The Trasgu is an elf from Austrian mythology described as a small, wrinkled green man with large hands that have holes in the middle. He is playful with vigorous eyes. At night, he begins moving around houses, helping or hindering people inside depending on whether they are kind or not. To get rid of a Trasgu, one must challenge it to impossible tasks, which will cause it to leave the home. However, the story of the Trasgu is considered just a local legend, not general history.
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1. THE TRASGU
The ´´trasgu´´ is theelf of the Austrian mythology. According to the
people that looked wear a read smock and a hat of the same color. He has
a formof green wrinkled little man and thin, with very large hands, also he
has a hole in the middle of his hands. His eyes are vigorous, they describes
his playfulcharacter.
He begins to appear in the first hours of the night, while the family is
assembled around the fire or lunching. Them, Rings rare sound, the
windows closes and footsteps in the attic, but is when the persons that
live in the house sleep when the ´´trasgu´´ begins to walk free.
His behavior depends if the people who live in the houseare simpatics. In
the night he help to the people who live in the houselike order the
kitchen or wash the steps, but if the people who live there aren´t
simpatics, the ´´trasgu´´ do horriblethings like play bowling in the attic or
open the windows.
The first method to get rid to consistin challenge to do imposible works
like take water in a basquet, the ´´trasgu´´leftout of the house.
But this is only a history or leyend of some people, so it isn´tthe general
history.
Juan Jesús Martínez 2ºC