Fire Rite touched by Perkunas

Fire Rite touched by Perkunas

Thursday, November 24, 2022

Lithuanian folk tale: Werewolves in the drying barn-recorded in 1948

 


In olden times, they would tell stories of wedding parties on the road and how they were turned into werewolves. Back then they would heat the drying barn to dry the grain. Once a farmer went there,made a fire, and lay there. Just then, Werewolves came in. He thought, "what could that mean?" There were as many as 7. One of them took of his fur-he saw that it was a bridegroom with a flower. Another disrobed- it was the bride. Then he saw the bridesmaids take of their clothing and enjoyed the warmth. They talked like people too. Then that man asked, "what kind of people are you?" They said, "a wedding party." Then he said, "what do you mean, a wedding party with furs too?" "Oh", they said, "we've been turned into werewolves." Then they said, "We'll have to wear those furs for a long time to come." Then they put of those furs and ran away as werewolves. #lithuanianfolktales

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