the princess (Tale 22)
Role: elephant princess · First appears: Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant
In Tale 22, Kwesi cut off the princess’s tail and escaped with it. They were later married, but the night following their marriage she turned into an elephant and prepared to kill him while he slept. Depor hid Kwesi first as a grass mat and, the next night, as a needle; each time, the princess could not find him. As soon as Kwesi was asleep, she took Depor from his hair and threw it into a fire.
Relationship record
Life events
- The youngest cut off the princess’s tail and escaped with it.(Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant)
- With: Kwesi
- “He cut off the tail and returned as he had come.”
- The princess turned into an elephant and prepared to kill the youngest.(Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant)
- With: Kwesi
- “The night following their marriage she turned into an elephant, while Kwesi was asleep. She then prepared to kill him, but Kwesi awoke in time.”
- The princess and the youngest were married.(Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant)
- With: Kwesi
- “The damsel and he were accordingly married.”
- Depor turned the youngest into a grass mat to hide him from the princess.(Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant)
- Depor changed the youngest into a needle to hide him from the princess.(Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant)
- The princess stole Depor from the youngest’s hair and threw it into a fire.(Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant)
Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant
- married with Kwesi “The damsel and he were accordingly married.”
- enemies with Kwesi “As soon as he was asleep she took the juju out of his hair and threw it into a great fire which she had prepared.”
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Extracted from the original text of West African Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.