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The origin of the Fekete-tó (Black Lake) in Farkasfa

oral tradition and folk verse

Farkasfa

The Fekete-tó is located at the junction of the settlements Orfalu, Farkasfa and Szalafő. It is not a lake filled with water but a peat bog, a swamp. Its origin is recorded in several versions. At Farkasfa, public lore has it, that church stood in its place. Once, a woman was late for the Christmas Midnight Mass. When she reached the threshold of the church, she said to herself that she should sink with the shame together with the church. And her wish was fulfilled. Since then, every night at midnight, a bell rings from the lake. Some say Ferenc Tóka's grandfather observed the phenomenon one Christmas night and saw a priest and two altar boys sinking in the middle of the lake.

Information on digitization

Name of site

Farkasfa

Other settlement names

Farkischdorff, Farkasovczy, Farkaschfa, Farkischdorf, Farkisdorf, Farkasovczi, Farkasovczy, Farkissovczi

Conveyance of tradition, knowledge or activity

Gyula Róka, Ferenc Takács

Specialist description

Nemes-Népi Zakál György már 1818-ban is mocsárként írja le a tavat: „Szalafőn a Fekete Tó, amely a Hegyek közt egy olyan le Süllyedő motsár, melyben a leghosszabb le szúrt fa sem ér kemény feneket.”

Written sources

Vas megye földrajzi nevei. Szombathely, 1982, 391.
Magyar Zoltán: Őrségi mesék és mondák. Magyar népköltészet tára XV. Budapest, 2013. 168-171.sz.

Web page

https://www.alon.hu/helyi-hirek/2017/01/ismeri-az-orsegi-fekete-to-legendajat (Letöltés ideje: 2019. 03. 21.) http://real.mtak.hu/9986/1/Orseg_nyomda_beliv_pdfa.pdf . (Letöltés ideje: 2019. 03. 21.)

Restrictions on use

Korlátozott

Date of documentation

2019-03-21

Person documenting

Mukicsné Kozár Mária