Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

462: The Outcast Queens and the Ogress Queen

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 460-499: Supernatural Tasks > 462: The Outcast Queens and the Ogress Queen

Description

Cf. Type 590. I. The Ogress Queen. (a) Men in a forest are pursued by an ogress who takes on the form of a lovely girl [G264, G369.1.5]. (b) A king hunting in the forest [G405] sees the lovely girl and takes her as his queen. II. The Blinded queens.…

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder462EnglishAndrew LangIceland1903

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