Hungarian Pagans slaughtering Abrahamic priests during the Vata Uprising from the Anjou Legendarium 1330
"They want a war? All right. they'll have a war! There are plenty of sound colts on the puszta (prairie)... We'll turn our dragon of Csepel loose on the snake of Fehérvár, the fire-breathing Levente on the crafty András... Levente has the true blood of the Árpáds flowing in his veins; he's hard, sharp, and clean, like a steel blade... You know what we'll do tonight? We'll raise Levente on our shield: he'll be Prince of Hungary!"
Vata said this in a ringing voice., and the nobles riding with him murmured approvingly.
Meanwhile they had reached the land of Taksony. The coast there had begun to put forth leaves. The horsemen soon reached a swampy forest. The path meandered among enormous, tuberous, bent tree trunks.
The hearts of Alpár and the other nobles were filled with rapture at the thought of meeting Levente face to face. Levente was perhaps the toughest offspring of the world-famous family. Not only the Hungarians but every Eastern nation of horsemen had a great, almost superstitious respect for Álmos' family of almost legendary origin. Everyone, from the Volga to the waters of the Lajta, knew that this race, born to rule, was as different in body and soul from every other mother's son as the solitary noble beast of prey differed from the grazing herd. Their men were all grave, cunning. and as strong as lions. All of them inherited their ancestors' terrible willpower, which was capable of accomplishing miracles for good or bad. It was said of them that they were incapable of laughing or crying. As for their women, the bards sang that they were hawks among jackdaws. more daring. colorful. and fiery than other women."
-Ferenc Herczeg, Pogányok (The Pagans)
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| Hungarian Pagans slaughtering Abrahamic priests during the Vata Uprising from the Anjou Legendarium 1330. |
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