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White-Bear-King-Valemon
White-Bear-King-Valemon (''Kvitebjørn kong Valemon'') is a Norwegian fairy tale. The tale was published as No. 90 in Asbjørnsen and Moe's '' Norske Folke-Eventyr. Ny Samling'' (1871). George Webbe Dasent translated it for his ''Tales from the Fjeld''. The familiar version was collected by the artist August Schneider in 1870 from Setesdal. Jørgen Moe collected a variant of the tale from Bygland, summarized in the 2nd edition of ''Norske Folke-Eventyr'' (1852). It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, " The Animal (Monster) as Bridegroom". A similar Norwegian tale that exhibits this motif is East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Asbjørnsen & Moe, No. 41). Others of this type include: The Brown Bear of Norway, The Daughter of the Skies, The Enchanted Pig, The Tale of the Hoodie, Master Semolina, The Enchanted Snake, The Sprig of Rosemary, and The Black Bull of Norroway. Synopsis A king had two ugly and mean daughters and one, the youngest, who was beautiful and gentle. She dreamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Kittelsen
Theodor Severin Kittelsen (27 April 1857 – 21 January 1914) was a Norwegian artist. He is one of the most popular artists in Norway. Kittelsen became famous for his nature paintings, as well as for his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls. Early life Kittelsen was born in the coastal town of Kragerø in Grenland, Norway. His father died when he was young, leaving a wife and eight children in difficult circumstances. Theodor was only 11 years old when he was apprenticed to a watchmaker. When at the age of 17 his talent was discovered by Diderich Maria Aall, he became a pupil at Wilhelm von Hannos drawing school in Christiania (now Oslo). Because of generous financial support by Aall he later studied in Munich. However, in 1879 Diderich Aall could no longer manage to support him, so Kittelsen had to earn his money as a draftsman for German newspapers and magazines. Career In 1882 Kittelsen was granted a state scholarship to study in Paris. In 1887 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norske Folkeeventyr
''Norwegian Folktales'' ( no, Norske folkeeventyr) is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as ''Asbjørnsen and Moe'', after the collectors. Asbjørnsen and Moe Asbjørnsen, a teacher, and Moe, a minister, had been friends for about 15 years when in 1841 they published the first volume of folktales – the collection of which had been an interest of both for some years. The work's popularity is partly attributable to Norway's newly won partial independence, and the wave of nationalism that swept the country in the 19th century; and the Norwegian written language they contributed to developing (i.e., what would become ''Bokmål''). The language of their publication of the fairy tales struck a balance in that, while it did not preserve their original dialect form in its entirety, it did import certain non-Danish features from it (dialect words and certain syntactic constructions).At the same time the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Bull Of Norroway
The Black Bull of Norroway is a fairy tale from Scotland. A similar story titled The Red Bull of Norroway first appeared in print in ''Popular Rhymes of Scotland'' by Robert Chambers in 1842. A version titled The Black Bull of Norroway in the 1870 edition of ''Popular Rhymes of Scotland'' was reprinted in an Anglicised version by Joseph Jacobs in his 1894 book ''More English Fairy Tales''. It was included within ''The Blue Fairy Book'' by Andrew Lang, ''English Fairy Tales'' by Flora Annie Steel, '' Scottish Folk Tales'' by Ruth Manning-Sanders, and ''A Book Of British Fairytales'' by Alan Garner. J. R. R. Tolkien cited it in the essay "On Fairy-Stories" as the example of a "eucatastrophe". It is Aarne–Thompson–Uther type 425A, "the search for the lost husband". Others of this type include, The Brown Bear of Norway, The Daughter of the Skies, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Enchanted Pig, The Tale of the Hoodie, Master Semolina, The Sprig of Rosemary, The Enchant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanted Snake
The Enchanted Snake or The Snake is an Italian fairy tale. Giambattista Basile wrote a variant in the ''Pentamerone''. Andrew Lang drew upon this variant,Heidi Anne Heiner,Tales Similar to East of the Sun & West of the Moon for inclusion in ''The Green Fairy Book''. It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, the search for the lost husband. Others of this type include '' The Black Bull of Norroway'', ''The Brown Bear of Norway'', ''The Daughter of the Skies'', '' The Enchanted Pig'', ''The Tale of the Hoodie'', ''Master Semolina'', ''The Sprig of Rosemary'', ''East of the Sun and West of the Moon'', and ''White-Bear-King-Valemon''. Synopsis A poor woman longed for a child. One day, she saw a little snake in the forest and said that even snakes had children; the little snake offered to be hers. The woman and her husband raised the snake. When it was grown, it wanted to marry, and not to another snake but to the king's daughter. The father went to ask, and the king said that the snake sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tale Of The Hoodie
The Tale of the Hoodie (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ursgeul na Feannaig'') is a Scottish fairy tale, collected by John Francis Campbell in his ''Popular Tales of the West Highlands''. Andrew Lang included it, as ''The Hoodie-Crow'', in ''The Lilac Fairy Book''. In the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, the tale falls under the cycle of the '' Search for the Lost Husband'', and is classified as 425A, "The Animal (Monster) as Bridegroom". Others of this type include '' The Black Bull of Norroway'', '' The Brown Bear of Norway'', ''The Daughter of the Skies'', ''East of the Sun and West of the Moon'', '' The Enchanted Pig'', ''Master Semolina'', ''The Enchanted Snake'', ''The Sprig of Rosemary'', and ''White-Bear-King-Valemon''. Plot summary A farmer's three daughters are each wooed in turn by a hoodie crow. The older two repulse it because it is ugly, but the youngest accepts it, saying it is a pretty creature. After they marry, the crow asks whether she would rather have it be a crow by da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanted Pig
