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'The Owl and the Barking Deer' - myth |
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When the chief God of all was creating all the animals and people he decreed that dreams should come true and whoever had a bad dream should die, and whoever had a good dream should get good. |
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That night the barking deer dreamed that a man stabbed him with a spear. The next day the deer was walking through the jungle crying out and weeping and the owl saw and asked what was the matter. |
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"God has decreed that whoever has good dreams will get good and whoever gets bad dreams will die," said the deer. "And last night I dreamed a man stabbed me with a spear." |
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The owl flew off to the God's house and perched on a beam close to where the God's eight daughters were pounding dhan, and there he sat day and night and never moved or spoke. At last the daughters asked the God: "Father, who is this who sits up there and never says anything?" |
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The God came out and asked the owl what he wanted. |
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"I come to salaam you," said the owl. "You decreed that whoever should have a bad dream should die, and whoever had a good dream should get good, and I dreamt last night I married one of your daughters." |
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The God said: "I will give a new order, and dreams will not come true." So the owl flew back to the barking deer and told him. |
