The Princess and the White Bear King (book and cd)

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The Princess and the White Bear King (book and cd)

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This little girl played with a napkin on the floor. When anyone said to it, “Napkin, spread yourself out and be covered with dainty dishes,” it did just that, so where it went there was never any want of a good dinner. The princess took the napkin, thanked them, and set off again. She went far and farther than far through the woods and travelled all day and night. The next morning she came to a mountain as steep as a wall, so high and wide that she could see no end to it. At the base of the mountain there was a hut, and as soon as she set foot inside it, she said, “Good day. Do you know if King Valemon the white bear passed this way?” Kristensen, Evald Tang. Skattegraveren. Kolding: Trykt hos Sjodt & Weiss, 1890. pp. 31-37 (Tale nr. 21). Kamp, Jens. Danske Folkeminder, æventyr, Folkesagn, Gaader, Rim Og Folketro. Odense: R. Nielsen, 1877. pp. 294-302. Bronfman, Judith. Chaucer's Clerk's Tale: The Griselda Story Received, Rewritten, Illustrated. Routledge, 2021 [1994]. p. 313. ISBN 9780367357443.

This little girl played about on the floor with a napkin, which was of that kind that when one said on it, ‘Napkin, spread yourself out and be covered with all dainty dishes,’ it did so, and where it was there was never any want of a good dinner. Once upon a time there was a king with two daughters who were ugly and evil, but a third who was as fair and soft as the bright day. One night, his third daughter dreamt of a golden wreath so lovely that she couldn’t live without it. She grew sullen and wouldn’t so much as talk due to her grief at not having the wreathe, so the king sent out a pattern based on her dream to goldsmiths far and wide to see if they make the wreath. The goldsmiths worked night and day, but the princess tossed all their wreathes away. So when he went to bed she gave him another sleeping draught, so that it went no better that night than the first. He was not able to keep his eyes open, for all that the princess bawled and wept. Away the princess traveled through woods that seemed endless, both day and night, until she came to another hut the next morning. In it there was also an elder woman and a young girl. Good-day!” said the princess. ‘Have you seen anything of King Valemon, the white bear?’ That was what she asked them.But the princess said, ‘It was not for sale for money, but if she might have leave to sleep with her sweetheart that night, she might have it.

Grundtvig, Svend. Gamle Danske Minder I Folkemunde. Ny samling, 1ste og 1det hefte. Kjøbenhavn: C. G. Iversen, 1856. pp. 35-45.

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Well he passed by here the day before yesterday; but he went so fast you’ll never be able to catch him up,’ she said. Kristensen, Evald Tang. Gamle jyske folkeviser samlede af folkemunde: isaer i Hammerum-Herred. Gyldendal, 1876. pp. 327-334.

Then everything was soon set right between them, and if they could only get rid of the old hag, he would be free. So he got the carpenters to make him a trap-door on the bridge over which the bridal train had to pass, for it was the custom there that the bride rode at the head of the train with her friends. It was not long before the princess brought out the napkin and the flask, that you may be sure, and when the children were all full and glad, she cut them out clothes with her golden scissors.

Dasent, G. W. (tr.), ed. (1874). "King Valemon, the White Bear". Tales from the Fjeld: A Second Series of Popular Tales. Asbjørnsen&Moe. Chapman & Hall. pp. 353–363. But the princess said, “I will not sell it for money, but if you let me sleep with King Valemon this night, you can have it.” Well, he passed by and went up the mountain three days ago, but nothing else without wings can climb it.” Well!’ the old hag said, ‘she might have that leave and welcome, but she must herself lull him off to sleep and wake him in the morning.’ This retelling of "East of the Sun & West of the Moon" is all over the place, it mixes three tales together and some elements don't quite fit in, such as the climbing of the glass mountain that doesn't belong here.



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