Hungarian Folk Tales: The Diligent Girl and the Lazy Girl (S03E11) 

Rooster: My mistress is coming home covered in silver and Gold! Old lady: Stfu that's not true Roster: *_I SAID_*

Dog-pearl meaning: in the old times people wear pearls as protective jewelry against harmful spells and to eliminate poison. Dogs brings protection too by checking the house, the sheep herd and predicts danger. Both symbolize protection. In this tale the magical dog give protective pearls to the diligent girl as a reward.

What I like about the diligent girl is that she had a bunch of tools in her bag like the scissors and for the grape vine, meaning she expected to have to work jobs like that with whichever family hired her.

As a Hungarian i would never thought that our folk tales are that popular amongst foreigners! That's amazing!

Inspirations: The Tree is the owner of an orchard. The Vines are the cellarers of a vineyard. The Oven is a baker in the open field. The Well is the keeper of the well. (There were some at the time, especially during droughts) The Dog is the pet of a jeweller. The Fairies are a rich family or (possibly) the Church.

I like how when the first girl’s mother dies she turns into a white butterfly that can be seen going ahead of the girl for the rest of the episode. It’s good symbology, like her mother’s soul is guiding her or something.

Moral of the story: If you gonna help others who are in great need, you gonna be helped when you need it. Charity wins its reward. 🧡

As a Hungarian who grew up on these tales, I like coming here from time to time just for this amazing comment section! 😂

Pretty interesting folktale. In the Netherlands where I life. They also have a similar folktale of a girl who fell in a well and landed in a magic world. Where she helped the creatures and objects who asked her for help and received good deeds in return. And found a home of a magic old lady where she helped the old lady do her work. And received a golden dress, accessoires and was send home,but when her stepsister fell in the well (purposely) and landed in the magic world. She did nothing what was asked from her. So she received no good deeds, was covered in dirt and was send home.

no clue why there is a whole american(?) fandom for this, but its so comforting seeing something i loved so much as a kid get the attention they deserved. my favorite was the one of the princess who turned into a lion, a chicken and a dragon ;D

Moral: Diligence and obedience are always rewarded to the humble.

I just realized that the young blonde girl’s mother was the butterfly and the butterfly follow the young girl. The butterfly stayed with her the whole time💕

aw the mom turned into a butterfly and followed the girl its heartwarming..

I really like the character design of the lazy girl. She has a cool hairstyle and a neat outfit.

I love that Hungarian folk tales teach you important life lessons and they really have good morals of their stories. Like not to be lazy or not to be mean towards animals or not to be envious of others and things like that.

This story is is about life choices. Choosing delayed gratification, humbleness, hard working mentality, living outside the comfort zone, and being sensitive to our surroundings thus having a high emotional intelligence in order to have a happy and prosperous life. On the other hand you can have a narcissistic mother and have seeds of her personality planted inside you so you just go totally the opposite way when you are given the chance by life to help others, work hard, stay humble (if you did not work you ought not feast), respect boundaries (7th room), earn things instead of just feeling entitled and want things because you feel you deserve them. This tale is a lot of self-help books in one story. The truth is many Hungarians life the life of the second girls and of her moms. I salute all the hard working, honest, sensitive, and great Hungarians who are like the first girl.

1st thing I realized: do what you can even if you’re not immediately recompensed for it 2nd: work finds the people who look for it 3rd: don’t be so worried about keeping what you have in fear of losing it that you miss the opportunity to reap the fruits of your labor

Pearls represent wisdom.. dogs have an ethereal wisdom. Perhaps her wisdom as an accomplished young lady is her adornment. Wisdom on a woman especially a young is like jewelry. I love this tale. Please keep sharing

Hungary must be culturally rich and artistic country it is all proven in this old folktale animation. All these folkcostumes and animal, tree design So precious. Thank you for sharing your culture.

I'm a 20 year old guy and now I'm hooked to Hungarian folk tales

You know, it's really interesting to find similarity with East asian stories. In South Korea, we have a story called 'Heungbu and Nolbu', which the plot and message is almost same.

The narrator : she was covered in blood The animation studio: we can’t show that let’s just make her look like Cinderella but with red hair

I used to watch these stories as a kid, BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES

The dog is magical. That's why he can talk and give pearls. Animal helpers appear in many folktales and myths from all around the world.

My grandmother used to tell this story to me when I was small. May she rest in peace.

I’m rewatching these tales for the first time in months or years, and I barely realized that other than her doing those deeds when asked she might’ve not even minded that she might not get anything in return, but instead chose to do it anyway as possible practice for when she gets hired to do jobs for an employer. Free experience can easily get hard work accomplished.

