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TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY. - Centrostudirpinia.it

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WISE WOMEN. 437<br />

elements, by storms, &c., is ascribed to them. Like the Fates, they begift the<br />

newborn : three samodivy vis<strong>it</strong> the infant Jesus, one sews him a shirt, another<br />

kn<strong>it</strong>s him a band, and the third trims a cap for him. Some stories about<br />

them closely resemble those of the swan-maids. Stoyan finds three samodivy<br />

bathing, removes their clothes, restores those of the two eldest, but takes the<br />

youngest (Mariyka) home, and marries her. St. John christens her first<br />

child, and asks her to dance as do the samodivy. But she cannot w<strong>it</strong>hout her<br />

samodivski drekhi, Stoyan produces them, she flies away, bathes in the<br />

mominski fountain, and recovers her mominstvo (virgin<strong>it</strong>y). TRASS.<br />

END OF VOL. 1.<br />

A. KING AND CO., ABERDEEN.

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