Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Snow-Maiden
A pale young woman raises her arms beneath dark tree trunks. Long hair and streaming fabric repeat the direction of the falling snow. The decorated heading names the Snow-Maiden in the tale The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son, from The Yellow Fairy Book.
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Citation
Henry Justice Ford. "The Snow-Maiden" [editorial title]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 253. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-snow-maiden
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The chapter identifies the maiden, but the larger background figure is not separately named by the caption, so its identity is left unassigned. The printed source note credits Bukowinaer Tales and Legends.
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Henry Justice Ford. The Snow-Maiden. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 253. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-snow-maiden