A Tale of a King

A Tale of a King (Tulu: Arasu Kate) is an Indian folktale collected from the Tulu Nadu region, in southwestern India. The tale is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children". These tales refer to stories where a girl promises a king she will bear a child or children with wonderful attributes, but her jealous relatives or the king's wives plot against the babies and their mother. Many variants of the tale type are registered in India, although they comprise specific cycles in this country.

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