The Nunda, Eater of People is an abridged version of a Swahili fairy tale titled "Sultan Majnun" (Sultani Majinuni), collected by Edward Steere (1828–1882) in Swahili Tales, as told by natives of Zanzibar (1870).[1] Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book (1901).[2]
It is Aarne-Thompson type 550, the quest for the golden bird/firebird.