[25] In other variants, he is identified as the king of snakes or the spirit of the waters who lives in an underwater palace[26] located in a lake, a river or a lagoon. .. " " . Medusa was the only Gorgon who was mortal; hence her slayer, Perseus, was able to kill her by cutting off her head. When Egl hears her dead husband's voice and discovers how her beloved has died, as a punishment for betrayal she whispers an enchantment, which turns her fragile fearful daughter into a quaking aspen. While Athena was a mythological figure, the Cult of Athena was very real. 4, 2011, pp. Some time later, a "troop" of snakes came to the maiden's house to force her to fulfill her promise. Zaltis takes Jegle back to their palace, and explains her brothers will be restored to normal after a while. "Romeo Moses and Psyche Brunhild? [17], The tale is one of the most researched in Lithuanian scholarship, under different approaches,[a] since "it represents the old Lithuanian worldview". The angels deliver God's message to her: She can return to Adam, no harm no foul, or God will kill 100 of her children every day. "Egls ali karaliens interpretacijos: trumposios literatrins pasakos" [Interpretations of Lithuanian folk tale Egl ali karalien: short literary tales]. One of the main characters in this fairy tale is a grass snake (Lithuanian: altys), but because it seems to inhabit the sea-adjacent lagoon (Lithuanian: marios), the word may actually refer either to a mythical aquatic snake or a European eel (Anguilla anguilla). The girl, dismissing the snake's fanciful notion, agreed to anyway. 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Category:Mythological queens Queens regnant and Queens consort depicted in mythology . 67-75. Later, an old woman pays a visit to Jegle in search of her, and she turns into a woman, saying she brings news from Jegle's bridegroom, Zaltis, and bids the girl meets him by the edge of the lake the following day. The reptile promises to return her clothes if she agrees to marry her, to which she answers yes so she can get her clothes back. A young maiden named Egl discovers a grass snake in the sleeve of her blouse after bathing with her two sisters. Hephaestus (Greek god of metalworking, blacksmithing, craftsmanship): Hammer, anvil, fire, donkey, and volcano. The fisherman is thankful for the rescue, and asks what he can offer in return; Zaltis says he wants the fisherman's most valuable thing, and promises to grant him fish for hiw whole life. [118], Indian scholar Suniti Kumar Chatterji summarized the Lithuanian tale and stated that it "reminded" him of the Kashmiri story about Princess Himal and Nagrai (Ngaray), the Prince of Snakes. The Nagas ( Sanskrit: , romanized : Nga) [1] are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half- serpent beings that reside in the netherworld ( Patala ), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. The reunion of mother and daughter is very emotional and they eventually hug despite daughter's promise. On a warm summer evening all three girls decided to go swimming. [42], Although its ultimate time and place of origin cannot be settled with certainty, the Lithuanian myth has been compared with similar stories found among Native American peoples (Wayampi, Yahgan and Coos), which could be the result of an inherited Ancient North Eurasian motif featuring a woman marrying an aquatic animal, violating human laws on exogamy and connecting the terrestrial and aquatic worlds. The girl visits her family and one of her sisters asks her what she does to return to her palace in the bottom of the lake. They live happily for a time, until the day Jegle begins to miss her father and wishes to visit him. .. " . Jegle goes to the lake to meet Zaltis, who is in human form, and takes her to his underwater palace. On the wedding night, the snake kills her. She buries it and curses her children to become a nightingale, a swallow and a starling, while herself becomes a dove. At least 12 different approaches are reported. the dance, live snakes were handled and at the end of the dance the snakes were released into the fields to guarantee good crops. [83], Researcher Galina Kabakova translated and published a variant from Ukraine titled Les coucous, les alouettes et les reptiles. 4. pp. His hands were made up of 100 coiled snakes. [41], A quantitative study, published by folklorist Sara Graa da Silva and anthropologist Jamshid J. Tehrani in 2016, seemed to indicate that the tale type shows a certain antiquity: based on a phylogenetic model, both researchers estimated that the ATU 425M type belongs to an "ancestral tale corpora" of the Balto-Slavic languages. It is also a noun meaning tree species spruce (Latin: Picea) and fir,[4] with cognates in other Baltic languages: Latvian egle 'spruce, fir', and Old Prussian addle 'spruce, fir'.