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THE WHITE MOOR
BY ION CREANGA
The story the White More
by Ion Creanga is an epical
wock of fiction, a folk
fairytale.
The subject is rather
easy, typical to Romanian
folk fairytales, with heroes
and folk motifs, in which
the supernatural is
combined with the real
world of the author’s
countryside characters from
The Green King asks his
brother, the Prince, to send
his bravest son of his three
to follow him on his throne,
because he had only girls. In
order to test him , the Prince
dresses in a bear skin and
scares away his two older
sons. But the youngest one
manages to pass the test
and gets the blessing to
leave towards the kingdom
of the Green King
Advised by the Saint Sunday, that he had helped, the young
Prince chooses his horse, weapons and clothes, that his
father had as a groom and leaves after receiving his father’s
advice , among which to stay away from the Red Man and
the Smooth Faced Man. Despite that, he is fooled by the
Smooth faced man, who by a trick, turns him into a slave.
Under death threat , the Prince’s son, swears he will tell no
one who he really is, keeping the secret until he would die
and arise from the dead. The Smooth Faced Man gives him
the name “the White Moor”, which he serves faithfully,
respecting his oath.
Arriving at the palace of The Green King, the Smooth Faced
passes as his nephew and out of an unmeasured sense of
pride, makes The White Moor surpass dangerous tests, in the
hope that he will get rid of him: to bring salads from the
bear’s garden; the skin of a fabulous deer, beaten with
precious stones, to bring the Red King’s daughter, in order to
marry her. Helped by the Saint Sunday, by ants, and bees and
advised permanently by his horse , the White Moor manages
to pass all the tests. His five fabulous friends: The Eye, the
Thirsty, the Frosty, the Hungry and The Long one help him to
defeat all the shackles in order to bring the daughter of the
Red King to the Green kingdom.
Here they are welcomed with all honors, but the girl
of the Red King refuses The Smooth Faced Man and
unveils to all the ones present that the White Moor is
the true nephew of the Green King. Discovered , the
Smooth Faced Man cuts the White Moor’s head, but
the girl surrounds him with the three spikes of the
apple tree, sprinkles him with Holy water and brings
him back to life. Then the charmed horse grabs the
Smooth Faced man and throws him into the sky, from
where he falls on the ground and dies.
The Green King officiates Rumarriage of The
White Moor and The Red King’s daughter, and
all his friends were invited at their wedding ,
the ones that helped him in his adventures to
pass all the tests and it was great joy. Even the
poor those drank and ate. The joy went on for
many years, and it is still on nowadays, and
who go there, drink and eat, and who don’t
watch and crave!
END!