Reading Notes: Persian Tales, Part B


Fayiz and the Peri Wife:
-Fayiz meets the Peri and marries her, but she warns him that if he is ever unfaithful that he will be miserable for the rest of his days
-Fayiz tells the Peri wife that he misses his old wife and kids. The Peri instructs him to tell no one of where he has been or what happened (or else...), so he goes to visit them
-Fayiz betrays the Peri by telling his wife everything, and the Peri finds out about this
-The Peri tells him he will never see her, his wife, or children again because of his betrayal

The Wolf-Bride:
-The boy's horoscope revealed that he would be killed by a wolf
-Years passed and the boy was fine and had forgotten of his fate
-He was married, but when they were alone on the night of their wedding his wife transformed into a wolf and killed him
-She then transformed back into her human self, and she had no idea how it all happened
-I think this story encompasses the idea of fate and how sometimes it can be inescapable

The Hemp-Smoker's Dream:
-The man smoked his hemp and then went to the barber
-He looked in the mirror once the barber was done and he was  amazed at how handsome he was now
    
(A Barber Shop. Wikimedia.)
-The hemp-smoker looked so good that he thought he was fit to marry the princess of China
-He journeyed to ask for princess's hand, and then married her
-He and another man began fighting over the princess, but then the hemp-smoker began to woke up from his nap
-The barber looked at the hemp-smoker strangely; Everything was all a dream that he was having at the barber shop
(The Dreaming Hemp-Smoker. Un-Textbook.)


Story source: Persian Tales, translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer.

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