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The Daughter Of The Skies
The Daughter of the Skies (Scottish Gaelic: ''Nighean Righ nan Speur''; English: 'Daughter of the King of the Skies') is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in ''Popular Tales of the West Highlands'', listing his informant as James MacLauchlan, a servant from Islay. It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A. Others of this type include '' The Black Bull of Norroway'', '' The Brown Bear of Norway'', ''East of the Sun and West of the Moon'', '' The Enchanted Pig'', '' The Tale of the Hoodie'', '' Master Semolina'', ''The Enchanted Snake'', ''The Sprig of Rosemary'', and ''White-Bear-King-Valemon''. Synopsis A man had daughters, and owned many cattle and sheep, but one day they vanished and he could not find them. A dog offered to find them if a daughter would marry him. The father agreed, if the daughter consented. He asked each of his daughters, and the youngest agreed. They married, and he took her home and turned into a fine man. They stayed for a time, and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language revival, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 2001 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rule Of Three (writing)
The rule of three is a writing principle that suggests that a trio of entities such as events or characters is more humorous, satisfying, or effective than other numbers. The audience of this form of text is also thereby more likely to remember the information conveyed because having three entities combines both brevity and rhythm with having the smallest amount of information to create a pattern. Slogans, film titles, and a variety of other things have been structured in threes, a tradition that grew out of oral storytelling. Examples include the Three Little Pigs, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and the Three Musketeers. Similarly, adjectives are often grouped in threes to emphasize an idea. Meaning The rule of three can refer to a collection of three words, phrases, sentences, lines, paragraphs/stanzas, chapters/sections of writing and even whole books. The three elements together are known as a triad. The technique is used not just in prose, but al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pintosmalto
Pintosmalto or Pinto Smauto is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the ''Pentamerone''. Italo Calvino included a variant from oral tradition, The Handmade King, based on two tales from Calabria. He noted that variants are also found in Naples, Abruzzo, and Sicily. It is Aarne-Thompson type 425, the search for the lost bridegroom, in an unusual variation, involving motifs similar to Pygmalion and Galatea. Translations Nancy Canepa translated the tale as ''Splendid Shine'' and as ''Pretty as a Picture'', although she stated that the literal meaning of the title is "painted enamel". Synopsis A merchant's daughter, Betta, continually refused to marry. One day, he asked her what she wanted him to bring her after a journey. She asked for large amounts of sugar and sweet almonds, scented water, musk and amber, various jewels, gold thread, and above all a trough and a silver trowel. Extravagant though it was, he brought it. She took i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Singing, Springing Lark
"The Singing, Springing Lark", "The Singing, Soaring Lark", "The Lady and the Lion" or "Lily and the Lion" (german: Das singende springende Löweneckerchen) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, appearing as tale no. 88. It is Aarne–Thompson type 425C. Others of this type include ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''The Small-tooth Dog''. It also contains motifs from AT 425A, such as ''East of the Sun and West of the Moon'', the search for the lost husband. Others of this type include ''Black Bull of Norroway'', ''The Daughter of the Skies'', ''The Brown Bear of Norway'', ''The Enchanted Pig'', ''The Tale of the Hoodie'', ''The Iron Stove'', ''The Sprig of Rosemary'', and ''White-Bear-King-Valemon''. Synopsis There is a man with three daughters. One day, he must leave on a journey and asks each of his daughters what they would like him to bring back. The oldest wants diamonds, the second pearls, and the youngest a singing, springing lark. The man is able to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Daughters Of King O'Hara
The Three Daughters of King O'Hara is an Irish fairy tale collected by Jeremiah Curtin in ''Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland''. Reidar Th. Christiansen identified its origin as County Kerry. The tale is related to the international cycle of the ''Animal as Bridegroom'' or ''The Search of the Lost Husband''. Synopsis A king had three daughters. One day, when he was away, his oldest daughter wished to marry. She got his cloak of darkness, and wished for the handsomest man in the world. He arrived in a golden coach with four horses to take her away. Her second sister wished for the next best man, and he arrived in a golden coach with four horses to take her away. Then the youngest wished for the best white dog, and it arrived in a golden coach with four horses to take her away. The king returned and was enraged when his servants told him of the dog. The oldest two were asked by their husbands how they wanted them during the day: as they are during the day, or as they are at n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Small-tooth Dog