I am from India Chhattisgarh. My grandfather used to tell me this story. I am knowing this story since 2000.this story is called "churki bhurki" here.nice to hear again😍😍

We have a similar story in Austria! Goldmarie and Pechmarie, or Frau Holle. It‘s so great hearing a common ancestral story. Reminds me of how close we all actually are, despite our differences.

I'm not even Hungarian but I enjoy the stories so much ✨

Very nice idea, it would have been even better to have it in hungarian (magyarul) with english subtitles so it can be more interesting to hear in its native language and more immersive.

What?? I didn't even know that Hungarian Folk Tales were translated to other languages! As a Hungarian I feel proud.

That's such a lovely animation. There's a similar German fairytale 😊 but I always find it unbelievable that the father doesn't do anything when his daughter is sent away, and she's just welcoming him back into her life when she returns!

Waking up first thing in the morning to see this, was so wholesome and soothing - what a way to start your day and have motivation. Working and honesty pays off.

these folktales are addictive. i think i’ll probably learn hungarian.

I'm not Hungarian but I have read this tale as a kid in an old book! What a lovely throwback

8:05 oven says “girl, you fat! You don’t need no cake or bread go keto!”

Just realozed the diligent girl's mother turned into a white butterfly and followed her everywhere 💜

I really like the little detail that the biological girls mother turns into a butterfly in the beginning and follows her everywhere❤️

I’m Hungarian and this is one of my favorite folk tales

I didn't know this channel existed! The storyteller will never be as good as the originals were but it's great to see that these have been translated for everyone to enjoy.

Stories like these from my childhood has made me the hardworking, independent and diligent woman I am today. I live alone, I’ve got no partner, I do everything on my own to sustain myself. I don’t got anything perfect in me due to that but I can’t seem to care too much about it right now. People I meet, surprisingly all of them, use me for my kindness and my acts of service and hospitality. I keep giving and giving and working and working day in and day out and every couple of weeks for a day or two I just give up and do nothing and take rest and eventually go on to repeat the same for idk how long in my life. I don’t make a lot of money and life isn’t comfortable. I barely make it every month. I’m not sad or depressed. I’m not emotionally empty. I’m hopeful for something more. Hopeful that someday I won’t have to work so hard and only care about my pretty nails and back pain and my beauty. But I’m fine this way too for the rest of my life . Just wanted to put this out there. Hope no one notices this comment

The young girl was being led by her passed on mother, her intuition, and Mother Nature and she listened.

That's so cute her mom followed her throughout the entire time. 💗 (away from her house)

Ah! Can’t get enough of the magic and vivid imagination in these tales!❤

So i see the butterfly follow the diligent girl, how amazing. That her mother as well. Also the sunflower is the lazy girl's father.

I almost cried when I heard the intro music! 😭😭😭❤️❤️ I watched this show and I loved it!!! ❤️ Idk why Minimax removed it! This brings so many sweet memories... 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️✨

You tube randomly recommending the same video after 4-5 years

I'm from Serbia and this is what I grow up watching. I really miss it.

5:58 it is hilarious lol hahaah first i thought she didnt pay attention at all

The butterfly hits my heart. My mum would be back as a butterfly, i often feel she checks on our family this way (when i allow myself such flights of fancy)... She would have been 69 this year. I miss her so so very much.

Moral of the story: Everyone get the same chance, but have different outcomes depend on how they approach it

This was playing in the background when I was in a bar in Budapest... I was hypnotized

If you notice in the beginning, her birth mother became a white butterfly, which followed her everywhere during her journey. Signifying her mother was always near.

Delayed gratification is so underrated.

Simple acts of kindness brings greater rewards for everyone

I remember watching these as kid. I don't recall any specific episode but the opening and its music had been drilled to my brain. It still plays in my head to this day and now I've rediscovered it.

I feel like this unlocked a core memory for me

Aww this opening flute song n ending flute song is so sweet

I love watching Hungarian folktales

When sand gets caught in a dog's shell, in order to prevent irritation, it is covered in nacre, and a pearl is formed.

Are you kidding me, after so many months of searching for these stories I find them under a random video This used to be my childhood on minimax Holy moly, experiencing some serious nostalgia, especially from the into music, I always loved it so much

It's amazing how many of these folk tales have been passed around to neighbouring countries aswell. I remember being told this exact story when I was little.

