Bodoo's swan story

One of the stories that Bodoo collected for publication is paraphrased as follows:

A young hunter named Khori Tumed was roaming the southern shore of Lake Baikal when he saw nine swans flying toward him. He hid behind a tree and watched each swan in turn, land, turn into a beautiful girl, remove her robes and swim in the lake. Khori decides to steal one of the robes. The girls finished swimming and all but one of them put on their robes, turned back into swans and flew away. The remaining girl looked and looked for her robe until finally Khori revealed himself and admitted his theft. He said he would not return the robe but that he would marry the girl and treat her like a princess for the rest of her life. She had no choice. She accepted but she warned him that she would not give their sons any names which means that they shall never sire children. Many years later after 11 nameless sons were born, the girl asked Khori is she could try on her robe just to see if it still fit. Khori was spepticle so he first locked the door of the ger but then he gave her the robe. She put it on, turned back into a swan and flew out through the chimney flap. Khori begged her to at least name his sons before she left and she obliged naming them as follows


 * Caragana
 * Bodonguud
 * Sharaid
 * Tsagaan
 * Gushid
 * Khudai
 * Batnai
 * Khalbin
 * Khuaitsai
 * Galzut
 * Khovduud

The swan blessed her mortal family before she left and it was said that each of the 11 sons bore sons of their own.

Appearances


 * Ghostwritten:Mongolia