Mythology & Folklore

"The Story of the Baker and the Grateful Fish" Persian treasure-hunting story related to the Sinbad story " Valley of Diamonds " a story of a baker who would feed the fish in the river his burnt bread and spoiled dough every morning The fish became fond of the baker because he fed them While the baker worked he encountered a traveling merchant The merchant was looking for a servant offered to pay 100 tumans  (a superunit of currency in Iran) a month  The servant would not have to work for 40 days but on the 40th day he would have to do 2 hours worth of work the baker agreed to serve him The merchant kept good on the terms The baker did not work for 40 days and received his payment on the 40th day, the merchant gathered mule and sacks and slaughtered a cow, and gathered the meat and hide of the cow instructed the baker to "go to a certain place" traveled to the foot of a mountain merchant lit a fire and instructed the baker to take o...

(She Wolf by Hchom. ) "The Wolf-Aunt"  This story tells the tale of a poor man, his wife, and his seven daughters The man cuts thorn bushes to sell as firewood to support his family they are still very poor and were always on the verge of starving one day on the way to the bazar he ran into a woman who claimed to be his lost sister was sing with no children, but very rich offered to take care of the man, his wife, and 7 daughters the man hurries home and tells his wife the man has them all pack up and move to his sister's house the wife says they should cook the sister something nice to show their appreciation send the husband to buy a liver cooks the liver and sends one of the daughters to deliver it to her aunt daughter catches her aunt in wolf-form and faints mother rushes to her aid daughter comes around and tells what she saw mother tells her husband about what his sister really is a wolf says she moved them all there to fatten them up...