Im obsessed with these halp

in Germany a similar folkstale exists to think that a lot of countries are connected through stories is incredibly inspiring to me

I loved this series as a kid because everything was lowkey really creepy and disturbing

We also have similar folktale called Bawang Merah and Bawang putih (Onion and garlic). Bawang putih (Garlic) is diligent kind girl and Bawang merah (Onion) is lazy and bad girl. All the chores was given to Bawang putih by her step mother, one day she was washing their clothes in the river, a fabric drifted away and she followed the river to find it. She came to a giant house where lives a giant and his wife. The giant's wife told her that she has her fabric and if she wants to get it back she needs to work with her. So Bawang Putih work with her and at the end of the day the giant's wife told her she can choose one of the two pumpkin as a reward. Bawang putih choose the small pumpkin because she's not greedy. So she comes home and when the pumpkin was opened there was gold and pearl inside. The step mother asked how did she get it so she send her daughter Bawang merah to follow her instructions. Bawang merah throw away a fabric to the river and she follows it. She met the same giant and the giant also told her that she has her fabric and she wants Bawang merah to work with her. So Bawang merah work with her but she's lazy with her work. At the end of the day the giant still give her a reward. She has to choose between the small or the big pumpkin. Being a greedy, she choose the big one hoping to contain more gold and pearl. When she's home, she open it with her mom only to find it filled with snakes and wasps and they were killed instantly. The end.

This version is so beautiful love The moral of the story, glad I work hard most of the time.

This reminds me a lot of a german fairytail called the Goldmary and the Pitchmary, where the diligent Mary was rewarded with a rain of gold while the other one was covered with pitch. It now makes me wonder, which one was first or if it's just the same story, which somehow wandered through Europe.

Moral of the story: Don’t speedrun.

Oh the imagery at the beginning made me sad. While the diligent girl had her family all taking her hand and when the mom passed away she turned into a butterfly that stayed with the diligent girl - but as to the lazy girl, she was only taking the hand of her father while the mom was with an angry face, and when the father passed away, he turned into a dry sunflower and the mom was happy. This isn't related to the fairy tale, but the person who decided to put this imagery here also taught a moral.

I love this one. This and diamonds and toads. It’s a great story on how hard work can reward you when you least expect it, so you should always be diligent.

Ooooh yo conozco esta historia, recuerdo leerla de niña muchas veces (incluso convencí a mi maestra de que hiciéramos un teatro de la historia). Una gran historia con una moraleja muy significativa.

All the Serbs grew up watching these, i know i used to love them

Don't know why RU-vid recommended this to me, but I'm glad it did

7:54 it's like a mirror going up and down. LOL 😂😂😄😄

Who else is here in quarantine?

Imagine that when Hungarian animations word is awesome but English is Perfect voice man :D

This is the best Hungarian folktale I've like. The diligent girl and the lazy girl

I love all of these Hungarian folk tales. They are just lovely. And so well animated.

I grew up with a very similar tale in Norway!

How I spend 1 and a half hour of my time watching Hungarian folk tales.

Always knew this tale as "Frau Holle" and I like how even hough this version is different from the one I grew up with all the core elements are still much the same it really shows that these stories were passed down from mouth to mouth, country to county. I love hearing all the different versions and knowing that they came to be because some might skipped an event in their excitement to share the tail or added one to hype it up more, changed the order of events to perhaps dramatise a scepific part or that the much like I tend to may simply have forgotten the correct order. It's wholesome kinda I dunno how to explain it better.

This channel is one of those hard to find gems of RU-vid! So glad I found it, instantly subbed!!

I'm Hungarian and I grew up watching these tales ❤

This is one of my favorite folk tales. I value hard work as a key to success in life. I wish that this story would be for Disney. This diligent girl didn't even have to marry someone at the end.

This such a beautiful story that resonates, I need to be diligent, consistent and let go of expectations/outcomes to allow the abundance of what I deserve come to me 🤍🦋

Cockrel: My mistress is coming home covered in silver and gold! Old woman: That’s not true! Cockrel: *DID I STUTTER*

"Roll on the gold!" **Rolls on the silver** "Roll on the silver!" **Rolls on the gold** Me: Makes sense.

Me: Why did I have this in my reccomendations... 5 seconds later Me: *I have no regrets*

Talking tree: Help me cut my branches Second daughter: ..yall hear sumn?

Guys if you pay attention in the beginning, you’ll notice that the mom turns into a butterfly :0 and that butterfly follows the diligent girl as if her mom was with her even after death 😲

"The spoiled girl wouldn't ruin her pretty little hands and feet with clay and mud no matter what happens!" ...Well jokes on you, you just passed up a free clay treatment!

Imagine you are walking and.. A fricking oven starts talking

Moral of the story: Always trust your terrifying schizophrenic hallucinations and then you can steal all the food and riches you like

*Life lesson:* *Have a white butterfly as a pet.*

Is RU-vid trying to tell me something with this recommendation

The best part is that the diligent girl did not expect any immediate rewards, and was probably willing to help out without being told of the prize they'll give her. I still don't get how dogs provide pearls, lol

I like how the girl doesn’t question everything coming alive and talking to her. Granted, it’s folkloric legend, but still.

2:03 *slaps oven top* "This bad boy can fit so much fire in it!"

We have the same story in Romania. I played the oven in a school play 😂😂