Sọ Dừa (Vietnamese folktale)

Sọ Dừa (English: "Coconut Skull" or "Coconut Shell Boy") is a Vietnamese folktale attributed to the Kinh people, about the marriage between a princess and the titular Coconut Skull, whose lame disguise belies a handsome youth underneath it; later, her envious sisters try to murder her and replace her as the lame suitor's wife. It is a form of the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom that exists in Vietnam.

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Sọ Dừa (Vietnamese folktale)

Sọ Dừa (English: "Coconut Skull" or "Coconut Shell Boy") is a Vietnamese folktale attributed to the Kinh people, about the marriage between a princess and the titular Coconut Skull, whose lame disguise belies a handsome youth underneath it; later, her envious sisters try to murder her and replace her as the lame suitor's wife. It is a form of the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom that exists in Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia "Sọ Dừa (Vietnamese folktale)" · CC BY-SA 4.0

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