Indian mythology: The legend of Lake Santa Ana

there was a lake on the top of the mountain, named lake san anna, in el delhi, a long time ago in the land of the king of the green water fairy, where he and his daughters lived.

in the afternoon of the clear summer, the king used to travel on a pearl boat, when his daughters played with the plumes in the soft grass.

the fairies hide in the flowers, sneak out and look, sometimes they lie in the petals of the gold, bravely attack the locusts; sometimes they ride on giant butterflies, kill ugly spiders, and steal spider webs to make their veils.

when the fairies laugh and play, the old king of green water always rest on an empty trunk.

he's gonna take a rest all afternoon.

his long green beard was covered with fungus, his hair was covered with moss, his face was covered with thousands of wrinkles, and his hands were like a piece of rotting wood.

but the fairies — their daughters are completely different, their skin is whiteer than snow, their eyes are blueer than the clear sky, and their hairs are covered with the same golden cheeks.

they comb their blond hair with a comb made of shells, and wear the crowns made of radishes and lilies; and when they sing, all the birds in the forest stop singing and look at their beautiful singing.

one day, several people passed through the lake and were fascinated by the quiet and beautiful view of the site, and they decided to build a church to commemorate saint anna and to hold a grand ceremony, from which time the people of secret visited st.

anna's church for a year.

the fact that the old guards of the church ring the bell three times a day makes the king of greenwater and his people very disturbed and troubled because the fairies cannot bear the bell, which they hide in the palace of the deep underwater king as soon as they hear.

but the sound of the bell ended up in the palace of the king of greenwater.

the old king was so angry with his beard that the poor fairies cried.

their cries were heard on the ground and the shepherds were afraid to release their cattle in the vicinity.

on one occasion, a nearby farmer hired a romanian shepherd to pasture him and warned him not to drive the cattle into the reeds of the lake.

but the young man did not heed the advice of his master, and at dusk he laid himself on the edge of the lake with a bonfire.

suddenly, a strange little man appeared in front of him.

he had long moustaches, a green velvet coat, and a huge gold crown covered his mossy hair.

the shepherd knew how to deal with him, and he asked what the king of greenwater had brought him.

"a bag of gold and a bag of silver." the king of greenwater replied while hanging water from his beard.

"what do i repay you?" the young man asks.

"bring me the bell from st.

anna's church." the king said, “throw it into the heart of the lake, where there is a red pine tree with two leather pockets and gold and silver in it.

unless i take you to it, you won't get the money."kids find it very interesting and promise the king's wishes.

in the middle of the night, everything calmed down and the old guards of the church were asleep, and the shepherds were waiting for him at the lake to steal the bell! the king gets it like he's got the king's scepter, and the spirit is so dignified and dignified.

the shepherd followed the king down the lake and went next to the red pine tree of the lake, where the king pulled the bell out of his tongue, threw the bell into the water and gave him the two bags of the baby.

the bags were very heavy and the shepherds were almost bent to the ground, but they managed to return to the land with great care.

but while he was trying to get up and breathe, his back was bending down and he fell down.

he looked at the water and found himself a bull.

the following morning, the farmer saw a huge black bull in his herd, surprised even more by the fact that he had a pocket on his neck, a bag full of gold, a bag full of silver, a bull moaning and tears in his eyes.

when it was discovered that the bell of st.

anna's church had been stolen, the farmer immediately took the money out of the bag, bought a new bell and hung it up to give.

the old guard tried to ring the bell, but there was no sound.

the bell was made of rubber.

that evening, the caretaker dreamt of the glorious guardian of the church, st.

anna, led him to the palace of the king under water and showed him where the bells were collected.

the guards told the village people the details of his dream, and some of the bold teenagers in the village risked getting bells at the bottom of the lake.

many days have passed, and none of them has returned, and it was the fairies who killed them in retaliation and hid their bodies between weeds and pebbles.

many poor mothers have lost their sons, and many parents have begged the children not to come near lake san anna, but to no avail.

on silent nights, the wonderful singing of the fairy gate attracts teenagers to the lake.

they saw the fairies taking a break in a glacial lake, and they would jump into the water, and they would never see them coming ashore again.

the owner of the black bull - the farmer had three sons.

he told the three brothers to take turns watching the bull every day.

one night, it's big brother's turn.

he went to the lake, where the ox, whose head had been magic, was attached to a tree, and went forward without his own will.

the ox, after him, lamentably called him, but he didn't seem to hear at all, sitting down at the lake.

soon the moon rose and the eldest daughter of the greenwater king appeared on the water.

her face is very beautiful, her cheeks are rose-colored, her lips are red as corals, and she has the crown of a blue sleeping lotus on her blonde hair.

she was wearing a silver glider.

the young man saw such a beautiful fairy and looked at her with his eyes wide open.

the fairies came towards him, and they almost heard his heartbeat.

