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What if a kingdom’s fate rests on one decision, and a clever mind matters more than strength?
In Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, sultans and viziers share a world with poor boys, clever girls, and djinns. A ruler’s choice can put a kingdom at stake. A strange helper may offer hope, while a powerful spirit may bring danger. Magic belongs to daily life, and wit can offer a way out of trouble.
These tales carry the warmth of stories told at firesides and in coffeehouses. Court life, supernatural encounters, and contests of cleverness sit alongside lessons about keeping your word and treating strangers kindly. Each story opens another door into a world where courage, kindness, and cunning tend to find their reward.
What you’ll discover
- Stories for long evenings Enjoy tales rooted in spoken storytelling, with room for magic, danger, and everyday wisdom.
- Choices at the court Meet sultans and viziers whose decisions can shape the fate of an entire kingdom.
- Djinns and strange helpers Enter a world where supernatural beings may help a hero or threaten him.
- Wit against strength Follow weaker characters as they solve riddles, outthink rivals, and find escapes from traps.
- Wisdom beneath the magic Explore simple lessons about kindness, promises, envy, and the danger of trusting flattery.
Who will love it
This book suits readers who love fairy tales told aloud, with peris, jinns and talismans. It also fits parents looking for tales for children, and anyone curious about Turkish storytelling.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A Brother Becomes a Stag, a Sister Stays
- Haste With Three Oranges Costs a Prince
- Pearls, Roses, and a Stolen Place
- Fools Who Win With Wit and Magic Gifts
- Golden Hair, Three Wishes, and a Cruel Aunt
- A Horse Husband and a Son of Ashes
- Talismans, Dragons, and Brothers Who Do Not Sleep
- Small Creatures Return the Favor in Quests
- Mirrors, Kismet, and a Ghost Afraid of a Wife
- Emperors, Enchanted Beasts, and the Closing Tales
Who’s who
- The Stag-PrinceA Padishah's son turned into a stag after drinking from a desert puddle, he guards his sister and wants to be a man again.
- RosaThe laborer's daughter blessed by three peris, who weeps pearls and smiles roses, and who is meant for a king's son.
- Mad MehmedA half-witted younger brother who finds gold in a tree and gains magic gifts from a jinn by shouting for his lebleb.
- The Cinder YouthThe youngest son who lies in the ashes, then rises to find his lost brothers and sister and fight a three-faced devil.
- The Golden-Haired BoyA prince raised by a goat, sent by a witch on dangerous quests for a branch, a mirror and the Queen of the Peris.
- The Wind-Demon's PrinceThe youngest son who guards his father's tomb and later crosses the world to rescue his bride from an unseen demon.
- AleodorA young emperor who steps by chance onto a monster's mountain and must bring the Green Emperor's daughter to pay the debt.
- Boy-BeautifulAn emperor's youngest son who hunts the thief of the golden apples and is helped by a steel-headed wolf.
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Fiabe e racconti popolari turchi
by Ignácz Kúnos; R. Nisbet Bain (traduttore) · 1896
A prince drinks from a puddle and becomes a stag, while his sister waits in a tree.
Medium level2–5 hours to readItaliano
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What would you do if a drink of water changed your brother into a stag? That is how this book begins.
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A Brother Becomes a Stag, a Sister Stays
The Stag-Prince begins with a Padishah's son who has spent his whole inheritance. He and his sister slip away at night and cross a burning desert. Then he sees a small puddle and swears he will drink it, even if he dies.
His sister begs him to wait, but he drinks every drop and becomes a stag on the spot. Weeping, she walks on beside him to a spring beneath a large tree. She climbs into the branches while the stag hunts for their food.
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- 1896
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- 4 h 50 min
- Level
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Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/turkish-fairy-tales-and-folk-tales.
Turkish fairy tales and folk tales. (2026). Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/turkish-fairy-tales-and-folk-tales (Original work published 1896)
Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/turkish-fairy-tales-and-folk-tales.
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What is Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales about?
It is a collection of more than twenty tales gathered from Turkish storytellers. They feature padishahs, peris, jinns, talking animals and clever fools. Heroes go on quests, face witches and dragons, and win brides and kingdoms, with forty-day feasts at the end.
Who compiled these Turkish folk tales?
Ignácz Kúnos, a Hungarian scholar of Turkish language and folklore, gathered the tales from storytellers. The tales are told in the plain, rhythmic voice of the tellers, with nonsense openings and short closing prayers or good wishes.
What is a peri in these stories?
A peri is a beautiful fairy being of Eastern lore. Peris appear as brides, queens and helpers. They can bless a baby with pearls and roses, live in hidden palaces, and turn people into birds or doves.
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