The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch is a fairy tale from northern Africa, collected by Hans Stumme in Märchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis.
One day, the third year, the oldest suggested that they leave; the youngest tried to dissuade them, and all her sisters attacked her.
They left the door open when they returned, and a witch got in and ate all the sisters, except the youngest, who ran away.
He returned and persuaded her to come out; because she was young, he took her as his daughter and had her look after the house for him, keeping six of the keys, but reserving the seventh for himself.
The girl worked magic in the kitchen, putting her fingers into boiling oil to make them fried fish, and jumping in the fire to become a fresh loaf.
American folklorist D. L. Ashliman classifies the tale in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type AaTh 405*, "The Enchanted Girl Saved by Various Means".
[4] On the other hand, scholar Hasan M. El-Shamy classified the tale as type 327K§, "Ogre gains access into the children's house after persuading most of them to kill their guardian pet (dog)",[5] and type ATU 898, "The Daughter of the Sun".