Zarlik and Munglik
Zarlik and Munglik (German: Zảrlik und Munglik; Uzbek: Zorlik va Munglik) is an Uzbek folktale collected by Uzbek folklorist Mansur Afzalov and translated into German by Isidor Levin and Ilse Laude-Cirtautas. It is related to the theme of the calumniated wife and is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children". Summary A padishah has four wives, but has not fathered any child yet. One day, the youngest wife, named Gulbahra ("Rose-Beautiful") announces she is pregnant. The padishah rejoices in this fact. Gulbahra gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The other-cowives, however, see this as a threat to their position and bribe a sorceress named Mastan Kampir to get the children and replace them for puppies. The sorceress takes the children and abandons them in the woods, hoping that the wild animals will devour the twins. Against her expectations, the children are nursed by a wild deer as their foster mother. Years later, a hunter kills the deer and the twins are all alone in the world. They are found by an old man, who named the boy Zarlik ("Der Kummervolle") and the girl Munglik ("Die Traurige"). The boy becomes a mighty