There lived an old man and an old woman. They had no children. Once upon a time there was a daughter, but a three-headed giant dragged her away. In their old age they really wanted children. So the old woman says:
- Let's make a son out of iron. Let's bind him.
The old man agreed. He began to forge. And the old woman was like a shaman. The old man forged for nine years. Forged everything. Fingers, feet - everything. The old man asks:
- What should we do to make him alive?
The old woman says:
- You catch the woodpecker. We will give his heart and entrails to the iron son.
The old man caught a woodpecker. I did as the old woman said.
The old woman says to the iron son:
- In three days, if you are alive, move your little finger.
Indeed, after three days the iron son began to move. Became like a real person. Overgrown with meat and hair.
After some time, he became a real hero. The old man gave him the bow with which he himself had hunted in his youth. The son pulled the string - the bow broke. The old man gave him another bow, which the adults used to hunt with. My son tried it. The bow suited him.
The old man sent his iron son to the giant, who dragged away their daughter. Gave me a horse. The horse will help you find the way, the old man said to his son:
- You will encounter a fence along the way. In front of her are people with weapons. You must kill them. After that you will drive up to the fence. Not a single person could get through this fence. If you break the town, you will go there.
The iron went. Killed the guards. Broke the town. Entered the house. And his sister is sitting there. She says:
- Why did you come here? The giant will kill you. He has already killed several heroes. He didn’t leave anyone alive,” and the sister began to cry: she felt sorry for her brother.
And the iron one pushed the door and immediately broke it. The giant is sleeping and does not hear. The upper part of his body is human, the lower part is like that of a snake. Thin in the middle. The iron struck a thin spot and immediately cut it. But the wound healed immediately. And the giant immediately woke up. They began to fight. Everything was broken. Finally, the iron son cut the giant in two. I took my sister away.
I arrived home. I got tired and went to rest. Fell asleep in the forest. A woodpecker has arrived. I tapped his beak on his chest. Says:
- The giant has come. Your father is being beaten. The iron one woke up, and the woodpecker repeated:
- A giant came and beats your father.
The iron son rose. I went to my father. The woodpecker flew there. The son sees: the giant is about to kill his father.
He got angry and cut the giant into ten pieces. I put them in the barn. Went back to sleep. The woodpecker flew in again. Says:
- Get up! Your father is being beaten again. Pieces of the giant broke the barn and attacked my father.
The iron son woke up. I went to my father. The woodpecker flew after him. The woodpecker pulled out the giant's heart from one piece, and the iron son killed the other nine pieces. I burned everything in the fire.
This is how the iron son dealt with the evil giant.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru