The Nunda, Eater of People

Illustration from Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

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.

  1. ^ Steere, Edward. Swahili tales. London: Bell & Daldy. 1870. pp. 197-283.
  2. ^ Lang, Andrew. The Violet Fairy Book. London; New York: Longmans, Green. 1901. pp. 247-262.