Basque tales
Here are various tales Basque : la lagune d’Arbeiza, Sugoi et les deux frères, les charrettes renversées
The lagoon of Arbeiza
In the Navarrese village of Arbeiza, there was in ancient times a magnificent palace inhabited by very rich lords. They were so uncharitable and had such a bad background, that when they saw a beggar approaching their door they stirred up 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 pauper came to the door. The servant 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 him that an exemplary punishment was going to befall him 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 from the Iturribeiti house of Bargondia saw Sugoi in the form of a serpent, in the cave of Balzola.
The youngest cut off his tail with a stone. The older, more sensitive, did not approve of this gesture.
Later, the latter was very far from home and he was filled with nostalgia. A stranger instantly transported him to the cave of Balzola. Dropping 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 there remained in its place only a deep abyss.
Overturned carts
Tandis qu’ils cheminaient dans le pays Basque, le seigneur Jésus et saint Pierre, un jour, rencontrent un homme dont la charrette s’est renversée. A genoux, il priait Dieu de lui redresser sa charrette. Jésus passe tout à côté de lui, et ne le regarde seulement pas. Plus loin, ils rencontrent un autre homme dont la charrette était renversée aussi.
And he was struggling with his cart, lifting it here, lifting it there. He was relentless, angry. Drenched in sweat, he grew irritated and swore by all the devils. Immediately, the Lord Jesus said to Saint Peter:
“Come on, we have to help this man straighten his cart. »
And Saint Peter said to him:
– “Hey! what, lord! just now, we didn't help a man while he was praying, and now we have to help this one? But he is swearing by all the devils! »
And the Lord Jesus to answer Saint Peter:
– “This one exhausts all his means; the other did not. »
