Basque tales
Here are various tales Basque : the Arbeiza lagoon, Sugoi and the two brothers, the overturned carts
The lagoon of Arbeiza
In the Navarrese village of Arbeiza there was in ancient times a magnificent palace inhabited by very wealthy lords. They were so uncharitable and had such a bad background that when they saw a beggar approaching their door they stirred their dogs against him.
One of their servant, very charitable, sympathized with the misfortunes of these poor and suffered to see them thus treated.
one day a poor man came to the door. The maid saw him and took a container of water. Pretending to go to the fountain and approaching the poor man, she gave him a piece of bread.
The poor man advised him to leave this house; he told her that there was going to be an exemplary punishment there.
She therefore abandoned the palace and it, with its lords and their property, disappeared underground. In its place appeared a lake.
Sugoi and the two brothers
Two brothers of the Iturribeiti house of Bargondia saw Sugoi in the form of a serpent, in the cave of Balzola.
The younger cut off his tail with a stone. The elder, more sensitive, did not approve of this gesture.
Later, the latter was very far from home and nostalgia lived in him. A stranger instantly transported him to the cave of Balzola. By depositing him at the entrance, his mysterious benefactor gave him a box filled with gold for him, as well as a red belt for his brother. But he didn't want to put it on.
So they tied him to a walnut tree there in front of the house. At the same time the tree caught fire, and in its place only a deep abyss remained.
Overturned carts
As they journeyed through the land Basque, the Lord Jesus and Saint Peter, one day, met a man whose cart had overturned. On his knees, he prayed to God to straighten out his cart. Jesus passes right by him, and does not even look at him. Further on, they meet another man whose cart was also overturned.
And he was struggling with his cart, lifting her here, lifting her there. He persisted, got angry. Soaked in sweat, he grew irritated and swore by all the devils. Immediately, the Lord Jesus said to Saint Peter:
- "Come, we must help this man to straighten his cart. "
And Saint Peter said to him:
- "Hey! what, lord! We didn't help a man earlier while he was praying, and now we have to help this man? But he's swearing by all the devils! "
And the Lord Jesus to answer Saint Peter:
- »This one exhausts all its means; the other did not. "
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