The Small-tooth Dog is an English fairy tale collected by Sidney Oldall Addy in ''Household Tales and Other Traditional Remains''. It is Aarne-Thompson type 425C. Others of this type include ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''The Singing, Springing Lark''. Ruth Manning-Sanders included it in ''A Book of Magic Animals''. Synopsis A merchant was attacked by robbers. A dog came to his aid and then brought him to his home until he recovered. The merchant offered to give him many marvels, such as a goose that laid golden eggs, but the dog said that he wanted only the merchant's daughter. The merchant grieved, but he had agreed. He went home, and when a week had gone by, the dog came for the daughter. He told her to get on his back, she did, and he carried her to his home. After a month, she wept because she wanted to visit her father. The dog said that she could, if she stayed no more than three days, but asked what she would call him there. She said, "A great, foul, small-tooth d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bearskin (German Fairy Tale)
"Bearskin" (german: Der Bärenhäuter) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 101). A variant from Sicily, "Don Giovanni de la Fortuna", was collected by Laura Gonzenbach in '' Sicilianische Märchen'' and included by Andrew Lang in ''The Pink Fairy Book''. Italo Calvino included another Italian version, "The Devil's Breeches" from Bologna, in his ''Italian Folktales''.Italo Calvino, ''Italian Folktales'' p 725 The tale is classified as Aarne–Thompson type 361 (Bearskin), in which a man gains a fortune and a beautiful bride by entering into a pact with the devil. Origin The modern version of tale was originally published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of ''Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' vol. 2 (1815) no. 15'','' under the title "Der Teufel Grünrock" (English: 'Devil Greenjacket'), and substantially revised in the 5th edition of the book. Their story is based on the version collected by the von Haxthausen family, and on the tale "Vom Ursprung des Namen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
False Bride
The false hero is a stock character in fairy tales, and sometimes also in ballads. The character appears near the end of a story in order to claim to be the hero or heroine and is usually of the same sex as the hero or heroine. The false hero presents some claim to the position. By testing, it is revealed that the claims are false, and the hero's true. The false hero is usually punished, and the true hero put in his place. Vladimir Propp identified it as one of the seven roles he found in an analysis of Russian folktales, but the figure is widely found in many nations' tales. Traits In some tales, the false hero appears early, and constitutes the main obstacle to the hero. These include ''The Goose Girl'' where a serving maid takes the princess's place, and makes her a goose girl, ''The White and the Black Bride'' where the stepmother pushes the bride into the river and puts her own daughter in her place, and ''The Lord of Lorn and the False Steward'', where the steward robs the you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Jörg Uther
Hans-Jörg Uther (born 20 July 1944 in Herzberg am Harz) is a German literary scholar and folklorist. Biography Uther studied Folklore, Germanistik and History between 1969 and 1970 at the University of Munich and between 1970 and 1973 at the University of Göttingen. In his last academic year, he passed the first state examination for teaching at grammar schools. In 1971, he began a period of over 40 years working on the ''Enzyklopädie des Märchens'', initially as a student assistant, from 1973 as an editor. In 1980 he became a PhD with the Dissertation "Behinderte in populären Erzählungen" ("The Disabled in Folktales") in Göttingen. From 1990 to 1992 he was a lecturer at the University of Göttingen, and from 1991 to 1994 at the University-Gesamthochschule Essen. In 1994 he gained his Habilitation there in German studies, literature and folklore. From 2000 he was professor extraordinarius for German and literature studies in Essen. Since 2010, Uther has been the head of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtic Languages
The Celtic languages ( usually , but sometimes ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, following Paul-Yves Pezron, who made the explicit link between the Celts described by classical writers and the Welsh and Breton languages. During the 1st millennium BC, Celtic languages were spoken across much of Europe and central Anatolia. Today, they are restricted to the northwestern fringe of Europe and a few diaspora communities. There are six living languages: the four continuously living languages Breton, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh, and the two revived languages Cornish and Manx. All are minority languages in their respective countries, though there are continuing efforts at revitalisation. Welsh is an official language in Wales and Irish is an official language of Ireland and of the European Union. Welsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic Languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English, is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German language, German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch language, Dutch, with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch, with over 7.1 million native speakers; Low German, considered a separate collection of Standard language, unstandardized dialects, with roughly 4.35–7.15 million native speakers and probably 6.7–10 million people who can understand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
