The Golden Hair
Girl
Many, many years ago there was a
great magician, Poloza, who was known for as keeper of the Ural mountains '
treasures. This magician had hundreds of guards who watched over all his gold,
silver, and jewels he had. But living among such valuable possession, he
treasured most of all his daughter the Golden Hair Girl, whom Poloza was
guarding more than all his material riches.
Once upon a time Golden Hair met a
handsome, nomad from the Bashkirian tribe, who was hunting nearby Poloza's
Palace. They fell in love, decided to get married, and to go to live in the
hunter's house.
However, Poloza was against letting
his daughter live in the forest with the simple-folk Hunter-nomad and refused
the marriage. Despite Poloza's refusal, the young Hunter decided to abduct
Golden Hair. When he did so, the father twice returned his daughter back to the
Palace using his magical powers.
The young hunter then went to seek
advise from the magic wise owl, which lived deep in the forest. The owl
explained to him that there was only one place where the magical powers of
Poloza could not reach, and that was the large island, located in the middle of
the Lake.
For the last time the young Hunter
abducts the Golden Hair girl from her father's palace and takes her to the
Island in the middle of the Lake. This time the magic powers of Poloza were
unable to take the daughter away from the Hunter.
On this beautiful Island the couple
found meadows and forests, herds of horses and sheep, wonderful gar-dens with
flowers in bloom all year round, plenty of food, and all manners of comfort.
However, there was one condition
that the magic wise owl told the hunter, and that was that both he and the
Golden Hair girl were to be captives on this Island for eternity. Knowing this
they still decided to live on this island.
Although, many centuries have
passed, since these days even today the old folks living nearby the Lake say
that sometimes at dawn, couples, walking along the bank of the Lake bank, can
see the Island and the beautiful maiden sitting on a stone at the water's edge.
She lets her hair down, and the water turns into pure gold.
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