الحكاية الشعبية العجيبة بمنطقة القبائل مقاربة سيميائية

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The tale is an allegory about the loyality and faithfulness of some animals to their master, the courageous hunter.

It narrates the story of a hunter who lives alone in the middle of a wild forest with his mother.

The latter was seduced by a forest ogre who urged her to marry him on the condition to kill her son.

Therefore, she agreed and wanted to get rid of her son to espouse an ogre.

By using malice and cunning, she repeatedly tried to kill her son by following the orders of her seducer, the ogre.

But with the help of the Sultan's daughter the first time, then by the assistance of his animals the second time, the brave hunter escapes death twice.

When the returns to life and recovers his health, he decided to punish his mother's evil doings severly, he attaches her to his horse's nail, drove her along the forest until she definetly was cut into pieces and dies.

The morality of the tale is, in any time, good always defeats evil.

While the mother wanted to kill her own son ,it is just the opposite that happens.

The wick old women perishes horribly for ever while her brave son leads a happy life with his wife.