From firewood to gold, an anthropological comparison

Author: Dr. Muhammad Al-Juwaili

Department: Social Sciences

Number of pages: 144 pages

Publisher: Defaf Publications

There was a Saudi folk tale told by grandmothers to young children through the ages. Its heroes are three boys and a ghoul. There was a French folk tale told by grandmothers to young children too, with seven boys and an ogre in its heroes. A Tunisian researcher and university professor came and discovered that these two stories are but one story