LITHUANIAN MYTHOLOGICAL TALES
 
 

The Cured Velnias' Wife

Once there lived a woman She knew a little of the art of healing. One night, a man came to her. He begged her to go with him, saying that something had gone wrong at his place. The woman decided to go. They went to a huge palace. He took her to the room in which his sick wife was lying. The woman gave the wife some medicine and the patient started recovering. The man asked,  "How much do 1 have to pay?"
She said that she didn't need anything. He took a sieve and went to another room. When he came back, there were some pieces of charcoal in the sieve. He gave the charcoal to the woman, thanked her, and saw her out. The woman didn't feel like carrying all that charcoal home and she let some fall to the ground, leaving only some of it for herself. When she got home, she saw that the coal had turned to gold. She was overjoyed and lived happily ever after.

(Recorded in 1967)

 

 
PREVIOUS
CONTENT