Sweetheart Roland
Sweetheart Roland | ||
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Aarne–Thompson grouping | 1119, 313A, and 884 | |
Country | Germany | |
Related | The Master Maid, The Water Nixie, Nix Nought Nothing |
"Sweetheart Roland" (
Synopsis
A wicked
Roland said they must take the witch's
The girl turned herself into a duck, and Roland into a pond, and the witch was unable to lure the duck to her, and had to return home that night. The girl and Roland went on, and when, the next day, the witch caught them again, the girl then turned Roland into a fiddler and herself into a beautiful flower in a brier-hedge. The witch asked permission to pick the flower, and got it, but when she crawled into the hedge, Roland played his fiddle. The magical music forced the witch to dance, and he kept playing until the thorns tore her to death.
Roland went to his father to arrange for the wedding, and the girl remained as a red boundary-stone, but a woman made Roland forget her. Sad, the girl turned herself into a flower, thinking that someone would trample her. A shepherd picked her and took her home. He found that whenever he left, all the housework was done in his absence. At the advice of a wisewoman, he threw a white cloth when he saw something move in the morning, and this revealed the girl. She agreed to keep house for him. At Roland's wedding, all the girls about sang, as was the custom, and Roland recognized his true love and married her instead of his new bride.
See also
- Beauty and Pock Face
- Hop o' My Thumb
- King Kojata
- Mother Hulda
- The Story of Tam and Cam
External links
- Sweetheart Roland Archived 2020-02-21 at the Wayback Machine