The Green Knight (fairy tale)

The Green Knight (Danish: Den grønne Ridder)[1][2] is a Danish fairy tale, collected by Svend Grundtvig (1824-1883) in Danish Fairy Tales (18??)[3] and by Evald Tang Kristensen (1843-1929) in Eventyr fra Jylland (1881).[4] Andrew Lang included a translation of Kristensen's version in The Olive Fairy Book (1907).[4]

This tale combines Aarne-Thompson type 510A with type 425N, the bird husband, and type 432, the prince as bird.[3] Others of the first type include Cinderella, The Sharp Grey Sheep, The Golden Slipper, The Story of Tam and Cam, Rushen Coatie, Fair, Brown and Trembling, and Katie Woodencloak;[5] of the second two, The Feather of Finist the Falcon, The Blue Bird, and The Greenish Bird.

  1. ^ Grundtvig, Sven. Danske Folkeaeventyr: Efter Utrykte Kilder. Kjøbenhaven: C. A. Reitzel. 1876. pp. 159-175. [1]
  2. ^ Madsen, Jens. Folkeminder fra Hanved Sogn ved Flensborg. Kjobenhavn: i komission C. S. Ivensens Boghandel. 1870. pp. 17-20. [2]
  3. ^ a b D. L. Ashliman, The Green Knight:A Cinderella Story from Denmark
  4. ^ a b Andrew Lang, The Olive Fairy Book, "The Green Knight"
  5. ^ Heidi Anne Heiner, "Tales Similar to Cinderella"