Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Six Brothers Changed into Swans
Original caption: The Six Brothers Changed into Swans by Their Stepmother
Large pale swans crowd the woodland scene around a woman with flowing hair and clothes. Their overlapping wings turn the transformation into a sudden burst of movement. Ford’s caption identifies the six brothers changed into swans by their stepmother.
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Citation
Henry Justice Ford. "The Six Brothers Changed into Swans" [source caption]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 29. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-six-swans
Source details
Title from the printed caption. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
This version has six brothers and star-flower shirts. It must not be conflated with Andersen's The Wild Swans.
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Henry Justice Ford. The Six Brothers Changed into Swans. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 29. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-six-swans