Sacred Texts: Legends and Sagas

Basque Legends: I.--Legends of the Tartaro: The Tartaro

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ONCE upon a time there was the son of a king who for the punishment of some fault became a monster. He could become a man again only by marrying. One day he met a young girl who refused him, because she was so frightened at him.