stake to spin, and the bride ordered her off because she could do that as well, and impaled herself on the stake. The prince spied on the girl. She went a pitcher and a water jug to fetch her water. The water-jug broke the pitcher, the pitcher asked her to beat it, and the water-jug begged her not to "by the head of Buk Ettemsuch." She said if only her husband had said that, she could speak to him. He jumped up and told her to speak to him "by the head of Buk Ettemsuch." They lived happily after. Analysis American folklorist D. L. Ashliman classifies the tale in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type AaTh 405*, "The Enchanted Girl Saved by Various Means". He also listed as variants two Arab tales collected by author Inea Bushnaq. On the other hand, scholar Hasan M. El-Shamy classified the tale as type 327K§, "Ogre gains access into the children's house after persuading most of them to kill their guardian pet (dog)", and type ATU 898, "The Daughter of the Sun". See also The Goat-faced Girl References External links The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch Cannibalism in fiction Female characters in fairy tales Witchcraft in fairy tales ATU 400-459