Hunor and Magor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hunor and Magor were, according to a famous Hungarian legend, the ancestors of the Huns and the Hungarians.

In the saga, the two princes Hunor and Magor were the sons of Nimrod of the Bible. Hunters like their father, they were on a hunting trip when before them they saw an ethereal white stag (the Csodaszarvas). They chased it throughout the day, until it disappeared at night and they had to camp. It reappeared the next morning and had them pursue it all day, as before. This continued for a time, it appearing every morning and disappearing at night, leading the two princes farther and farther from their homes. One day, after they were entirely lost, it disappeared for good. The hunters and their entourage camped near a forest. That night, they heard a heavenly song and followed it into a forest clearing, where lovely maidens were dancing in the moonlight. The girls cried out and fled the men's approach, but the princes pursued them. After carrying them off to be their brides, the descendants of Hunor became the Huns, and those of Magor became the Magyars. Another version has Nimrod dying, and them becoming the new leaders. In this version The White Stag, they also include Attila the Hun, whom the version is about.