The Tale of the Hoodie

The Tale of the Hoodie (Scottish Gaelic: Ursgeul na Feannaig)[1] is a Scottish fairy tale, collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands.[2] Andrew Lang included it, as The Hoodie-Crow, in The Lilac Fairy Book.[3]

In the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, the tale falls under the cycle of the Search for the Lost Husband, wherein the heroine marries a prince in enchanted form, betrays him and has to search for him after he vanishes.

  1. ^ Campbell, John Francis (1890). Popular Tales of the West Highlands. Vol. 1. Alexander Gardner. p. 68.
  2. ^ John Francis Campbell, Popular Tales of the West Highlands, "The Tale of the Hoodie"
  3. ^ Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, "The Hoodie-Crow"