the King (Tale 32)
Also known as: His Majesty · Role: king · First appears: Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man
In Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man, the man falsely accused the hunter of stealing the King’s valuables. When the hunter asked for a traitor’s blood to make an antidote for the King’s dying eldest son, the King pointed out the man, who was beheaded. The hunter’s remedy cured the prince, and the King honored him and sent him home.
Relationship record
Life events
- The man falsely accused the hunter of stealing the King’s valuables.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
- With: the man (Tale 32) the hunter (Tale 32)
- “The wicked fellow thereupon falsely accused his host of the theft, although he knew quite well that he was innocent.”
- When the hunter asked for a traitor’s blood to mix the serpent’s powder with, the King pointed out the man who had falsely accused him, and the man was beheaded; the powder was mixed with his blood.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
- With: the hunter (Tale 32) the man (Tale 32)
- “The man was at once beheaded and the powder was mixed as the serpent had commanded.”
- The hunter’s antidote cured the King’s eldest son, and the King honored the hunter.(Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man)
- With: the hunter (Tale 32) the King’s eldest son
- “As soon as it was applied to the prince’s wound the young man was cured. In great delight, the King loaded the hunter with honours and sent him happily home.”
Tale 32 · The Ungrateful Man
- child: the King’s eldest son “word was brought to the prison that the King’s eldest son had been bitten by a serpent and was dying.”
- enemies with the man (Tale 32) “The man was at once beheaded and the powder was mixed as the serpent had commanded.”
- recipient: the hunter (Tale 32) “In great delight, the King loaded the hunter with honours and sent him happily home.”
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Extracted from the original text of West African Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.