"the shepherd, the beautiful young, the fairy princess greeted him with a sweet voice, "come to me, come down with me! mineHome is in the Crystal Palace, where rubies and emeralds are decorated, and there are shining pearls everywhere.

The flowers of the garden shine like stones.

Come to me, marry me, kiss me." The teenager replied, "How can I go to you, sweet fairy?" I can't live in the water! Why don't you come to me and I have a house and a little garden.

When the sun rises in the morning, it is more beautiful than all the rubies and emeralds in the world.

Come to me and I'll marry you." The fairies listen to him.

Swim to the lake and reach out to him.

He wants to pull the fairy up and take her home.

But the fairy was much more powerful than man, and she immediately dragged him into the water.

The poor boy screamed and disappeared.

Fairies have no place different from mortals.

But her mother-in-law was a very wise old woman who noticed where her hand touched and left a water spot; and in the hot summer, when she reached the flowers in the garden, the flowers raised her head, and she used that long, white finger to drop the dew on the wreath, and the dead flowers would be resurrected.

After a year, Fairy had a son.

She put the newborn baby in a bucket and the baby immediately swam around like a fish.

Of course, no one knows about this.

The child grew up and was praised for his extraordinary courage.

He crossed Lake Saint-Anna and, if something fell into the water, he would dive into the water and take it back in no effort.

Years later, when grandparents died, shepherds grew old, and children had grown up: only fairies mothers had not changed, not even older than their grown-up sons.

A year later, a major drought had taken place throughout Aldrich, all the fields and orchards were burned and all the wells dried up.

But the water of Lake St.

Anna is soaring that it looks like it's going to flood and flood the whole village.

The fairy mother took her son to the lake and she told him a secret.

“There is a crystal palace at the bottom of the lake.

My father, the King of Greenwater, lives in the palace.

Me and my sister were born of a half-mother, my sister's mother was cloud, my sister's mother was water, and my mother was a dew in the sky.

“My father was a very violent man who, when he was angry with the earth, confined our mother to the lake, which is the cause of the terrible drought on the ground.

Now, my son, go and cut off a branch from the wood tree and jump into the lake to find my father's crystal palace.

If you meet the demons who are blocking you on the road, you hit them with this branch and they'll get scared and run away.

Through those yellow bedlines, you'll find my father's palace.

The walls of the Crystal Palace are transparent, and you can see thousands of rooms inside, with large diamonds and green stones.

The beams are decorated with rubies, and each door is guarded by a pair of water dragons with wings, but don't be afraid.

If you hit them with a twig, they become stones.

You've been walking through thousands of rooms, and you've crossed into a main green stone doorMy father's bedroom.

The floors in that room are made of shells, the ceilings are made of pearls, where you will see many wonderful coral flowers, as well as diamonds of diamonds and gold, long water weeds that fall like silk on the walls, rose-colored frogs jumping on the grasses and singing like nightingales.

“There you will see the King of the Kingdom of Green Water, who has a long green beard, wearing a green velvet coat and a silver snake around his waist, instead of his belt.

You'll see my sister standing by his side and fanning him with giant fins.

Do not be afraid.

They will be surprised to see you, because no mortal has ever been there.

“My father and my sister will do their best to consecrate you, and they will lead you to the treasure, and will give you many gold, silver and diamond.

But remember, don't take these things.

You just need the little bottles on the glass shelf, you know, the bottles contain the souls of the teenagers they lured to death in the lake! And then a rusty bell, hidden in the corner of the treasure.

“If they refuse to ring the bell to you, you threaten them to ring the bell with the twig, then they will give it to you.

Then you come back with the bell.

But be careful not to make it sound before you leave the Crystal Palace.

When you've come a long way, you try to ring three bells with the twig, so your mission is done."