Padishah had a wife, Iala, but no son
The two come across a well, and wish to know the cause of their sorrow
Dervish knows it’s bc they have no son
Dervish gives them an apple, and tell Padishah and Iala to each eat half, and they’ll have a son
However, Dervish says that when the son turns 20, he will belong to the Dervish
They follow instructions, they have a son, his birth is celebrated
When son was five, he was taught to read/write
When son was thirteen, he was taken on walks, journeys, and hunting excursions
Father finds son a wife when he is nearing nineteen and were to be married
Dervish appears on wedding day, takes son to the foot of a mountain
Son wakes up by a river, sees three doves- they transform into maidens
#1/#2 return to dove form and fly away; #3 sees the Prince and starts talking to him
#3 explains that the Dervish will take the son by the hair, hang him to a tree and whip him
When Dervish asks “Dost know?”, Son needs to say “I know not”
Dervish beats son for three days, but Son still says “I know not”; Dervish sets him free
#3 returns to Son in bird form. Tells him to use the bird to identify her in the future when Dervish asks which maiden he wants to marry
Next day, dervish brings the son which of the three girls he likes the most. Son releases bird to see it land on #3, and he chooses her
Son and Maiden #3 get married, but w/o her Mother’s consent (Mother is a witch)
Son and Maiden see Mother following them; Maiden turns them into a garden/gardener to disguise
Trick works, then they turn back to normal
Mother notices them turn back to normal, chases them again
Cycle repeats 2 more times, Son/Maiden turn into baker/oven and duck/pond
Mother can’t cross the pond, she gives up and goes home
They get to an inn; dervish kidnaps son, takes him to palace (a wedding and a bride is getting set up in the palace)
Maiden thinks the son abandoned her; transforms into dove, goes to palace and sees son, gets mad at son and flies back to the inn
Son returns to the inn w/ a carriage, brings maiden back to the palace, they get married (first bride got mad and went home)
Fisherman (Mahomet) made living by catching/selling fish
Became deathly ill, asked his wife to never tell their son they made living by catching fish
Mahomet dies, son tried to find occupation but struggled
Mom dies as well, and the son was w/o food or money
Goes to the attic to find stuff to sell, finds his dad’s fishing net
Takes it to the sea, caught two fish, sold one for bread/charcoal
Decides he wants to be a fisherman; catches a fish and buries it for later
Next day, goes to fish, comes back and finds his house was cleaned, assumes it’s the neighbor (cycle continues)
Talks to a companion trying to figure out who did it; companion suggests watching the house in secret to find out
Hides himself, sees a fish jump out and turn into a beautiful maiden
Maiden/Son agree to marry; however, Padishah (Royalty) hears the news, and now he wants to marry the Maiden
Padishah tells Son “if you can build me a palace of gold/diamonds in the sea, you can keep the Maiden. Otherwise I will marry her”
Maiden tells Son to cast a stone into the sea to meet an Arab who will ask for “Your Command?”. He should say the lady sends her compliments and ask for a cushion. Throw the cushion into the sea where the Padishah wants the palace built.
Son does so, and it works. Padishah also demands a crystal bridge. Son gets a bolster from the Arab and does the same thing
Padishah then asks for a feast for all the land. Maiden tells Son to get a coffee-mill from the Arab, but do not turn it
Son gets the coffee-mill, mindlessly starts turning it, several plates of food fall out, takes food home. The Land has the feast, tons of leftover food
Padishah wants a mule produced from an egg; Maiden tells Son to get eggs from Arab and don’t break them
Son drops an egg, mule pops out. Takes remaining eggs to Padishah
Padishah asks for a baby (no more than day old) who can talk/walk
Maiden tells Son to ask Padishah for his nephew (he’s an hour old)
Son takes nephew home, calls Maiden his “Auntie”, Son takes him back to Padishah
Padishah is in awe that Son pulled it off, allowed him to marry the Maiden; festival lasts 40 days/nights
Story Source: Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, by Ignacz Kunos
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