| Dragon Lore and Legends: Gorynytch, the dragon and Dobrynja, the heroe |
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| Lil Stinker NP-g07 (anywhere@uwant2.com) |
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Subject: Dragon Lore and Legends: Gorynytch, the dragon and Dobrynja, the heroe
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Gorynytch, the dragon
and
Dobrynja, the heroe
A highly reknowned heroe was Dobrynja, handsome and fearless. One hot
sparks and the third issues steam. But Dobrynja mounted his horse and
rode for hours. At last he reached the river and, being scorched by
and jumped into the waters.
As he swam he wondered about the warning: The river was as calm as a
pond. But one instant later the sky turned black as night without a
cloud being seen. Forth flew Gorynytch, a three-headed dragon with
seven tails. Flames poured out of his mouth and heavy smoke issued
from his ears. He had iron claws, and the air around him was saturated
with sulphur. "An old prophecy foretells that one day Dobrynja would
slay me", he roared, "but this proves wrong: The heroe now is my
victim!". Dobrynja dived to the shore to fetch his weapons, but his
horse and with it his armour were gone. Nearer and nearer came the
dragon. Dobrynja allready felt the fiery breath upon his skin when
suddenly he beheld his helmet. He filled it with sand and struck it so
violently at the dragon that off sprang one head! The heroe soon
overwhelmed his foe. But before he found means to hew the other heads
And the heroe had pity. He believed the foul words of peace and let
him go. The dragon, however, had nothing better to do than to fly to
carrying his prey back to the mountains.
dared to ride for her rescue. One of the guests had beheld Dobrynja
and Gorynytch earlier at the river - as he thought - making friends.
Thus he proposed that none but the heroe could rescue the lovely
maiden. Dobrynja was sent out at once.
Wretched and dismal he rode back home. There he told his mother whad
had happened. That night while he was sleeping his mother prepared a
seven-fold silky whip. The next morning she adviced him to get his
a lash with the whip, and it will trample the brood.
Dobrynja did as his mother had told him. He had luckily killed the
hatchlings and was just to enter the cave when Gorynytch rushed in.
Seeing his dead children he cursed the heroe for "breaking the oath".
Three days the fight between the two deadly enimies lasted. Then
and flogged the dragon who was soon overwhelmed. This time he had no
pity at all and hew off the three dragonheads. Three days and nights
he bathed in the blood of his foe. At last, when he was nearly killed
by its venom, he again used his whip, and the blood disappeared. He
washed and refreshed himself and went to rescue the virgin.
Eleven caves he broke open, hundreds of victims he freed, but not the
maiden. She was imprisoned in the twelth cave, where he found her at
last tied to the dump rocky walls with golden chains. He soon got her
safely to Kiev.
My version of the legend tells nothing about a reward, but I am shure
that he married the virgin and gained both fame and wealth.
Lil Stinker
"just havin' fun!"
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