Cf. Thorpe. Yule-Tide Stories. "Prince Hatt under the Earth," p. 15. Stokes' Indian Fairy Tales, "The Fan Prince," p. 195. Grimm, vol. ii. "The Singing, Soaring Lark," p. 5, and Variants given on pp. 378, 382. Gubernatis, vol. ii. Story from Piedmont, p. 381, and a Tuscan tale, p. 382. In the latter, the father, who has promised his daughter a rose, forgets it, and his ship refuses to move on the homeward journey, and so he goes to a garden to get the rose, which is given to him by a hideous magician. This reminds us of the Finnish story, "JykeÄ Lipas" (The Heavy Chest), S. ja T. ii. p. 146, where a man who was ploughing near a lake, went down to the strand to drink. When he had done drinking he tried to raise his head but could not, as a sea-troll had got hold of his beard,[63] and although the man repeated all manner of magic sentences he could not get away. The man at last had to promise his daughter, and so was set free: the story then turns on the forbidden chamber. In another, "Awaimetoim Wakka" (The Keyless Chest), S. ja T. i. p. 151, a man was lost and wanted to get home, when a being appeared and promised to take him if he would give him what he had at home, which turns out to be a beautiful child. Cf. "The King and the Devil," p. 189, in this collection. In Lapp stories the devil comes in. Cf. "Fattiggutten, Fanden og Guldbyen;" Friis, p. 161, where he promises plenty of fish to a poor man if he will promise what his wife "carries under her heart;" in another, "Gutten, Havfruen og Ridder RØd," Friis, p. 131,[64] a mermaid stops the king's ship and won't let it go till the king promises what his wife is bringing into the world. The latter part of the Finnish and Lapp stories is not like the Magyar, but rather reminds us of "Stephen the Murderer," and the latter part of "Shepherd Paul."

The "Dirty, filthy pig," that helps, is a variant of the huge frog that will not allow the girl to draw water from the well until she gives it her ring. Cf. "The wonderful frog," p. 224, and notes.

For the youngest daughter who wishes for such out-of-the-way, and in many cases utterly incomprehensible objects, Cf. Stokes' Indian Tales, "The Fan Prince," where the girl wants "Sabr," p. 195; and "The RÁjÁ's Son," where the young man hears some parrots talk about the Princess LabÁm, whom he determines to find, p. 154; and the "BÉl Princess," p. 138. Mr. Ralston also notes Afanassieff, vol. i. No. 14, and vol. vii. No. 6.

Page 131. The king tries to deceive the pig, in the same way as he, the king, on p. 191 tries to deceive the devil.

Usually, there is a long series of troubles between the enchanted one appearing in some loathsome form and the revelation of the prince in all his beauty, as in the well-known story of "Beauty and the Beast."[65] Cf. "Prince Wolf," Folk-Lore Record, 1880, p. 227. "Prince Jalma," ib. 1885, p. 293. On the subject of "Husks," or glorious beings occurring under lowly forms, see in this collection the snake in "Knight Rose," "The Wonderful Frog," "Snake Skin," the youngest daughter in "The Three Princesses," and notes to "The Three Oranges," "Cinder Jack," and "The Widower and his Daughter."

Cf. also: The boy in the Lapp stories that wears a hat to hide his golden helmet. Friis, "JÆtten og Veslegutten." Stokes, "The Monkey Prince," and "The Boy who had a Moon on his Forehead, and a Star on his Chin," pp. 126, 130, and note, p. 280. Old Deccan Days, "The wanderings of Vicram Maharajah," p. 119, "The Jackal, the Barber, and the Brahmin," p. 167, and "Muchie Lal," P. 221.[66] Dasent: Hacan Grizzlebeard. Also, "The twelve wild ducks" in the same collection, where the brothers appear under the form of ducks. Cf. the Finnish "WeljiÄnsÄ-etsijÄt ja Joutsenina lentÄjÄt" (one who seeks brothers flying as swans): "Saaressa elÄjÄt" (living on an island). "TynnyrissÄ kaswanut poika" (a boy grown in a barrel); S. ja T. i. MÄrchensaal aller VÖlker von Kletke, No. 2. "Die Drei KÖnigskinder." Household Stories from the Land of Hofer, "The grave Prince and the beneficent Cat." Grimm ii. "The Donkey." "The Goose-girl at the Well," and note, p. 441. Sagas from the Far East, pp. 28, 92, 222, 244, and 274.