Katie Woodencloak

An illustration by Theodor Kittelsen of Katie dressed in her wooden clothing.

"Katie Woodencloak" or "Kari Woodengown" (originally "Kari Trestakk") is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.[1] Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.[2]

It is Aarne–Thompson type 510A, the persecuted heroine. Others of this type include "Cinderella", "The Sharp Grey Sheep", "The Golden Slipper", "The Story of Tam and Cam", "Rushen Coatie", "The Wonderful Birch", and "Fair, Brown and Trembling".[3]

  1. ^ Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, Norske Folkeeventyr, "Katie Woodencloak" Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Andrew Lang, The Red Fairy Book, "Kari Woodengown"
  3. ^ Heidi Anne Heiner, "Tales Similar to Cinderella Archived 2010-03-08 at the Wayback Machine"