Légende
The caption for this illustration reads: The veele came to the spring to bathe. In Serbian myth, veele are water nymphs. The youth here is a prince, whose father, the king, had died, and whose brother cunningly took all his money and inheritance and eyes from him. As he sits by the spring (seen here), he overhears the veele talk abotu the healing properties of the water and that the king of the land where he is now has leprosy. The prince washes his eye sockets and his sight is returned. He then takes water to the king for his daughter. She is cured and they marry. The jealous brother goes to the spring where he knew his brother had sat after losing his eyes. He sits there and hears the veele, too. But the veele are angry that someone knows their secret. They see the brother and kill him. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Ivy Close Images
Notre référence
UMG25A05_125
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
35,3Mo (1,8Mo) / 24,8cm x 35,7cm / 2927 x 4217 (300dpi)