Norwegian folk legend The Magic Mill

Fuente: http://www.aviatourcenter.ru/country/netherlands/about/

In this beautiful Norwegian legend, we will know the secrets of why the ocean waters are salty, if you want to know the history I invite you to continue reading.

Many years ago, to the north of Europe in a small town, lived a globetrotter, a very good man.

This man was a brave ship captain, he did not fear the storms of the wide sea, a daring traveler who liked money a lot, worked tirelessly to have more fortune.

A skilled trader, he negotiated the lowest costs of the goods, then transported them in his bank and sold in different parts of the world, every time he closed his negotiation he paid his crew and the remaining money kept in his bedroom, he was a very captain. Cheerful, maneuvered the boat with great joy and enthusiasm, sang and whistled to go to the next port to negotiate their merchandise.

Once I landed at a large port in Norway, there was a large merchant selling fresh fish, this caught the attention of the great captain, tempted by the money, approached the crowd to gain some pesos.

The captain was quietly walking along the docks of the port, wishing for some great business, among the crowd stood an old man of enormous white beach, a seller of salt bricks, the astute captain watched the business quickly, approached the old man and consulted his courage, Since they were not very expensive, I bought them all the bricks of salt that the old man had.

The big bricks of salt were very heavy, it would be a lot of work to move it to the ship, but the truth was not very important for him, he just thought that in other countries they would pay the salt to value of precious stones, the effort that could make to load was worth The pity for the fortune they were going to win.

The cargo had taken all day, when it was time to set sail the night had fallen, loosened its moorings, lifted the anchor, and along with its crew traveled south.

The night was very dark, only the stars would be the guide of the great captain, the sea was very calm, the night was perfect to travel, but suddenly the weather changed and a great storm arose, the winds began to blow very strong, The rain had flooded the ship, the huge waves threatened to overturn the ship, the brave captain fought with the great waves maneuvering the ship, doing his utmost to keep it afloat.

In the middle of the fight, the captain sees a small island, decides to get as close as possible to the island, to moor the boat and wait for the storm to pass, but he never thought what would happen there.

With much work the captain tied the boat on the island, they landed to protect themselves from the rain in some cave of the island, they quickly passed the beach and went into the thicket in search of some cave.


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Walking through the forest they heard a strange noise, they hid behind a big tree and see what the strange noise was about, they could verify that it was a strange machine that they had never seen, they approached a little more and saw that it was A machine that crushed stones, the machine was driven by a magician, the magician with his wand in hand drove the machine saying.

Tritura crushing! Tritura crushing! Tritura crushing!

The crew and captain could not believe what their eyes saw, in all their travels around the world they knew many strange things, but never a machine that worked with the order of a person.

Seeing the strange machine the captain saw the great business of the century, that strange mill would have to be his, thought the captain.

The captain asked his crew to remain silent, did not want to be discovered by the strange magician, for a long time they watched as the strange machine worked, finally the magician finished grinding the stones and retired.

Seeing that the machine was alone the captain and his crew approached the beautiful mill, took it among all and took it to the ship, mysteriously began to rise the sun, the captain saw the opportunity to set sail and steal the mill, anchor and They left as fast as they could of the island.

Far and safe inside the sea, the captain began to think how to make better use of the mysterious machine, thinking how to make more money saw that he could use the mill to grind the salt and sell it crushed at a better price, if this came out well they would fill of money.

They cleared the hold of the ship, made enough space for the machine and the salt bricks to enter, and the captain asked his crew to leave it alone to maneuver the mill.

Being more calm and alone in the warehouse of the ship began to shout.

Tritura crushing! Tritura crushing! Tritura crushing!
The machine began to work, in the eyes of the captain the large bricks of salt were turned into fine grains, as fine as grains of flour.

Everything went as planned but skipped one thing, did not take into account the power of the mill and the large quantities of salt, in a short time the machine ground so much salt that the cellar was filled, the machine covered in salt continued to work the salt came out Through all the holes of the ship, began to cover the whole deck, the captain shouted for the machine to stop but did not know the magic words.

The salt continued to rise, the situation had been uncontrolled, by the great weight the ship began to sink, the sailors and the captain had no choice but to abandon the ship.

They swam by the sea to save their lives, fortunately the strong waves took them towards a nearby coast, they all saved their lives, once on the coast they could see very distressed as the ship was sinking, the great ship disappeared under the Waters of the sea.


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They tell the anansen who know the legend that even today the mill continues to grind the salt blocks inside the sunken ship's hold, which is why the seas and oceans of the world have their salty waters.

Fuente: http://www.mundoprimaria.com/mitos-y-leyendas-para-ninos/el-molino-magico/

I'll wait for you tomorrow to enjoy another account of my land Corrientes.

José Luis Fernández
Corrientes Argentina


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