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The Serpent Wife

The Serpent Wife

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The Serpent-Wife

A solitary labourer, happiest wandering the woods alone, meets a great serpent who offers him strange instructions — and following them brings him a beautiful wife and a life of unaccountable good fortune. But she asks one thing of him, a single word he must never speak. A haunting tale of a gift freely given, a warning unheeded, and the price of a careless tongue.

A traditional tale from the Cossack tradition.


The World Story Bank is an initiative of the Scheherazade Foundation, gathering the folktales of the world, protecting them, and rewilding them back into modern culture. To hear more and support our work, visit https://www.sf.charity/world-story-bank

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