Loundja the Sultan's Daughter
An Algerian folktale in which a sultan's baby daughter, Loundja, is kidnapped from her crib by a female ghoul (ghoula) who raises her as her own daughter. Loundja grows up in the ghoul's cave home, unaware that her mother is a monster. When Loundja reaches maturity, she meets a handsome young man in the forest and falls in love. The ghoula immediately senses his ill intentions and follows the couple into the woods. When the young man lures Loundja deep into the forest, planning to take advantage of her and abandon her, the ghoula emerges to protect her adopted daughter. She entraps the man in