the house, to cook and not cook a piece of lamb, and to go to the dragon's sister to get the "toumoula" and the "moumoula" and bring them back. Her husband advises her to change the donkey's and the dog's fodder on the way to the sister's house, complement a crooked fig tree and a river filled with dirty water, get the things, and escape. Finally, the dragon mother prepares her son's wedding to another bride and forces the human girl to wash her husband's clothes in the river and to hold candles near the bridal bed. In a Greek tale translated by literary critic into French with the title Les souliers de fer ("The Iron Shoes"), a poor fisherman has three daughters and earns his living by catching fish in the sea. One day, he cannot catch any fish, and stops by a mountain. He sighs heavily, and the rock opens up to reveal a giant man, who questions the man why was summoned. The fisherman, scared at the strange man, denies having summoned him. The giant, then, invites the fisherman in for a talk and tells him he will provide the man with money, in exchange for one of the man's daughters as his bride. The fisherman's youngest daughter, Maricoula, is given to the giant as wife, and lives with him, her staying at home and weaving and him hunting during the days. Meanwhile, Maricoula's elder sister, envying her cadette's fortune, asks her father to take her there for a visit. The fisherman sighs "O" before the mountain and the giant appears to take them in. Maricoula's elder sister goes to talk to her little sister about her husband, and questions the latter her husband's true name. Maricoula answers that it is "O", but her sister says this is not a name, and advises her to ask his name that same night after they leave. Marcoula asks the giant his true name, but he inquires if she is more interested in his life or in his name. The girl answers: "his name", and the giant slowly sinks into the ground, until he says his name is Constantino and he disappears. A voice suddenly tells her she must search for him wearing three pairs of iron shoes. Maricoula mourns her loss for a time and commissions from a smith the iron shoes. Maricoula wears down the first pair of