Sunday, April 28, 2024

Y is for Yemen


"Knight Exemplar" (2011) by Jason Chan


The Manly Maiden

Two cousins wanted to get married but their fathers disapproved. The couple eloped. However, they became separated and the girl was targeted by men who wanted to marry her. She drugged them all and escaped. Along the way, she befriended forty girls and they dressed as men to avoid unwanted attention. She reached a foreign port and became king of the land. Using her newfound authority, she reunited with her lover, married off all her gal pals, and lived happily ever after.

Source: From the land of Sheba; tales of the Jews of Yemen by S. D.  Goitein.

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