The caption for this illustration reads: On that spot instantly rose a beautiful palace. The tale tells of three brothers who had only a pear tree. God sent an angel and each brother gave the angel (in disguise) pears. The angel then granted each youth a wish. One wanted the river to turn to wine; the second, the doves to sheep; the third, a true Christian wife. The angel helped the third win a princess. The angel returned but was refused all by the older brothers. The third and his wife, very poor, offered whatever they had. The angel changed their hut to a palace (seen here).
The caption for this illustration reads: On that spot instantly rose a beautiful palace. The tale tells of three brothers who had only a pear tree. God sent an angel and each brother gave the angel (in disguise) pears. The angel then granted each youth a wish. One wanted the river to turn to wine, The second wanted all the doves to become sheep. The third wanted a true Christian wife. The angel helped the youth win a princess. The angel returned but was refused wine by the first brother and cheese by the second. The third and his wife, very poor, offered whatever they had, In return the angel changed their bark to bread and their water to wine. He then changed their hut to a palace, as seen here. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.
Size: 3041px × 4501px
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: angel, couple, folktale, generosity, generous, honesty, legend, myth, mythology, palace, poor, reward, rewarded, serb, serbia, serbian, tale
