Filek-Zelebi

Filek-Zelebi (Greek: Φιλέκ-Τζελεμπί, romanized: Philek-Tzelempí) is a modern Greek folktale from Crete, collected by Austrian consul Johann Georg von Hahn and published in the 19th century, in that a maiden marries a mysterious youth who has a padlock on his body; the maiden opens it and finds people inside it, which causes her husband to banish her; she later takes shelter with her sisters-in-law and gives birth to a son with a padlock on his body. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, in that a human girl marries a supernatural or enchanted husband, loses him and must search for him.

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Filek-Zelebi

Filek-Zelebi (Greek: Φιλέκ-Τζελεμπί, romanized: Philek-Tzelempí) is a modern Greek folktale from Crete, collected by Austrian consul Johann Georg von Hahn and published in the 19th century, in that a maiden marries a mysterious youth who has a padlock on his body; the maiden opens it and finds people inside it, which causes her husband to banish her; she later takes shelter with her sisters-in-law and gives birth to a son with a padlock on his body. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, in that a human girl marries a supernatural or enchanted husband, loses him and must search for him.

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