The handbook of folklore / [Charlotte Sophia Burne].

  • Charlotte Sophia Burne
Date:
1914
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Credit: The handbook of folklore / [Charlotte Sophia Burne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3. The child she marries to a man or woman, and by night it assumes human shape. 4. She seizes the skin and burns it. Thenceforth her child leaves the serpent or bestial form. 10. ftobert the Devil type. 1. A mother or father vows a child, if they have one, to an evil being. 2. The child is born, and the being claims it. 3. The child escapes, fights with, or tricks, the evil spirit, and 4. Finally overmasters it and frees himself. 11. Goldchild type. 1. A mother desires a certain food ; it makes her pregnant. 2. She casts some of the food away; part is eaten by a mare or bitch, and part grows; the mare or bitch is also pregnant. 3. The child and the foal, or the whelp and the plant, are twins with strong sympathies. 4. The mother seeks the death of her child, but his twin brother, the foal or the whelp, saves him. 5. They have further adventures. 12. Lear type. 1. A father has three daughters. He puts their love to the proof, and as the youngest does not profess much love, he drives her away. 2. The father falls into trouble, and the two elder daughters refuse him assistance, but he obtains help from the youngest. 13. Hop o’ my Thumb type. 1. The parents, very poor, desert their children. 2. The youngest child leads the rest home several times, but at last fails to do so. 3. They fall into the power of a supernatural being, but the youngest robs him and they all escape. 14. Ehea Sylvia type. 1. The mother is either killed, or leaves the children for a few minutes. 2. They are suckled by a wild beast. . They pass through various adventures, and 4. Are finally recognised and raised to the throne. 1S)
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