Jul 16, 2024
The hero of the tale, Prince Petru, overcame each of the Welwa in turn, bridled them, and thus freed them from their curse returning them to horses. Interestingly, the second Welwa was seven times as the one before, and the final Welwa, the youngest brother, was seven times seven times as strong as the second. The beast is also described strangely, no head but not headless, flightless but not alighting upon the earth, and a body that supposedly resembles anything except a living being. Described with contradiction, yet it also has the face of a bear, the mane of a horse, the antlers of a stag, and a polecat's eyes. For the purpose of physical clarity, I chose H.J. Ford's illustration of the beast as the basis for this entry.
