Collectanea. 193
Winther's " De to Kongedoettre," with its too-punitive close, is a good Cinderella story manque; but it is very like a Swedish story (No. 22), which, hov/ever, does end in the proper way.
While the ' mound ' and ' magic forests ' incidents appear to be local colour exclusively Scandinavian, the incident of throwing, and subsequently naming, the ' token objects,' links the many stories here tabulated in which it occurs, as well as other Scandinavian variants (Nos. 11, 30, 44, 45, 59, 67, 86, 181, 265), with stories from the West Highlands (152) from England (264, 267); Belgium (224); Germany (146) Bohemia (201); Tyrol (268); Slavonia (131, 132, 174) Poland {58, 126, 206, 207, 258); Russia Proper (172. 258) Lithuania (311); Finland (109, 197, 198, 199); Greece (176) Abruzzi (183); Tuscany (134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 154, 165 192); Campania (155); Venetia (20, 157); Rome {150) Liguria (271); Basque (304); Portugal (184); Sardinia (142, 143); and Corsica (250).
A. A. Afzelius, Svenska Folkets Sago-Hdfder (a popular history of Sweden with tales interspersed), 2nd ed. Stockholm, 1844. I, p. 114. (Narrated by the owner of the farm Ingvald'storp, Vestergotland, Sweden.)
" King Ingev all's Daughter."
(i) In olden times lived King Ingevall, at the birth of whose daughter fairy appears, is well received, and, chanting over the child, promises it great happiness, and bestows wondrous gifts. (2) Queen dies ; wicked foster-mother, who has daughter of her own, ill-treats king's daughter, whom she rears. (3) King sends for girls. On their way to castle foster- sister threatens to throw heroine from bridge into turbulent stream, obliges her to exchange clothes, and to swear never to reveal that foster- sister is not king's daughter. (4) Heroine becomes goose-girl, and has small boy for mate. Next morning they follow geese ; these jump into broad stream to swim across. Heroine sings : " Little grey geese ! Carry King Ingevall's daughter over the river." Instantly geese crowd together, and carry her on their backs. Boy obliged to go long way round by bridge. (5) Heroine seats herself on small green mound, opens little box in which she keeps father's letters
