The Enchanted Maiden

The Enchanted Maiden

The Enchanted Maiden is a Portuguese fairy tale collected by Consiglieri Pedroso in "Portuguese Folk-Tales". [Consiglieri Pedroso, "Portuguese Folk-Tales", [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/portugual/pedroso/enchantedmaiden.html "The Enchanted Maiden"] ]

ynopsis

A man had three daughters. To announce that the first one was ready for marriage, he hung up a golden ball; every man passing by believed the family to be too rich for him, until a prince came and asked for her hand in marriage. The same thing happened to the second, but when it was the turn of the youngest, the man could not afford a golden ball. He hung up a silver one instead; and another prince passed but as it was too poor for him, another man came instead to marry her. As a result, the youngest daughter's sisters refused to associate with her. One day, as she was giving birth, fairies asked for shelter; she tried to plead that she was not well, but the fairies continued pleading, and she let them stay. When she gave birth to a daughter, the fairies blessed the baby with beauty, riches, and having flowers fall from her mouth when she spoke. This reconciled the sisters who married princes with their youngest sister.

When the enchanted maiden had grown up, a prince who was betrothed to a daughter of her aunt fell in love with her and wanted nothing to do with his betrothed. He fell ill, and his physicians ordered him to travel. The enchanted maiden climbed up a tower to watch him go, and the betrothed maiden put out her eyes with a stick. A man gave her shelter, but when the prince returned, his betrothed claimed to be the enchanted maiden, who could not go to him because she was blind. The enchanted maiden told the betrothed that she would give her flowers for her wedding in return for her eyes, so the betrothed girl sent her her eyes. She put them back and went to the wedding to ask the prince not to marry the betrothed girl. The prince asked his guests that after having lost something, bought another, and found the original, whether he should use the new or the old. They recommended the old, and so he married the enchanted maiden.

ee also

*Biancabella and the Snake
*Brother and Sister
*Bushy Bride

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Snow Maiden — ndash;A Spring Fairy Tale ( ru. Снегурочка ndash;Весенняя сказка, Snegúrochka ndash;Vesennyaya Skazka ) is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov, composed during 1880 1881. The Russian libretto, by the composer, is… …   Wikipedia

  • The Enchanted Wreath — is a Scandinavian fairy tale, collected in Benjamin Thorpe in his Yule Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions . Andrew Lang adapted a variant of it for The Orange Fairy Book . [Andrew Lang, The… …   Wikipedia

  • May Night, or the Drowned Maiden — (Майская ночь, или Утопленница, Mayskaya noch , ili Utoplennitsa) (1831) is the third tale in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.[1] It was made into the opera May Night by Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov in 1878–1879 and… …   Wikipedia

  • May Night or the Drowned Maiden — (1831) is the third tale in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.cite book last =Dunlop first = authorlink = coauthors =John Colin Dunlop, Henry Wilson title =History of prose fiction publisher =G. Bell Sons date =1906… …   Wikipedia

  • The Raven — is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845. It is noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven s mysterious visit to a distraught lover,… …   Wikipedia

  • The Merchant (fairy tale) — The Merchant is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone . [Giambattista Basile, Pentamerone , [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/pentamerone/7merchant1911.html The Merchant ] ] ynopsisA… …   Wikipedia

  • The Tempest (Dryden) — The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island is a comedy adapted by John Dryden and William D Avenant from Shakespeare s great comedy The Tempest . [George Robert Guffey, ed., After The Tempest , William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of… …   Wikipedia

  • The Two Brothers — is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 60. It is Aarne Thompson type 567A, the magic bird heart, and type 303, the blood brothers.ynopsisA rich goldsmith and a poor broommaker were brothers. The broommaker had two… …   Wikipedia

  • The Gold-Children — is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 85. It is Aarne Thompson type 555, the fisherman and his wife, followed by type 303, blood brothers.ynopsisA fisherman caught a golden fish, who gave him and his wife a rich… …   Wikipedia

  • The Three Little Men in the Wood — or The Three Dwarfs is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 13. [Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, Grimm s Fairy Tales , [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/13threemenforest.html The Three Little Men in the Wood ] ]… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”