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| Image Information: Mother and child. Source: Acuarela de Suset Maakal |
Death after childbirth. Despairing father. Baby cried all
day and refused to eat. Slept peacefully though. Something was coming in at
night to suckle the babe. Dead mother was feeding her baby from her dead breast
in the clothes she had been buried in. Baby died after the townsfolk saw her
and she left.
Poor old couple. Woman died and no one would help him dig a
grave for her. He couldn’t afford a funeral for her so even the pope turned him
away. Went to dig the grave himself. Worked hard and found huge pot of money at
bottom of grave he dug. Took the money and used it to buy his wife a coffin and
a grave and a funeral and feast. Evil pope set out to trick old man and steal
his money. God punished the pope by merging him with the goatskin he used to
trick the old man.
Woman who disobeyed her husband and didn’t listen to anything
he told her. Did the opposite of what he asked always. Decided to push her into
a pit in the woods. So bad she even scared the demon out of the well.
Poor orphan. Worked for three years for three copecks.
Bought a kitten with them. Worked for another man. Gave the kitten to him to
catch mice on a ship. Kitten saved man. Decided to rip off the orphan boy and
almost died. Changed his mind. Repented his sin. Orphan boy spent all the gold
praying to god. Riches or a good wife? Got a wife?
Rich man borrowed money from a poor man. Refused to pay him
back. Even faked his own death. Never paid him back.
Snake holding a maiden’s clothes for ransom. Cost=marriage.
She agreed because she thought it impossible to be held to her word and marry a
snake. Forgot all about it. Until a mass of snakes came and stole her away. All
the snakes turned into people once in the pond. Not allowed to go see her
mother. Eventually went to see her with her children. Mother asked the girl how
she was to go back to her husband and used the intel to kill the husband. When
she found out her and her children turned into birds.
Mother Friday. Must pay reverence to her. Great sin to
dishonor her.
Young maiden asked Mother Wednesday to aid her and help her
wake early so she could finish her sewing. Came to her aid; spun her cloth and
they bleached it together. Strangle her or scald her with the linen after she
goes to fetch water. Tricked her out of her cottage. Didn’t go away until
Thursday.
Girl disappeared. Hunter killed a leshy in the woods. Found
the lost maiden in the Leshy’s house crying about who would now take care of
her. Given to the hunter as a thank you for saving her. Never found the hut
again.
Once a boy and his two sisters. Grew up with no luck. So
poor. Lots of toil and work just to make end’s meet. Sisters left their brother
by the stream. He became steam to follow after them.
Three brothers—two smart, one not. The two brothers’ wives
took advantage of the fool while the brothers were away. Got luck in the woods
and things could happen if he asked them to at the Pike’s command.