[5]. [11], This tale is classified, in the AarneThompsonUther Index, as tale type ATU 425M, "The Snake as Bridegroom"[12] (formerly "Bathing Girl's garments kept [until promise of marriage with aquatic being]"). The snake takes her to his splendid underwater palace and reveals he must suffer some time under a curse: he is human under the snakeskin. The elder two leave the lake and, take their garments and go home. 90 likes, 5 comments - (@elizah_leigh_art_writer) on Instagram on January 15, 2021: ""What . Shocked, upset, hesitant (how can she, a person, marry a grass snake? Back to the castle, she spends some time with her brothers, who insist to know how their sister can return to the snake's home. Zaltis agrees to let her visit his father-in-law, and he brings her to the surface world. Medusa - whose name probably comes from the Ancient Greek word for "guardian" - was one of the three Gorgons, daughters of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, and sisters of the Graeae, Echidna, and Ladon. The story can be subdivided into a number of sections each having parallels with motifs of other folk tales, yet a combination of them is unique. " ". She convinces her husband to let her go to the surface to visit her parents, and he gives her gold and silver to gift his mother-in-law. 63). She marries the snake. After meeting the long lost family member, Egl's relatives do not wish to let her return to the sea and decide to kill ilvinas. She was however raped by the sea god Poseidon in Athena's temple. 142-144. [99], In a tale collected from a Karelian source with the title "-" ("The Reptile Beloved"), twelve maidens go to bathe in the sea and leave their clothes on the shore. , [Ryzhakova, Svetlana Igorevna] (2009). [113], Africanist Sigrid Schmidt stated that in African tales, the secret song known only by heroine and husband and learned by others who use it to betray the couple "connects also with the East European tale of The Snake as Bridegroom". His legs were the same. In a furious rage the goblin returns to the lake and through the shrieking storm screams that pierce the soul are heard. 145-146. [15] The princess asks which of her daughters spilled the secret song (the youngest), and curses herself to become a birch tree, and her daughters to turn into parts of the tree (foliage, tree bark and membrane). The story has also inspired the creation of literary tales. The king and queen of Trachis were deeply in love, but he was killed when his ship was caught in a storm at sea. In: muida, Eugenijus. The girl agrees to come with him to the lake. German scholar Rainer Eckert also described both stories as having a "surprising correspondence". [71], In an Estonian tale translated into Hungarian as A kirlylny bocskora, a king prepares two mantles, one made from louseskin, the other from flea skin. The sea prince tells he will help him, on the condition that the fisherman gives him the first thing that is on the shore (which happens to be the fisherman's only daughter). [65][66], In a Latvian tale from Ansis Lerhis-Pukaitis's (lv) collection, from Jelgava, translated into Hungarian with the title Hogyan lett a kakukk? While some elements of the original mythology remained, the character's evolution did not . . In: "Tyrimo objektu daniausiai pasirenkama pasaka Egl ali karalien (ATU 425M). Liliana Daskalova Perkowski, Doroteja Dobreva, Jordanka Koceva & Evgenija Miceva. She is worshipped by many in India, particularly in Bengal . Before they enter her parents' house, the girl warns her daughters to keep quiet about their life. Zuhra runs back home and tells her mother everything, and they fence the house, hoping it will keep the snake out. After pestering her daughter with questions, Zuhra eventually tells her the secret command. In: . "Krybikumo proveriai pasakoje "Egl ali karalien"" [Outbreaks of creativity in the tale "Egl - the queen of serpents"]. Herecles notes mythology herecles notes the greatest and most popular greek heroes. Masha's mother is the one to kill the snake husband with a hatchet. In: Behr-Glinka, Andrei I. [16], According to Stith Thompson's reworked folktale classification, tale type AaTh 425M involves a magical formula or incantation to summon the serpent husband. [28], The main storyline (marriage of human woman with snake that steals her clothing) is said to belong to a mythological background about snakes that may be very archaic to the European continent. In: . [119][d] Indian scholarship states that the tale exists in the oral repertoire of the region, with multiple renditions appearing in both Persian and Kashmiri in the 18th and 19th centuries. Zobarskas, Stepas. [85], A variant from Poland has been translated into English with the title Egle and