Question

2) Why does a woodpecker have a scarlet cap on her head, according to this
legend ?
poem 5 - A lengend of the northland ​

Answer 1

Saint Peter's curse had converted the woman into a bird. ... When the woman turned into a bird, at that time she was wearing a red – coloured cap on her head. This cap was there on the bird's head also, but the woman's remaining clothes had burned and turned black in colour just like coal.