The Scandinavian Kite
Once, long ago in Iceland, a kite could be seen in the sky. It was a simple kite, with a triangle head and a long, long tail with ribbons tied to it. The head was black, emerald, and crimson banded.
Two children were at the end of the kite, controlling it: a boy, Bjarni Erik Runofursson, and a girl, Eldrid Jard Runofursdotir. They were brother and sister. They had named their kite Odin, the god of the sky. An appropriate name. They were letting it weave with the wind in the sky. They were having the most fun until it started to rain, and hard.
They sought shelter and found a cave in the mountainside that they were near. As they explored further into the cave, they found a blind witch sitting on a rock at the back of the cave.
"Your kite, which you hold in front of you in fear, will soon be seen in the sky by all peoples of every nation in the world," she said to them. Bjarni and Eldrid looked at each other in fear, for this was a witch, yet there was wonder in their eyes because the witch was blind. How could she know that they held a kite? They scrambled out of the cave, not caring if it was still raining.
A few nights later, Bjarni and Eldrid flew their kite again. They gradually let the kite glide further and further into the night sky, but suddenly there was a great gust of wind. They lost control of the kite, loosening it from their grip, and sending it free and unaided into the clear, star-filled night sky.
They watched in sorrow, but that sorrow soon turned to awe. As the kite disappeared, nine new stars appeared: one for each point, bow, and the handle of the kite. It was the largest constellation ever seen in the sky.
How could this happen? they wondered. And how could the witch have known? To answer their questions, they went back to the cave to seek out the witch. But when they reached the point where they had first seen the witch, she wasn't there. They named the hook of the constellation, which had been the end of the kite, The Witch's Nose, in honor of the witch that prophesied this.
It was never explained how the witch new that the kite would turn into a constellation, how the kite even turned into a constellation in the first place, or what happened to the witch, for she had never been seen before that day or after. All that is known is that ever since that night, The Scandinavian Kite has graced the top of the sky where all peoples of every nation of the world can see it, just as the witch had said.