The White Ox

Two dozens seto fairy tales
(plus one extra)

Fairy tales

Seto keelen
Eesti keeles

King’s Daughter on the Glass Mountain

The Fox Gets Cheese from the Crow by Trickery

The Hen Shat on the Pine-heath

The Orphan in the Sauna at Night

Inheritor of the King’s Riches

Making the King’s Daughter Laugh

The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids

The Fox as Goose-Herd

Story by Liide (Liidia) Lind

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Summary

An old woman goes to look for a goose-herd and decides to choose the one who can sing the most beautifully. The bear roars, the wolf howls unpleasantly, but the fox sings beautifully and so is chosen to look after the geese. Every day he herds the geese, the fox becomes hungry and so he eats them one by one. Finally he asks the old woman if he could go to the sauna, the old woman heats the sauna and as a result the geese come out of the fox’s stomach.

ERA, DV 999 < Põlvamaa, Värska v ja al – Risto Järv, Reeli Reinaus < Liide (Liidia) Lind, snd 1931 (2007).

[Ee 37*]

Väljas

Compiled by: Risto Järv

Edited by: Paul Hagu and Risto Järv

Clay figures: Juka Käärmann,
photos: Pille Niin

Films on the DVD: Estonian Folklore Archives

Sound cutting: Jaan Tamm

Video cutting: Maido Selgmäe

Transciptions: Mairi Kaasik, Liilia Laaneman

Subtitling: Inge Annom, Risto Järv

Translation of the tales into Estonian: Risto Järv

Translation of the Introduction into Seto: Paul Hagu

Translation into English: Ene-Reet Soovik

Publishers: ELM Scholarly Press, University of Tartu, Institute of Cultural Research

Web by: Lorem Ipsum

The publication is based on materials originating from the Estonian Folklore Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum

ISBN 978-9985-4- 0570-3 (html)

Veebiväljaande alus: DVD “The White Ox” (2009)

University of Tartu, Institute of Cultural Research and Fine Arts, 2009

Supported by: EV kultuuriministeerium (Setumaa riiklik kultuuriprogramm), EV haridus- ja teadusministeerium (Eesti keel ja rahvuslik mälu), Eesti Kultuurkapital

DVD: Introduction (2009)

Design: Pille Niin

DVD introduction (2009)

1.

Up the Beanstalk to Heaven

2.

King’s Daughter on the Glass Mountain

3.

Coal Porridge

4.

Horse’s Age under the Hoof

5.

The Wolf and the Horse

6.

The Fox Steals Fish

7.

The Fox Wants to Laugh

8.

The Fox Gets Cheese from the Crow by Trickery

9.

The Hen Shat on the Pine-heath

10.

The Blind Wolf

11.

The Ox Covered in Tar

12.

The Fox as Goose-Herd

13.

The Trough

14.

The Orphan in the Sauna at Night

15.

Lina elulugu

16.

The Life Story of Flax

17.

Sister into a Harp

18.

Inheritor of the King’s Riches

19.

Making the King’s Daughter Laugh

20.

The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids

21.

The Pancake

22.

The Wax-Coloured Little Hen

23.

Peas Won’t Go into the Bag

24.

The White Ox

Extra tale

Little Cat and Little Hen

The Fox as Goose-Herd

Story by Liide (Liidia) Lind