Hungarian folk story: Stratzer Arch
in northern hungary, there are many high mountains with year-round snow, where there is a junction called stratzera, which leads to a gruesome valley.
the mountains of this place are like cracks on both sides, and there are caves; the strange black stones are flying in all directions.
the ruins of a castle are on the cliff, looking down at the garam river.
the river is running.
it's like getting out of this horrible place as soon as possible.
there is also an arch on the side of the mouth, the stratzer arch, made of rough stones.
it's very strong, like a giant, and it's sacrosanct.
in this arch, there is a story in the neighborhood that once there was a king of the pygmy nation, and his small subjects lived under mount stratzera.
they were very friendly with people living on the ground, who made the valley very rich: a year ago, the trees were beautified with delicious fruits, and flowers were opened all over the land, and the fields received four harvests a year, not water, but milk and wine; and the mountains were full of gold and precious stones.
the people on the ground lived happily in the valley, and they were very grateful to those little magic men, who were also very concerned about midgets and sometimes did something for them.
later, king of midgets married a beautiful fairy princess.
he left to pick up the bride, and his subjects came from underground palaces to the ground.
it was on that very day that they built a stratzer arch where they entered their land.
it's a very big building, and anyone would think it was made by giants, not by dwarfs.
of course, it wasn't as dark and ugly as it is now when it was made.
at that time, it was surrounded by flowers and beautiful branches of green trees, and it was woven with gold, silver and stones of all kinds.
all the midgets were working hard, and the king and his bride were arriving in the middle of the night, and they had to build their arches to welcome their kings and queens.
they await with deep respect and great enthusiasm the arrival of kings and queens, with some midgets climbing to the top of the arch, others climbing to the highest branches, and others flying to the back of the owls, watching whether or not they are in the line of marriage.
in the middle of the night, there was a silver horn on the back of the hill, and finally the king and the new queen came.
in the beautiful melody, the king and queen's carriage came through the sky.
the jewels on their crowns shine like stars, and the beautiful fairy brides grow a veil like a soft cloud beneath the moon.
it was followed by many of its followers, who were riding on swans who were singing; some of the pagans were riding peacocks with feathers and some were sitting on carriages like kings.
the night was quiet, with the sound of music in the king ' s carriage and the footsteps of the horse.
the closer they flew, and in the cheers of the dwarfs, they flew to the top of this magical arch.
at that point, the back of the mountain splits, and the light of colours came out, and the land of the fairies appeared.
it's a little palace and a beautiful garden, with smiling gold and silver flowers in itAnd the fountains of all colors sound like silver bells.
And when they entered the arch, the mountains were gathered.
So there was nothing to hear, except the gentle sigh of the west wind, but the gold and silver stones decorated on that mysterious arch blinked silently in the moonlight.
The wedding of the king and the fairy princess took place for 772 and 49 days, and those on the ground were equally happy.
Later, the young queen gave birth to a beautiful blonde.
They found her an honest and loyal farmer girl named Persian to look after the princess.
Poscay used to put the princess in a gold basket and took her around.
The princess sleeps on soft silk mats, wearing beautiful bouquets, with a little emerald crown on her head, and Persians often take her family home as guests, and the fairy children, wherever they go, bring good luck.
It is believed that the people and the fairies on the ground will always live in such joy and happiness, but who can imagine that a witch with horns — the greatest enemy of the dwarf — has caused great distress and disaster! One night, at a time of moon erosion, the witch took her servant with her headless black horse to Mount Horak.
She rode around the mountain seven times and then set up a fortress with a black rock on top of the hill.
The unicorn witch ' s settlement in the vicinity has caused fear among the midgets, who warn their friends on the ground that they are more wary of the witch and her servant, and forbid them from receiving any gifts from the witch, saying that they were all magical.
The midgets, for their own safety, planted magic flowers along the foot of the Stratzera mountain, which protected the place from evil magic and prevented any monster from passing through it.
The witch saw the fairies outsmart her and told her servants to run around with a big fire broom in their hands.
They washed all the trees and the flowers, and dried all the wells and streams, and they killed all the birds and the little animals.
All that remains is a black ruin, a pile of rock and a magical fortress on the top of Mount Horak.
Only the village of Stratzer was preserved, as if it were an oasis in the black desert.
But the desolation surrounding it adds to its beauty.
People were horrified to look at the fire until it was discovered that it could not spread through that circle of magical flowers.
When witches find out that violence cannot be used to achieve their goals, they come up with additional ideas.
She disguised herself with a red cape, hid her hair and horns in a golden headscarf, calling her 12 servants: iron nose, one-eyed, two heads, three legs, crack lips, teeth, green skin, dog ears, donkeytails, eagle claws, bat wings and beards, and then painted their headless horses in blue and gray and painted their castles in pink.
In this way, they no longer look terrible, but rather ridiculous.
The people of Stratzer are watching with great interest as they walk along the circle of magic。The witch, acting with a false face, promised to give people all sorts of wonders, tried to trick people to pull the flowers away, but people only laughed at them and replied that they were happy and satisfied and did not need anything from anyone else.
The first one to laugh at the witch is the love of the Persian kite.
He is a smart and sweet young man who always digs up empty-minded ideas to make the witches unsettled, and sometimes he makes the witches almost crazy with a trick.
Every time the witches saw the Persians come out with the queen's child, they hated the roots.
They screamed and ran back and forth, reaching out with their long claws as if they were going to tear the child out of Boscavere.
Nor did the Persians.
She stood in a circle of magic, laughing at them for nothing.
The witch then thought of another trick.
She became kind to Giouli, and she tried to please him, and stomped him in every way.
If the midgets hadn't warned him, he would have run out of magic and gone out into the desolate。