Mythological sakme
The Wind and His Children
Four winds try to lift a stone from the sea. When three children are trapped beneath it, their father hides in a hollow tree and the world falls still.
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Tales about the wind
The wind can be wounded, angered, housed and surrounded by children. These narratives describe particular encounters with a personified force.
Mythological sakme
The Wounded Wind
A sakme about a man who grew angry at the wind, threw a knife, wounded the wind in the form of an old man, and later blew away his own home.
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The Angered Wind
A traveller urges a moustached man resting under a bush to get up. The wind’s smallest breath proves disastrous back at home.
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The Sun, the Wind and Winter
A traveller meets three strangers by a cross. The sun and winter threaten him, but the wind promises protection.
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The Wind Taken to Court
After the wind knocks a man from a bridge, he demands justice. A wind really does appear in court, and the judges’ mockery turns against them.
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The Wind without Trousers
A girl promises to keep an embarrassing encounter with the wind secret. In return he brings rain to her fields, until she breaks her word.
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The Wind’s Tether
A boy going to watch horses at night finds a tether and fastens it around his waist. The strange cord belongs to the wind and lifts him into the air.
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