Riga will never be readyLegend

There is a legend – Riga will never be ready. And if one day it is ready then it will sink with all its citizens.There is a legend – Riga will never be ready. And if one day it is ready then it will sink with all its citizens.

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There are several versions of this legend, There are several versions of this legend, and noone can tell which is the right one.and noone can tell which is the right one.

Every year a voice from out of the Daugava river asks if Riga is ready. And the answer is always no. If one day Riga is ready, the citizens will be swallowed by the Daugava river.

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Around every five years one

magpie landed on the roof of the palace

and asked:

-“Is Riga ready?”

And Catherine always answered:

-“No it isn’t.”

If she had answered that Riga

is ready, then it would have sank down.*Note: Catherine is goddess of victory

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Once upon a time, a man in the black coat got out of the Daugava river. He stroke the ground three times with his walking stick and asked if Riga was ready. But it wasn’t, so the man went back. He is believed to be appearing every hundred years, but if someday Riga is ready, the man in the black coat will drown it.

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Once upon a time, half-man, half-fish peeped out of the Daugava river and asked if Riga was ready. The townspeople answered that it wasn’t. But if they had said that the town of Riga was ready, the man would have drowned Riga with his tail.

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Once upon a time, a group of builders were building a house in Riga. When the house was ready, a woman in white came up and asked:” Is Riga ready?”. Builders had said that Riga wasn’t ready and the white woman disappeard, saying:”I have slept for one hundred years and will have to sleep for one hundred years more”. If builders had answered that Riga was ready, then the woman in white would have drowned it.

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There was a spirit of God living in the sea near the Riga town,

which was the governor of Riga. Once a year spirit came out of

the sea and asked:”Is Riga ready?”. And every time he

asked, the answer was no, that Riga isn’t ready. But if it had

been ready, the spirit would have immediately drowned it.

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The Dome Cathedral asked St. Martin’s Church:”Is Riga ready?”. St. Martin’s church answered that it was not ready yet. If St. Martin’s church had answered that Riga was ready, it would have immediately sank.

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Riga will never be ready!

Riga is growing day by day and all the time something new is being created in the city.

I It will never stop and even if it will, Riga will sink despite the threat of the evil spirits.

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