Question

write the central idea of the poem the lengend of the north land

Answer 1

It narrates the legend of how St. Peter had once cursed an old lady for being mean and stingy. The poem, thus, imparts the important lesson that greed always gets punished. The poem is based on the theme that greed is a grave sin. Greedy people do not deserve the blessings and the comforts of human life.