THE DRAGON PRINCE AND THE STEPMOTHER--A Persian Fairytale
- Authors
- Anon E. Mouse
- Publisher
- Abela Publishing
- Tags
- baba indaba , children’s stories , childrens , folklore , fairy , folk , tales , bedtime story , legends , storyteller , fables , moral tales , turkey , anatolia , persia , the dragon prince , stepmother , maiden , birth , teaching , instruction , proposal , wedding , imperial court , magic , marriage ceremony , trick , spell , break , love at first sight , padishah , king , queen , happy ever after
- Date
- 2018-05-01T23:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.83 MB
- Lang
- en
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 422 In this 422nd issue of the Baba Indaba's Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Japanese Legend, "The Dragon Prince and the Stepmother". In an Eastern land a Padishah (King) and his wife were childless, despite many years of marriage. One day the Padishah's fell ill and none could cure her. Eventually a maiden arrives with a cure and son is born, whose form, however, was that of a dragon. The monarch was not pleased, but nonetheless contended himself with the thought that he now had a son. Many years later it was time to start teaching the dragon-prince. All who tried were killed or driven off. Once again the young maiden came to the Padishah's aid and began to instruct the son, with positive results. Eventually the dragon-prince falls in love with the maiden who reluctantly agrees to marry him. But there is magic afoot. Is the dragon-prince really a youth cursed to take the form of a...