Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Flower Queen’s Daughter
A young woman leans into an embrace beneath a canopy of flowers. A smaller scene above the circular frame and a printed statement below connect the image with the story’s changing seasons. The Flower Queen requires her daughter to return to the underground palace during winter in the tale’s ending.
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Citation
Henry Justice Ford. "The Flower Queen’s Daughter" [editorial title]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 239. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-flower-queen
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Seasonal interpretation follows the explicit marriage condition. No unsupported identification with Persephone or another named deity is made.
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Henry Justice Ford. The Flower Queen’s Daughter. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 239. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-flower-queen