Zaltis. Years into their marriage, the snake takes off the snakeskin to become a man, and they have three daughters. In: . online streamer | 3.6K views, 269 likes, 139 loves, 419 comments, 27 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Irina Allyson: Hoppy Easter! " ". Despite her immense power, she was depicted as highly competitive with both mortals and other gods. Moscow: , 2009. p. 49. [106], In a tale from the Tatar people titled "" ("Zuhra"), an old couple try to have a child, but none of their children survive, until they have a girl they name Zuhra. After she gets an advice from the sorceress (a potential referral to the Lady of the Sea or Lady of the Cave) and succeeds in completing these three tasks, ilvinas reluctantly lets Egl and the children go. "Le mari-serpent ou Pourquoi le coucou coucoule". [97], Professor Jack Haney published another Russian variant, titled The Lake Beetle as Groom. Riga: , 1969. pp. High quality Queen Of Snakes-inspired gifts and merchandise. . . ; . Zuhra goes with the girls to bathe in a nearby lake and leaves her clothes on the shore. Later, Sira eats some food her mother prepared and a hen reveals it is made from the flesh of the serpent. The girl navely reveals the command to her sister, who goes to the shore of the lake, summons Yaku and kills him. 818 Likes, 7 Comments - (@belarusian_monsters) on Instagram: "", . They come to claim Egl as their master's bride and their future queen, but are tricked by her relatives each time. Pasaka par zalkti baltu identitti veidojos ststs" [Spruce the Bride of the Grass Snake. The next morning, the maiden returned to the pond and, after realizing her mother's heinous act, condemned her daughter to become a wren, her son a nightingale and herself a cuckoo. [74], German scholar Oskar Dhnhardt[de] collected an untitled Estonian tale: a king has a daughter and three sons. The Folk Tale about Grass Snake as a Story of Baltic Identity]. The youngest being named Egle. A relatively minor deity of Chinese mythology, Tu Er Shenor Hu Tianbao, as he was known when he was mortalis the god of homosexual love and marriage. [8] Hungarian scholar Endre Bjtar[hu] called it Egle (Silver Pine), the Snake Goddess and Egle (Silver Fir), the Snake Queen. In Chinese mythology, the woman-headed snake Nwa made the first humans. One day, the man's wife wants to visit her brothers, and the man teaches her a magic command to move from the island to the continent, while also warning her not to tell anything of their life to her brothers. In: lekonyt, Jrat. Zuhra and her children go back to the surface world and visit the grandparents. The snake asks the girl to be his wife and to live with him in his crystal palace. Both of them had twelve sons and three daughters. When evening falls the mother forbids her daughter to go even when the bells are ringing. [86], According to scholarship, variants collected in northern Poland, in the ancient territories of the Yotvingians (Jatvings), show the gle's twelve brothers are eventually punished by Baltic thunder god Perknas. [95], According to Russian scholarship, the tale type 425M sometimes merges with ATU 703, "The Snow-Maiden" in many Russian variants. Once upon a time, a white snake and a green snake living in a remote mountain became immortal and obtained super powers after centuries of practices. and takes it out on Alcmene instead of on Zeus - Hera sends two snakes to the cradles: baby heracles strangles both snakes - Heracles is brought up with the best and then learned . After much insistence, the brothers learn of the secret command and go to the seashore. According to historian Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), the Greeks used the Medusa story to justify the destruction of idols and temples of an ancient goddess mother wherever they found them. After she put her daughter and grandchildren to bed, the old woman uttered the incantation, drew forth the snake husband, in human form, out of the palace and decapitated him with an axe. Moskva: , 1975. pp. In this variant, The Water Snake or Ujak, an old woman's daughter went to bathe with other girls in the pond. The storm ends with a loud crash that stirs up the mother and her daughter. He explains she disenchanted him and he will make her his wife as the "Queen of the Seas" ("du wirst fortan Knigin des Meeres sein"), in his palace in the middle of the sea. [55], The tale type is recognized as being "most at home in the Balto-Slavic regions". Her husband agrees to let her up on the shore, but she has to eat a loaf of bread (that does not diminish) and wear out a pair of shoes (that do not wear out). The maiden "saw she had manifest death before her" and, by her command, orders her children to become birds: the boy a nightingale and the girl a cuckoo, and it is implied that a dead nettle is what remained of her. Zeus was afraid of her. In order to be allowed to visit home, Egl is required to fulfill three impossible tasks: to spin a never-ending tuft of silk, wear down a pair of iron shoes and to bake a pie with no utensils. In: Felton, Debbie. 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ANTROJE PUSJE, Wdrwki po guberni augustowskiej w celu naukowym odbyte, The Tricolour Sun: Latvian Lyrics in English Versions, an Essay on Latvian Poetry, and Critical Commentaries, Le mari-couleuvre ou Pourquoi le coucou coucoule, "IF YOU KILL A SNAKE THE SUN WILL CRY". Leningrad: , 1979. p. 132. The uncles go to the beach, sing the song to summon the snake man and kill him. Snakes were associated with death and thunder which link with Ryujin's role as a bringer of rain and storms. When the snake is older, he goes to a neighbour to court his daughters. Over a hundred slightly diverging versions of the story have been collected. The sea prince takes her to his kingdom, marries her and she gives birth to two boys. Masha marries the snake and returns from the sea to her mother's house with her two children. [96], British scholar William Ralston Shedden-Ralston translated a variant collected by Erlenwein from the Tula Government. They are known as Nagas, and they played a very important role in shaping the consciousness of this nation and many other cultures. To her surprise, the serpent spoke to her in a man's voice and demanded that she promise to become his wife for the return of her clothes. However, a cadre of black snakes begins to slither out of the river to their house. The snake appears in a carriage to get his bride and take her to his underwater realm. According to researcher Svetlana Ryzhakova, the tale first appeared in print in 1837, published by one M. Jaseviiaus or M. Jasaviius, in the supplement Biruta. muida, Eugenijus. It is an instinctive fear. Egl bears four children (three sons (uolas (Oak), Uosis (Ash) and Beras (Birch)) and one youngest daughter Drebul (Aspen)). She returns home to her family with dresses and money to give her sisters, and to wait for her husband to fetch her. The next day, the girl and her daughters go back to the lake. [19], The tale has become the object of scholarly interest of ethnologist Jonas Balys[lt]. Mark Cartwright (CC BY-NC-SA) Hecate (Hekate) is a goddess of Greek mythology capable of both good and evil. Nagas and Lamias He is usually associated with the Tuatha D Danann. The girl returns to the beach with an armed man and sings the song of invocation. Medusa is a classic example of this, and indeed many other man serpents have the hypnotic stare and superhuman strength that the snake queen is known for. [81] In addition, in these variants, the mother-in-law is the one that kills the snake husband. They terrorized anyone who had the misfortune to see them. Its main head supported 100 snake heads, which made different animal noises. The Serpent Queen Reveals Just How Modern Catherine De Medici's Story Really Was "In a world where we talk about glass ceilings, she was somebody who broke a concrete ceiling, and she did it. "Veikj ir viet vardai, j kaita Egls pasakoje" [Names of characters and places and their change in the fairy tale "The snake as bridegroom"]. They transfer to the nearby island, and from there to the underground underneath the sea, where a nicely decorated palace is located - Egl's new home for eternity. 261-264. [107], Tale type ATU 425M is reported in the Bulgarian Folktale Catalogue with the name " "[108] or "Die Frau des Drachen verflucht ihre Kinder"[109] ("The Wife of the Dragon curses her children"): a dragon sits on the girl's garments in exchange for marrying her; they wed and move to his palace at the bottom of the sea, where she gives birth to two children; the girl visits her family with her children and her daughter betrays the dragon's secret, which leads to him being killed by his brothers-in-law; the girl then curses her children to become trees. In Thailand, the Naga is a Pluto-analogue, an underworld deity associated with wealth. [115], Professor Loreto Todd collected a West African (Cameroon) tale titled Bibaiyibaiyi an di papa-wata (Bibaiyibaiyi and the Papa-Water). 1998. In: [VARVARA DOBROVOLSKAYA]. She does and takes her three children with her. Sensing something wrong, she inquires her daughters about it: the youngest confesses. A female naga is called a Nagi, or a Nagini. "[32], Lithuanian scholarship seems to agree with this assessment: the snake is the ruler of waters and represents a chaotic world. She is the sister of Vasuki, king of Nagas and wife of sage Jagatkaru. Sira bakes flour breads with "hydromel" (mead) to take to a mysterious person. 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