Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Witch Comes on Board
Original caption: The Witch Comes on Board
A bent, darkly dressed woman climbs over the rail of a ship. A young woman stands on deck with a small child in her arms. The caption identifies the witch boarding the vessel before taking the queen’s place in The Witch in the Stone Boat.
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Citation
Henry Justice Ford. "The Witch Comes on Board" [source caption]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 329. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-stone-boat
Source details
Title from the printed caption. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The collection identifies the tale as Icelandic. This scene precedes the witch's adoption of the queen's appearance.
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From the book
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Henry Justice Ford. The Witch Comes on Board. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 329. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-stone-boat