Reading Notes: Tales From A Parrot (B)

Of a King and His Sons 

-son assumed crown after father passed away
-kill brother
-snake seized frog, called out and lost food
-fed own skin
-transformed into a man
-frog transformed into man

The Merchant Whose Daughter Was Lost
-Zerah daughter of merchant
-wise or skillful suitor
-foreknowledge of events
-floating wooden horse
-excellent archer
-summit of mountain
-all 3 went to get her

Of a Brahmin Fallin in Love
-handsome and discreet brahmin
-meets magician

Princess (18th century painting)

Source

The Son of the King of Babylon
-young woman in temple
-wants to be married to her
-cut off own head for her
-both cut off heads
-wife put wrong heads on bodies

Merchant's Daughter
-father wouldnt accept proposals for daughter
-king's vizers

The Nobleman with a Snake
-man with snake
-enemy
-still cant see lover

The Soldier and the Goldsmith
-soldier came across money
-The Cazy
-hanged goldsmith

A King falls in love and the end of Khojisteh
-parrot tells king everything
-king kills Khojisteh

Bibliography:
Bibliography:
From Tutinameh, or Tales of a Parrot by Nakhshabi
source here