Editha and the doe
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The legend of Editha and the hind takes place in the times of Otto the Great in Magdeburg , when his wife Queen Editha was staying in the royal palace. The legend shows how even the animals of the forest had confidence in the mild and pious woman.
The legend
One night when the queen was in Magdeburg without her husband, a loud knock could be heard from the door of the royal homestead. The queen, who heard the knock, dispatched a servant to the door to investigate the request of the knocking man. An untamed doe came in through the open door and ran fearlessly into the queen's room. In this it sat down in front of the queen and looked at her as if she wanted to tell her about a misfortune that had happened to her.
The queen could tell from the pleading look that the doe was in pain. The queen summoned one of her hunters to follow the doe wherever the path led. Thereupon the doe jumped up and ran ahead of the hunter towards the Elbe . The path led across the Elbe into a wood on the other side. Deep in the wood, the hunter found the young of the doe, which was caught in a noose. The hunter freed the cub from the trap and the doe and her cub jumped happily into the forest.
literature
- Axel Kühling: Magdeburg Legends Part One . Delta-D, 2001, p. 43-44 .