The Enchanted Pig (Romanian: ''Porcul cel fermecat'') is a Romanian fairy tale, collected in ''Rumanische Märchen'' and also by Petre Ispirescu in ''Legende sau basmele românilor''. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Red Fairy Book''. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or "The Search for the Lost Husband". wherein a human maiden marries a husband in animal form, breaks a prohibition and has to search for him. Synopsis A king goes to war and tells his daughters they may go anywhere in the castle except one room. One day, they disobey and find a book open in it. It says that the oldest shall marry a prince from the east, the second a prince from the west, and the youngest a pig from the north. The youngest is horror-struck, but her sisters manage to convince her that it is impossible. The king returns and discovers, from the youngest's unhappiness, what they had done. He resolves to face it as best they can. A prince from the east marries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Animal As Bridegroom
In folkloristics, "The Animal as Bridegroom" refers to a group of folk and fairy tales about a human woman marrying or being betrothed to an animal. The animal is revealed to be a human prince in disguise or under a curse. Most of these tales are grouped in the international system of Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index under type ATU 425, "The Search for the Lost Husband". Some subtypes exist in the international classification as independent stories, but they sometimes don't adhere to a fixed typing. Overview As consequence of the surge in folktale collecting and the beginnings of folkloristics as a discipline in the 19th century, scholars and folktale collectors compared many versions of "The Animal as Bridegroom" to the tale of Cupid and Psyche. Folklore scholar Stith Thompson clarified that the animal bridegroom may have been born due to its parents' wishes, or alternates between human and animal shapes. Some tales have the animal son court a princess, but her father demands a bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brown Bear Of Norway
The Brown Bear of Norway is an Irish fairy tale collected by Patrick Kennedy which appeared in his ''Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts'' (1866). It was later included by Andrew Lang in his anthology '' The Lilac Fairy Book'' (1910), though Lang misattributed his source as '' West Highland Tales'' (cf. The Brown Bear of the Green Glen). Synopsis A king in Ireland asked his daughters whom they wanted to marry. The oldest wanted the king of Ulster, the second the king of Munster, and the youngest the Brown Bear of Norway. That night, the youngest princess woke to find herself in a grand hall, and a handsome prince on his knees before her, asking her to marry him. They were married at once, and the prince explained that a witch had transformed him into a bear to get him to marry her daughter. Now that she had married him, he would be freed if she endured five years of trials. They had three children in succession, but an eagle, a greyhound, and a lady took each one, and the pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Folktales
''Norwegian Folktales'' ( no, Norske folkeeventyr) is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as ''Asbjørnsen and Moe'', after the collectors. Asbjørnsen and Moe Asbjørnsen, a teacher, and Moe, a minister, had been friends for about 15 years when in 1841 they published the first volume of folktales – the collection of which had been an interest of both for some years. The work's popularity is partly attributable to Norway's newly won partial independence, and the wave of nationalism that swept the country in the 19th century; and the Norwegian written language they contributed to developing (i.e., what would become ''Bokmål''). The language of their publication of the fairy tales struck a balance in that, while it did not preserve their original dialect form in its entirety, it did import certain non-Danish features from it (dialect words and certain syntactic constructions).At the same time the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon
"East of the Sun and West of the Moon" ( no, Østenfor sol og vestenfor måne) is a Norwegian fairy tale. It was included by Andrew Lang in ''The Blue Fairy Book'' (1890). "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is Aarne–Thompson type 425A, the search for the lost husband; other tales of this type include "Black Bull of Norroway", "The Brown Bear of Norway", "The Daughter of the Skies", " The Enchanted Pig", "The Tale of the Hoodie", "Master Semolina", "The Sprig of Rosemary", "The Enchanted Snake", and "White-Bear-King-Valemon". The Swedish version is called "Prince Hat under the Ground". It was likely an offspring from the tale of "Cupid and Psyche" in The Golden Ass,Neumann, Erich. Amor and Psyche: The psychic development of the feminine. Vol. 24. Routledge, 2013. which gave rise to similar animal bridegroom cycles such as "Beauty and the Beast". Synopsis The White Bear approaches a poor peasant and asks if h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairy Tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic (paranormal), magic, incantation, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the literature of preliterate societies. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicit moral tales, including beast fables. In less technical contexts, the term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy-tale ending" (a happy ending) or "fairy-tale romance (love), romance". Colloquially, the term "fairy tale" or "fairy story" can also mean any far-fetched story or tall tale; it is used especially of any story that not only is not true, but could not possibly be true ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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