Sep 3, 2016
He recognised her and desired her, but when he heard her tale he admired her for her loyalty to her oath, and her courage in facing all dangers and difficulties to keep her promise. 'My friend,' he said, 'you are a marvellous woman.'
The Promise (Burma/Myanmar)
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales, 2005, Virago, London (stories originally collected in 1990 & 1992) - originally from Burmese Law Tales, Maung Htin Aung (a 20thC scholar of Burmese culture and history according to wiki), printed in 1962.