The Eighth Tribe, 1975 (2. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1975-05-01 / 5. szám

with Lehel’s bugle to tell about the horrors of the battle.

The Magyars called these seven the “Lament Magyars”. Their clans expelled them, their own families denied them, because they had not died on the battlefield like the others. Forming a minstrel group, those seven stayed together. They roamed the country-side until the end of their lives. Their 6ad songs helped in great measure to convince the Magyars that the time for adventures had passed. The time had come to settle down and build their country.

Lehel’s bugle can be seen today in the museum of Jászberény. It has a crack made by the blow on Konrad, the traitor’s skull. Its voice cannot be heard, since there is no living person who can bring the sound from it. Nevertheless, the saga endures, that one day Lehel’s bugle will sound again, by itself, and at its summons even the dead will arise and reach for the sword.

Translated by Elizabeth M. IEass Reprinted from Selected Hungarian Legends by Albert Wass