The Nunda, Eater of People

The Nunda, Eater of People is an abridged version of a Swahili fairy tale titled "Sultan Majnun" (Sultani Majinuni), collected by Edward Steere (1828–1882) in Swahili Tales, as told by natives of Zanzibar (1870). Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book (1901).

It is Aarne-Thompson type 550, the quest for the golden bird/firebird.