Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914):
The Princess Gathering Cotton Grass 1913
From: 'De Tolv Villender' - The Twelve Wild Ducks
A Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
and Jørgen Moe in 'Norske Folkeeventyr'
'The Twelve Wild Ducks' tells of a queen who desperately wants
a daughter, and so she makes a deal with a witch. She will get her
daughter, if the witch gets the queens twelve sons. The queen agrees –
and the sons get’s turned into wild-ducks. The sister grows up and finds
out about her brothers, and decides to save them – and she can only
do so by making them clothes out of cotton-grass (in some
versions thistle-down). So she does - and saves them
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From: 'De Tolv Villender' - The Twelve Wild Ducks
A Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
and Jørgen Moe in 'Norske Folkeeventyr'
'The Twelve Wild Ducks' tells of a queen who desperately wants
a daughter, and so she makes a deal with a witch. She will get her
daughter, if the witch gets the queens twelve sons. The queen agrees –
and the sons get’s turned into wild-ducks. The sister grows up and finds
out about her brothers, and decides to save them – and she can only
do so by making them clothes out of cotton-grass (in some
versions thistle-down). So she does - and saves them
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Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914):
Illustration for the fairy tale 'De Tolv Villender'
Cotton-grass on Saxa Vord Looking towards the
sun setting behind Muckle Flugga, with Out
Stack to the right. By Mike Pennington
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sun setting behind Muckle Flugga, with Out
Stack to the right. By Mike Pennington
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Myrull i Regn - Cotten grass in Rain
by Inger Øyehaug Aarflot
Purchase it here
by Inger Øyehaug Aarflot
Purchase it here
2 comments:
. . . of course you know about "Princess Cottongrass," the Swedish fairytale. I saw it in a book of Swedish Fairytales illustrated by John Bauer.
Oh, yes...I know Princess Cottongrass - I think I've already posted most of the illustrations, but they are so wonderful!!
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