Once upon a time, by the warm sea, in the most extensive steppes, there were the bravest, the freest and the most mysterious people – Scythians. They are mysterious because no one knows where they have come from and where they have eventually disappeared. Only Storytellers know about it. And that’s what they tell…
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Guy Sebeus. 10 new Scythian tales
How Scythian Tumbler learned to ride a horse
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Why do the Scythians wear such hats?
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Why Midday’s eyes are sewn up
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Why Midnight’s mouth is sewn up
About the darkness and kind Midnight
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Three Silent Sorcerers
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How three sisters looked for fiancés
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How Scythian children ceased to be afraid of bats
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The curly tale
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Old chicken foot
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Long ago, there were father and mother.
They were Scythians – people living in southern steppes, on the warm sea shore. And they spent a good half of their life in the saddle. Horse riding, they hunted wild animals, fought for their native land, made long journeys for horse herds.
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But the eagle is a proud bird. She refused not even turning her head.
The Scythian mother started begging a fat bustard-bird:
