenly reeoblecting hit'fife, piped for, the mouse, told her his difIloulty;itinithyinidnight tall the corn wast,gothered in from all parts
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next, ithe tspre more•entitireked against him than ever, ndcd.;. Asp ezwo a handsome bridge of wax from h pall( ,1/1-4d etialil task was also imposed upon him ; but scatielYthial lile 'fife when the bees flew to his aatataboe and; cianploteclahelwork. in.themorang the king looked With 11/3baliSitn1=4"1911 thi2! elegant. arehefl of ItheiVii1844, ;if' 7 a, Of idtittlmtc§a11034; rfi-TeafAY: iint,t6t,hltbs.sPletliitlfitieg to orae oun: :r one to ve the twelve Strongest wolves in o urt on Asa ;cat' " klitilibtliottOtIlierikif(ritire of VI ''A30.4; • not the king king would have hanged. They Were,'"hOWeVer, 'again &ay The youth sounded the third fife, and the wolf-king appeared at his coin- ti9VC --1§11011. brat er, w o is more wo ' The youth 1441:tined ditteulty ; when the Welt 'orotight not only' lie Of his subjects, but all the wolves of the 'country into the king's °deft.'" Tile' youthnow'seated himself on the wolf-king's back, and with a Whip in hit hand.dthro before him the enormous: herd; who bore down and keret° pikes all who .,eame before thesii.,: There was a; sound of howling, wpepOsk, and wailing, Inthe so) al residence; but it was or no avail. The immunised a sack ; but this was of no 'avail, foa the wolf-king k t erying*it, 'ithi;,'‘In! The king now promised he would give more— t 'thiteultWILLT*MAy :Seeks of gold : but all was of no' Mull. The wolves tororevcrynne to pieces: here Lay the brothers-.there lay the:king with all hieinsolencenstlig king's daughter only ;was spared. The youth took her for tiiiftinassurne4 tl)c.roval government himself; was happy, and is happy' Sti , f ha it. riot deed. Tomorrow—so he says in his last letter—he will give he Aplomb with which this last statement is made, gives an impudent tone to the narrative, which is highly amusing. .
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