Fairy Tales & Folklore
Hadvor Burns the Lion’s Skin
A young woman holds a shaggy lion skin against a dark opening surrounded by flame-like lines. The emptied animal form hangs between her outstretched arms. The source caption identifies Hadvor burning the lion’s skin as part of freeing Hermod from enchantment.
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Citation
Henry Justice Ford. "Hadvor Burns the Lion’s Skin" [editorial title]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 366. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-hadvor-lion
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The illustration depicts the preceding page's release from the lion spell, not the whale encounter described in the prose around its placement.
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Henry Justice Ford. Hadvor Burns the Lion’s Skin. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 366. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-hadvor-lion