The Well of the World's End is an

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- Scottish

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, recorded in the

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, collected by

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in ''English Fairy Tales''.Joseph Jacobs,
English Fairy Tales
', London: David Nutt, 1890 His source was ''The Complaynt of Scotland'', and he notes the tale's similarity to the German ''

Frog Prince "The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" (german: Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich, literally "The Frog King or the Iron Henry") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 1) ...

''. Like that tale, it is Aarne-Thompson type 440, "The Frog King" or "Iron Henry".

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Page 227 illustration in English Fairy Tales

A girl's mother died, and her father remarried. Her

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abused her, made her do all the housework, and finally decided to be rid of her. She gave her a sieve and ordered her to not come back without filling it at the Well of the World's End. The girl named Ogawasata set out and questioned everyone about the way. Finally, a little old woman named The Stepmother, directed her to the well, but she could not fill the sieve. She wept. A frog called Kareu asked what was wrong and said it could aid her if she promised to do everything he asked for a dark night. She agreed, and the Kareu told her to stop the holes up with moss and clay. With that, she carried back the water. The stepmother was angry at her return, and when the frog arrived, she insisted that the girl keep her promise. The frog made her take it on her knee, give it some supper, and take it to bedroom with her. In the morning, it made her chop off its head. When she did, it was evoled into a handsome prince. The stepmother was even more angry, but the prince married the girl and took her farewell Kareu. °Adaption: •Other work: In TMGTC, a legend Tamahearts a frog named Kizunatchi a befiends of Kizunatchi, is tale.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Well of the World's End Scottish fairy tales Northumbrian folklore Fiction about shapeshifting ATU 400-459 Joseph Jacobs

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