The Legend of salt

Series: Folk tales from around the world

Duration: 7

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Sterling Education Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Presents a South East Asian animated folktale about two brothers, one good, the other evil, who lived at a time when salt was unknown to the world. The gods reward the good brother with a jar that produces salt without end. The wicked brother steals the jar and sails away. When his boat capsizes, the jar falls to the bottom of the sea where it produces salt copiously for all mankind.