Indian Fairy Tales · Character

Princess Labam

A fairy princess glimpsed through lotus petals and an ivory box, whose distant beauty sends a prince and his friend across a world of robbers and tricks.

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Also known as the Princess Labam, Labam, The Princess Labam

First appearance: How the Raja’s Son Won the Princess Labam

As a supporting figure in Indian Fairy Tales, Princess Labam is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The beautiful princess the prince seeks; she agrees to marry him after he secretly visits her.

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Labam is the object of a quest before she is ever a presence — a fairy of the fairies whose face the prince sees only for a moment before she hides it. Her coded gestures, the lotus petals and the ivory box, are the only clues to her name and city, and they turn her into a riddle the vizier's son must decode. She matters because she is the prize that justifies every danger the travellers face, and the reason the story keeps moving toward the Ivory City.

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the sons, believing their father now possesses hidden wealth,…

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Princess Labam appears across 5 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

How the Raja’s Son Won the Princess Labam
The beautiful princess the prince seeks; she agrees to marry him after he secretly visits her.
The Charmed Ring
The golden-haired princess conjured by the ring; marries the merchant's son but is tricked by the ogress into giving up the ring.
The Son of Seven Queens
The clever princess who helps the son of seven queens by substituting potsherd messages and later orchestrates the reunion and punishment.
The Prince and the Fakir
The princess who chooses the disguised prince as her husband after seeing his royal marks.
II: Princess Labam
Central figure of the tale, around whom the direction taboo, grateful animals, bride-wager, and tasks revolve.

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