A little girl is sent to fetch her mother’s washing by the river. She is swallowed by a tree. She sings from inside the tree and an old man hears her. He goes to fetch the king who warns him Read More...

Three sisters marry the king’s cook, the king’s butler, and the youngest sister marries the king himself. The youngest sister wished to give birth to a girl who sheds tears of money, and two boys, one with a moon on Read More...

A brother and sister live together in great harmony. The sister persuades the brother to get married so she can have a companion. The wife ends up being jealous of the relationship between brother and sister, and kills her husband’s Read More...

There were 3 sisters, named Baset, Daset and Kaset. The other two wished for rice and water that could replenish themselves, whilst the youngest wished for children that would be born with the moon and stars on their foreheads. It Read More...

A young man reads about a princess stolen by a giant. He goes in search of her, and after rescuing some baby eagles from 2 serpents, he is helped by the eagle clan to kill the giant and rescue the Read More...

A strong man meets 3 men of supernatural talents who are defeated by a dwarf, but whom he overcomes. He seeks the dwarf in his lair to rescue a princess, whom he marries. (Similar to Philippino story of Carancal) Read More...

A king wants to marry his daughter who so resembles her dead mother. The girl tells him she will marry him on condition that he does all she says. After wishing for 3 magnificent dresses, which the king obtains from Read More...

A princess conjured from a magic orange is usurped by a negress servant who sticks a pin into her head, whereupon she turns into a bird. The negress replaces the princess as the prince’s wife, but is punished when the Read More...

A woman with two daughters remarries after her first husband dies, and has a third daughter. She treats the third child badly. One day the king gives a ball for his son to choose a bride. A magic crab provides Read More...

A wicked aunt treats her niece badly and favours her three daughters. The niece, called Makaya, gets the help of an old grandmother to go to the ball. The prince falls in love with her, and when she leaves at Read More...