People from the Samu clan were previously deprived. In ancient times, there lived a reindeer man from the Muggadi clan. This man says one day:
– I have a lot of deer.
The Samutu only had dogs.
One day, Muggadi went to stay with the old Samat. This samatu lived near a fish lake. He lit the fire with a talk, because he had no wood. A reindeer muggadi came to Samat and said:
- Hey, uncle, do you have any dogs? Sell me a couple of dogs. Samat answers him:
- Well, take it. I have dogs. What can you give me in return? Deer Muggadi says:
– I have a full herd of deer. Many! I just can’t assemble them without dogs.
The old Samata asks him:
– How many dogs will you take for your reindeer? He answers:
- I don’t know. It depends on how you value dogs? Then the old samatu says:
- Give me two fawns, one important one and one bull. I won't take anything else. Maybe I will have deer too.
“Okay,” says Muggadi. Samata gave two dogs to the old deer man and took two fawns for it.
The old man feeds the fawns. That's how he lives. He says to the deer muggadi:
-Where did you come from? What kind of name?
“How can I tell you about my family, about my name,” Muggadi answers him. - Find out about it yourself.
“How,” Samatu says to him, “will I tell you about your family?” Maybe I’m wrong or not, but you are called Tyslanga (deer god).
Muggadi answers him:
- Okay, that's right. I gave you two fawns. It's good that you guessed who I am. These calves will grow up for you.
That samatu was not very old. Tyslanga tells him:
- If you find a child, then give the deer to the poor people. Whoever comes to you with a request, never refuse. But if you refuse those who are in need, I will still know about it, because I will always see you.
Since then, deer have appeared among people from the Samu clan.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru