30. The Girl, Her Evil Stepmother and the Old Witch

Fatma was the only daughter in her family, and unaware of the fact that she had five brothers who lived in a mountain. In order to get rid of Fatma, her stepmother told her about her brothers’ whereabouts. Fatma joined her brothers. Once their fire went out, Fatma had to search around for fire. She came across an old witch called Pirhavir, who agreed to give Fatma fire only if she would let Pirhavir suck blood from her fingers. After a while, Fatma’s brothers tried to kill Pirhavir by stabbing her, but she would only die by burning. Fatma tricked Pirhavir to walk over a well in which fire was burning. Pirhavir fell into the hole, but did not burn completely. She later made an alliance with Fatma’s stepmother and tried to kill Fatma and her brothers. In the end the brothers killed Pirhavir, but her soul went into the stepmother’s body. She was also killed and buried in an unknown place. It was believed that if water reached the corpse, Pirhavir would be reincarnated and take revenge.