| White-Bear-King-Valemon | |
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.JPG) White-Bear King Valemon by Theodor Kittelsen. | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | White-Bear-King-Valemon |
| Also known as | Kvitebjørn kong Valemon |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 425A, The Animal (Monster) as Brirdegroom |
| Region | Norway |
| Published in | Norske folkeeventyr, by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe |
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White-Bear-King-Valemon (Norwegian: Kvitebjørn kong Valemon) is a Norwegian fairy-tale. The tale was published as No. 90 in Asbjørnsen and Moe's Norske Folke-Eventyr. Ny Samling (1871).[1] George Webbe Dasent translated it for his Tales from the Fjeld.[2]
The familiar version was collected by the artist August Schneider in 1870 from Setesdal.[3] Jørgen Moe collected a variant of the tale from Bygland, summarized in the 2nd edition of Norske Folke-Eventyr (1852).[4][5]
It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, "The Animal (Monster) as Bridegroom". A similar Norwegian tale that exhibits this motif is East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Asbjørnsen & Moe, No. 41). Others of this type include: The Brown Bear of Norway, The Daughter of the Skies, The Enchanted Pig, The Tale of the Hoodie, Master Semolina, The Enchanted Snake, The Sprig of Rosemary, and The Black Bull of Norroway.[6]
- ^ Asbjørnsen & Moe 1871, pp. 154–162
- ^ Dasent 1874, pp. 353–363
- ^ Asbjørnsen & Moe 1871, Norske Folkeventyr:Ny Samling, p.v, p.245
- ^ Asbjørnsen & Moe 1871, Ny Samling, p.245
- ^ Asbjørnsen & Moe 1852, NFE, pp.466-7
- ^ Heidi Anne Heiner, "Tales Similar to East of the Sun & West of the Moon Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine"