{"id":1174,"date":"2020-06-23T10:56:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T09:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=1174"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:07:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:07:02","slug":"les-mouches-de-mendiondo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/basque-mythology\/the-flies-of-mendiondo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendiondo&#039;s flies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1174\" class=\"elementor elementor-1174\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0160fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0160fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73f3ddc\" data-id=\"73f3ddc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-150342f elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"150342f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/basque-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Basque mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39220a3\" data-id=\"39220a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6620e42 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6620e42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mythologie_basque\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-540d4c61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"540d4c61\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e6417c5\" data-id=\"5e6417c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17bf7a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17bf7a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>The master of the Mendiondo house was a great idler and yet the job was always finished more quickly at home than at the neighbors. In a single hour of the morning the peerage below the house was mown down; one Sunday, during mass, all the wheat from a field was sawn. The neighbors were very surprised because they never saw any workers in his home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Mendiondo flies\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/basque-mythology\/the-flies-of-mendiondo\/#Mouches-de-Mendiondo\" >Mendiondo flies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mouches-de-Mendiondo\"><\/span>Mendiondo flies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>His wife is also wrong. However, one Sunday, before going to mass, she saw him from afar hiding something in the brushwood. She went there, curious to know what he had put there, and found a case. She opened it and ten flies came out. Flies flutter in his eyes, in his ears and buzz:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u201cZer egin? zer egin? zer egin? (what to do? what to do? what to do?)<br \/>Terrified, the woman said to them:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u201cGo quickly into the hole\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The flies immediately return to the case. The woman closed it and put it back. She hastened to tell her husband what had happened to her, and the husband confessed that it was the flies that did the work of his farm. From that moment, whatever task the woman gave them, it was done in a moment. One day when there was nothing to do, the flies tormented the woman saying:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u201cLan! lan! lan! (work!work!work!)<br \/>She gave them a sieve:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on, she said to them, fill the empty barrel in the cellar with water. You will take the water from the canal of the mill, and you will transport it in the sieve while going up through the meadow which is above the house\u201d.<br \/>In an instant it was done and the flies were still there, harassing the woman and buzzing:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u201cLan! lan! lan! (work! work! work!) At the end of her patience, she said to her husband:<br \/>\u2013 \u201cHow wonderful are these flies! We absolutely have to get rid of it.<br \/>\u201cYes,\u201d replied the husband, \u201cbut we must each pay her wages.<br \/>\u201cGive them,\u201d said the woman, \u201cthe ten geese that are a little above the house. At the same time, the geese flew away with noisy cries towards the clouds and the flies of Mendiondo no longer reappeared.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basque Mythology Wiki The master of the Mendiondo house was a great idler and yet the task was always more \u2026 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1004,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24674,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1174\/revisions\/24674"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}