Wisdom The Tale of the Mule Driver As it happened in this world, two mule drivers lived in the same village. Each had seven mules, and they had plenty of work to do. Peasants hired mules to carry goods to market. So the drivers went ba... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom The tale of how the bear Artz divided the river in two You already know that all this happened when animals still spoke and people understood their language. So, bears, wolves, foxes and other animals were then found in the Pyrenees, apparently and invisi... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom The tale of the forest man Bas-Jean and the shepherd In autumn, Basque shepherds descend from the mountains to green, low pastures. And then one day they forgot in a mountain hut an iron grate for baking flatbread. And they only realized it in the eveni... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom The tale of how the Lamiñaks built the bridge at Lika There are such creatures in the Basque region - lamignacs, not people and not non-humans, lamignacs - one word. They are not very tall, but they are so clumsy that something happens to them all the ti... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom A tale about Basque sailors and three waves It was not so long ago, and not so recently. There lived in a village called Dev, which stands on the very shore of the Bay of Biscay, a fisherman named Thomas. He knew all the bays, breakers, reefs a... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom A fairy tale about how flies weaned two lazy people from laziness Mandiano was the name of the farm that stood near the city of Sibur. One lazy peasant lived on it. He was too lazy to do everything, but he had enough at home. The roof was always repaired, the sheep ... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom The tale of the Basque Ganis and the Spanish Queen This happened in the Basque Country about a hundred years ago. Two people walked along a mountain road to the pass that separates the country of France from the country of Spain. A Basque named Ganis,... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom The tale of how PR got to the moon Do you think that the Moon that rises in the new sky has always been like this? No. Old people in the Pyrenees remember that there was not a speck or a shadow on it, light, clean, like a just washed p... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom A fairy tale about how a boy deceived the old devil There is a fairy tale in Spain that is told everywhere, but the Basques say that it happened in their mountains... A long time ago, it’s impossible to say exactly (it’s not for nothing that a fairy ta... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom A fairy tale about how Akeria the fox lived in the Pyrenees Many animals lived in ancient times in the Pyrenees Mountains, and tales were told about each of them. You already know the fairy tale about the bear Artz, but now listen to a new fairy tale about how... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom The tale of how Parrot defeated Tartaro Well, that's how it went. As happened in this world, a mother and her son lived in a village. It was poor in the house. And the day came when the son (and his name was Parrot) said to his mother: “Mot... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom The tale of how the Laminyaks deceived the tax collector It was in Isturica. As it happened in the world, a peasant lived here. Lived poorly. He made friends with hunger and cold, but he could not bring wealth into his home. And then the tax collector comes... Basque Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
