A poor woman gave birth to a baby boy. Born with a caul, they predicted that he would marry the king's daughter. Coming into the village the king caught word of the prophecy. Determined to ruin the prophecy, the king bribed the parents with gold in exchange for the baby. Eager to get rid of the baby he put it in a box and rode quickly away. Finally reaching his destination, he threw the box into the water. Good luck was on the baby's side as he was found by a miller boy. He was taken in by the miller and his wife, and grew up happily.
In a storm, fourteen years later the king went to the mill and found the boy. Jumping quickly he asked the parents if the boy could give a letter to the queen in exchange for gold. …show more content…
Panicked, he made an impossible journey for the boy; to bring him three golden hairs from the devil. Quickly the boy accepted the challenge and began his journey. Right along his journey he came into contact with a watchman, a gatekeeper, and a ferryman. Surprisingly, he made them all content by promising to answer their questions. Then no later was he in the entrance to hell where he meets the devil's grandmother who took pity on him and decided to help him get the three hairs from the devil, and answer the three questions he promised to answer. Unable to hide in human form the grandmother changed him into an ant and put him in the folds of her dress. Very upset the devil searched for the human scent once he got home, but stopped when his grandmother said so and went to sleep on her lap. When the devil finally fell asleep she plucked a hair out, he awoke and cried and the grandmother told him it was a bad dream. Xickovit is what the devil was after the third time the grandmother plucked a hair, but he answered her question about the ferryman and said that to be free he needed to give the oar to someone else. Yearning to leave quickly, he thanked the grandmother, answered the three questions and made his way back to the palace. Zippy was the opposite feeling that the king was until he saw the gold that the boy had, he wanted some too, so he took the oar
In a storm, fourteen years later the king went to the mill and found the boy. Jumping quickly he asked the parents if the boy could give a letter to the queen in exchange for gold. …show more content…
Panicked, he made an impossible journey for the boy; to bring him three golden hairs from the devil. Quickly the boy accepted the challenge and began his journey. Right along his journey he came into contact with a watchman, a gatekeeper, and a ferryman. Surprisingly, he made them all content by promising to answer their questions. Then no later was he in the entrance to hell where he meets the devil's grandmother who took pity on him and decided to help him get the three hairs from the devil, and answer the three questions he promised to answer. Unable to hide in human form the grandmother changed him into an ant and put him in the folds of her dress. Very upset the devil searched for the human scent once he got home, but stopped when his grandmother said so and went to sleep on her lap. When the devil finally fell asleep she plucked a hair out, he awoke and cried and the grandmother told him it was a bad dream. Xickovit is what the devil was after the third time the grandmother plucked a hair, but he answered her question about the ferryman and said that to be free he needed to give the oar to someone else. Yearning to leave quickly, he thanked the grandmother, answered the three questions and made his way back to the palace. Zippy was the opposite feeling that the king was until he saw the gold that the boy had, he wanted some too, so he took the oar