The "swan maiden" story is a name in folkloristics used to refer to three kinds of stories: those where one of the characters is a bird-maiden, in which...

an enchanted forest where he encounters a mysterious woman (clearly a swan maiden or fairy) in the act of bathing, while clutching a gold necklace. They...

Swans are birds of the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely...

over the swan maidens, causing him to lose his power over them and he dies. In an apotheosis, they, who transform back into regular maidens, watch as...

his wife after stealing her clothes. The tale has been compared to the swan maiden, a character from Eurasian tales that appears in a similar narrative...

flight upon the Gods in § Germanic mythology and legend, including the § Swan maidens account. In medieval Ireland, the chief poet (filí or ollam) was entitled...

Sterope Thelxinoë – name meaning "mind charming" Swan maiden (Multi-cultural) – shapeshifts from human to swan Caladrius (Roman) – white bird with healing...

"The Swan Queen" is a Lithuanian fairy tale related to the character of the swan maiden. In the tale, a peasant couple find a swan or goose and bring...

the Looking Glass List of angels in theology Nymph Selkie (seal maidens) Swan maiden Valkyries Feather cloak Tennin at GODS of Japan, A-to-Z Photo Dictionary...

("The Swan Maiden"): a poor human youth is directed to the place where supernatural women bathe by a cow or a deer; the women may be Swan Maidens, a celestial...

Leavy, Barbara Fass (1994). "Urvaśī and the Swan Maidens: The Runaway Wife". In Search of the Swan Maiden. NYU Press. pp. 33–63. ISBN 978-0-8147-5268-5...

[Series: Comparative Studies of the Folktale (2) Tennin Nyoobo/The Swan Maiden]. In: The Seijo Bungei: the Seijo University arts and literature quarterly...

a barren island. There the adult son rescues the life of a swan. This swan is a swan maiden, an enchanted princess. She creates a beautiful city for the...

most-performed Japanese Noh plays. It is an example of the traditional swan maiden motif. The earliest recorded version of the legend dates to the eighth...

with the character of the swan maiden. In the same vein, William Bernard McCarthy reported that in Irish tradition the swan maiden is frequently appears in...

Rus' legend based on the original depiction of the Greek sirens. The swan maidens in the folktales of cultures such as Sweden, Germany, Romania, Serbia...

feed it. When the son grows of age he takes care of his blind mother. Swan maiden Yuki-onna Hagoromo (play) Seki, Keigo (1963). Folktales of Japan. University...

folktales. These stories of selkie-wives are also recognized to be of the swan maiden motif type. There are now hundreds of seal bride type tales that have...

white bird": 'swan', 'spoonbill' (although he disagreed with this one), 'Swan-Maiden', 'Swan-Maiden (in fairy tales)' and 'young female swan' (which he considered...

that woman will become the hero to defeat the monster. The theme of the swan-maiden, which perhaps occurs in parts of Polynesia and widely in Indonesia,...

captor. This is commonly recognized as the "feather garment" motif in swan maiden-type tales. The cohuleen druith was also considered to be of red color...

The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often...

Asia. The tale is also considered to be a version of the international "swan maiden" narrative. The tale originated within the people of the Dai ethnic group...

winter with high snowfall. There is a small lake which is famous for a Swan Maiden legend. "市町村合併情報 滋賀県 ＜国土地理協会＞". Archived from the original on June 17...

younger than the verse. The poem opens by describing the flight of three swan-maidens identified in stanza 1 as meyjar, drósir, alvitr and suðrœnar ('young...

of Khorassan. The tale is related to the international cycle of the swan maiden, a creature that alternates between human and avian forms, and to tale...

horn. The Super Readers then jump into "The Swan Maiden" book where a prince doesn't want for Swan Maiden to leave and keeps hiding her feathers. Play...

Serbian epic poetry. It is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 400*, "The Swan Maiden", and as Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index (ATU) type 400, "The Quest for the...

someone steals their detachable wings. In a variant of the Biraddali and swan maiden myths, the rainbow is said to symbolize a family's love for each other...

commentary and glossary. “Etain’s Two Husbands: The Swan Maiden’s Choice.” In Search of the Swan Maiden: A Narrative on Folklore and Gender, by Barbara Fass...