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Overview

Cuklaketu, called a son of the gods in Busk’s adaptation, visits a princess as a many-colored bird. Circling three times in fragrant smoke, he takes a beautiful human form. He later approaches her husband’s throne as a swallow, intending to observe the ruler.

An invisible minister seizes the swallow and throws it into a fire. The princess prevents her husband from finishing the attack. Cuklaketu escapes but returns with burns visible in his human body and damaged feathers in bird form. Unable to continue visiting, he takes leave. The entry retains Busk’s printed name and does not equate him with another named bird deity.

Divine lover who assumes colorful bird and swallow formsSource-specific narrative
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Origins & earliest records

Kalmouk tale cycle as presented by Rachel Harriette Busk

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Records & interpretation

Complete relevant tale or frame passages directly read in the 1873 textual witness.

Selected bibliography

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    Sagas from the Far East

    Rachel Harriette Busk, compiler and adapter · 1873

    Tale II, The Gold-spitting Prince, pp. 18–35, especially pp. 27–31

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Primary records and illustrations

Direct primary record

Rachel Harriette Busk, Sagas from the Far East (1873)

Saga of the Well-and-wise-walking Khan. Tale II, The Gold-spitting Prince, pp. 18–35, especially pp. 27–31

Full relevant narrative read from cached Gutenberg historical text; preface read for transmission limits. Primary evidence of this published adaptation, not proof of the described supernatural events. No modern translation quoted.

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  1. Historical literary adaptationBusk, Sagas from the Far East (1873), Tale II, The Gold-spitting Prince, pp. 18–35, especially pp. 27–31Research access: 2026-10-05

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