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The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground is a German fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book . [1]
In a far away kingdom there was a king divided his property between his three sons. The older two squandered what they had been given and soon had nothing, but the youngest son was prudent, and became rich.
The youngest son, now the king, had an underground castle built, in which he imprisoned his daughter, and then killed the architect. The youngest son decreed that whoever could find his daughter would marry her, but whoever tried and failed would die. Many died trying. One of the young men looking for the king's daughter had a shepherd sew him into a golden sheep fleece and bring him to the king. The king tried to buy the sheep, the shepherd would only lend it for three days. The king borrowed the sheep and took it to his daughter in the underground castle, using a magical charm to open the doors.
In the night, the man threw off the sheepskin, and upon seeing him the daughter fell in love with him. Before their three days together were up the princess told the young man that even if he could find her, the king would insist on another test; the king would turn the princess and her maid into ducks and the young man would have to determine which duck was the princess.
When the three days were up, the shepherd returned to the king to retrieve his sheep and the young man revealed himself. The young man found the daughter using what he had learned, the young man successfully identified the princess after the king turned her and all her maids to ducks. Because the young man was successful the king had to yield and the young man married the princess.
This method of winning the princess is also found in the Italian fairy tales The Fair Fiorita and The Golden Lion .
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The Black Bull of Norroway is a fairy tale from Scotland. A similar story titled The Red Bull of Norroway first appeared in print in Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Robert Chambers in 1842. A version titled The Black Bull of Norroway in the 1870 edition of Popular Rhymes of Scotland was reprinted in an Anglicised version by Joseph Jacobs in his 1894 book More English Fairy Tales.
The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book.
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The Hairy Man is a Russian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.
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How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter is an Italian fairy tale, collected by Laura Gonzenbach in Sicilianische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.
The Golden Lion is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in Sicilianische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.
The Mermaid and the Boy is a Sámi fairy tale collected by Josef Calasanz Poestion in Lapplandische Märchen. Andrew Lang included an English-language version in The Brown Fairy Book (1904).
The Ram is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy.
The Grateful Prince is an Estonian fairy tale.
King Kojata or The Unlooked for Prince or Prince Unexpected is a Slavonic fairy tale, of Polish origin. Louis Léger remarked that its source was "one of the most important collections of Polish literature".
What came of picking Flowers is a Portuguese fairy tale first collected by Teophilo Braga with the name Cravo, Rosa e Jasmin. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book.
"The Rider Of Grianaig, And Iain The Soldier's Son" is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands (1860–62), listing his informant as Donald MacNiven, a lame carrier, in Bowmore, Islay; the story was written down by Hector MacLean on 5 July 1859. Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book (1906) as "Ian, the Soldier's Son".
"The Griffin" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair or The Foundling Prince is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor.
"The Gnome" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, tale number 91.
