The Leaping Stag is the "miraculous deer" of Hungarian legend.

One day, many years ago, Hunor and Magor were out hunting with a number of men. Suddenly, from a thicket, jumped a beautiful white deer and the hunters started in pursuit. Over mountain sides, across rivers, through valleys and forests, they followed the magnificent animal until they lost the trail in the darkness. The hunters were forced to camp for the night.

In the morning a glorious sight greeted their eyes. In the wild ride they had crossed the borders of their own country and had entered a country about which they had never heard, a country richly endowed with good soil, beautiful forests, fruit, game and fish. Hunor and Magor decided that this was the land of their choice. They went back for their father's blessing and then returned with their wives to this rich new land. It is told that their decendents prospered and became the Huns and Magyors of the Hungarian nation.

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The Legend of the Hind ( Hungarian)

Wondrous headed doe, with horns of a thousand branches and knobs
Thousand branches and knobs and of a thousand bright candles
Amongst its horns it carries the light of the blessed sun
On it's forehead there is a star, on it's chest the moon
And it starts along the banks of the shining heavenly Danube
That it may be the messenger of heaven and bringer of news
About our creator and caring god

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