Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Witch-Maiden Finds the Sleeping Prince
Original caption: The Witch-maiden Sees the Young Man Under a Tree
A long-haired woman pauses beside a young man sleeping beneath a tree. His sword and clothing lie close to his outstretched body. The source caption identifies the witch-maiden’s discovery of the prince in The Dragon of the North, from The Yellow Fairy Book.
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Citation
Henry Justice Ford. "The Witch-Maiden Finds the Sleeping Prince" [source caption]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 35. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-witch-spring
Source details
Title from the printed caption. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The collection identifies the tale with the Estonian tradition through Kreutzwald. The description follows this printed narrative, not an independently verified historical ring.
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Henry Justice Ford. The Witch-Maiden Finds the Sleeping Prince. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 35. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-witch-spring