Serpent's Crown
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Sources: The Folktale
The following shorts share a related theme about a serpent's crown that was said to have magical and healing abilities:
Tale 1:A man steals the crown and escapes. When the cook prepared the crown, he learned the animal language, but his master didn't.
In a slight variation, the cook gets lots of money, too.
Tale 2:The serpent dies when a little girl steals the crown that the serpent had set aside to bath.
Tale 3:The maiden who feeds a serpent is given a crown on her wedding day.