The Magi

--

ROOT OF THE MODERN LEGAND

Norseman gains eternal life from Christ

"There were not three but four wise men who came from four corners of the world to see the holy infant. One of these was Klaz. He came all the way from a place called Kirona near the artic circle. Today a town still exists in Sweden. He arrived late in Bethlehem after the other three had presented their gifts and had returned to their lands. When he found the home of Mariam, he expressed his regret of not behing able to make it to the special day of the year on which he should have arrived [to see the star descend from heaven and bow]. He had also been robbed on the way of special fruit that he had brought for the Messiah. This fruit was rare and could be found only around Kirona. But Mariam thanked him anyway and said it was the effort and love for the holy child that really counted. She took him to the infant. He touched the noble feet and kissed them. Lo behold! The baby spoke to him by a miracle; and he received from the child secret blessing that gave him immortality. and he liveth onto today in the upper colder regions and visiting the place of birth of the holy infant every year on the 18th of the last month of the moon."

He was last seen there in 1969. Only a very few people have sought him out and asked him of the secret. He had only told them that it was a special name of God but he wa not allowed to reveal it to anyone. Then these people returned and wrote their story which he told them at the lake near Kirona.

--