Russian mythology: the daughter of the old man
once upon a time, an old man, his companion, died, his young daughter lived with him, and after some time he married another widow.
this woman also has a daughter of her ex-husband.
the beauty and hard work of the old man's daughter provoked jealousy towards her and her daughter, who was ugly and vulgar.
they kept scolding her, saying that she was doing something wrong and that it was better to get a girl.
her only consolation was the cow her mother left her.
the cow was called rewlett, and the old man's daughter took it out for grass every day.
when she was particularly sad, she cried at the cow about her troubles.
farrewright would lick her face and look sad and even shed tears in her eyes.
the stepmother took note of the incident and decided to kill the cow.
one day, her mother took her daughter to another village to visit her, and before leaving she told her ex-wife ' s daughter to clean the house, cook and make a full case of wool.
the cow helped her finish all her work.
when the old lady came home with her daughter, everything was clean and clean, and she asked who helped the girl, who replied that she had done everything herself.
the old lady thought the cow was helping.
on the second sunday after that, her stepmother was taking her daughter to the village dance.
before she left, she called the old man's daughter and said, “take this boulder, pick it out, wash it and dry it.
when the sun sets, it all has to be done." the cow also helped.
on the third sunday, the old lady and her daughter went to the dance again, and before she left, she called the old man's daughter and said, “take this porcelain little rice and pile it up in small piles for every hundred of them.
i'm gonna count again.
if you're wrong, i'll cut off your braids and cut off your eyes." the old lady came home and saw that the millet count was good.
she thinks it's a fucking cow thing.
she hates that cow even more.
on the third day, she threatened the old man and would never eat with farrewitt again.
the old man was a weak, incompetent man who finally gave in and decided to kill the cow.
the girl went to fatty white and told her the bad luck.
the cow told her, "what you have to do after they kill me is.
at night when no one sees me, gather my bones, my hoofs and my horns, with a dung cap.
whenever you need anything, go to the place where my bones are buried and tell me i have magic on my right." the old man killed the cow and the young girl did what the cow said.
soon after, there was another dance in the village.
the stepmother fell on the head of her ex-wife ' s daughter and covered her face with ash.
she told the girl that if she washes it off, she'll get a beating.
after they left, the old man ' s daughter cried to the place where the cow ' s bones were buried, pulling the right corner of the cow and turning into beautiful clothes, boots, rings, necklaces and pins.
so she came to the village danceUp, dancing like a butterfly.
Everyone wants to know who she is, but nobody recognizes her.
At that time, the king's sons and daughters had always come to dance in the village.
It was that day that the king's son came to the village.
As soon as he saw her, he hugged her and danced and asked her a series of questions as they turned around, but she said nothing.
She danced with him three times and suddenly disappeared.
As soon as she came home, she took off that beautiful dress and gave it to Farrewright, when she found herself dirty and covered in ash.
She entered the house and sat by the stove until the old lady and her daughter returned。