Hyltén-Cavallius och Stephens, Svenska Folksagor, "Den förtrollade goodan," and "Den förtrollade fästemön."
Contes des fées par Mdme d'Aulnoy, "La chatte blanche."
Polnische Sagen und Märchen des K. Woycicki. "Die Kröte."
Cf. also an interesting article by Mr. Ralston, on "Beauty and the Beast." Nineteenth Century. December, 1878.
[THE FAIRIES' WELL.]
The chief points in this tale have already been noted in others. We may, however, note the following: The Devil in Stephen the Murderer, p. [7], in this collection, at once appears, when summoned, as in this tale.
Page [290]. With regard to the menu of the devil, cf.
"Here lies the carcass of a curséd sinner
Doomed to be roasted for the devil's dinner."
Poems of Robert Wilde. Strahan, 1870.
Page [296]. There is a hunt for the father of a child in the Lapp. "Jætten, Katten og Gutten." Friis. Cf. Payne, Arabian Nights, vii. p. 227.