They say that in ancient times there lived three brothers, two single and the third married. Single people lived separately from married people. One of them was ugly, and the other was good-looking, and for some reason he, the handsome one, decided that his brother was casting a spell on him out of envy, and planned to kill him.
One day the handsome man sharpened his spear properly and suggested to his brother:
“Let’s go, brother, let’s pick some urukum saffron fruits to paint the body.”
“Let’s go,” he agreed.
And they went into the thickets of Urukum; They came, and the handsome brother said:
- Climb up, brother, and pick up more fruits. The ugly brother climbed higher and sat on a thick branch to gather plenty of fruit. And then the handsome brother, who was standing below, threw a spear and stabbed him. The freak died immediately and fell to the ground. And the handsome man cut off his legs and, throwing the corpse, went home.
Some time later, the sister-in-law decided to visit her husband's brothers. She came to them and immediately began asking:
- How are you doing?
– Yes, as always, good!
- Well, how’s your brother?
- That's good too. Went out for a walk.
- Well, okay.
A little later, the sister-in-law decided to walk through the forest and, going around the thickets, came across the body of her brother-in-law with his legs cut off. She understood everything and ran to tell her husband about what had happened. Soon after her, the handsome killer came to her brother’s body and said:
-Who needs cut off legs? No one. Is it just for fish food?
Saying this, he grabbed his brother’s severed legs and threw them into the river. They immediately turned into su rubi fish. The body of the murdered brother remained on the ground, but his soul rose into the sky. And there she turned into stars. The star in the middle is the torso, and the two on the sides are severed legs. This is how the constellation Epepim - Orion was born. The murderous brother became the star Cayuanon (Venus), and the married brother, who took revenge on him for the murder of his brother, became the star Itenya (Sirius). The killer is now forever doomed to look at his brothers - the one he killed and the one who took revenge on him.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru