[5] This tale has been told in varying forms by nearly every race to typify the sleep of nature during the winter, and its awakening to life and bloom at the touch of Spring, the beautiful and good Prince.
[6] This and the following two myths are adapted from “The First Book of Stories for the Story Teller,” by Fanny E. Coe, pp. 170-180.
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