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The King of Lochlin's Three Daughters

January 01, 1970

"The King of Lochlin's Three Daughters" (Scottish Gaelic: Sgeulachd Air Nigheanan Righ Lochlainn) is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as Neill Gillies, a fisherman near Inverary.

Synopsis edit

Three giants carried off the king's three daughters. The sheanachy said that the only way to get them was through a ship that could travel over sea and land. A widow's oldest son asked her to bake him a bannock and roast a cock, because he would go to cut wood to build that ship. She offered him a small bannock with her blessing or a large one without it; he took the large one and refused to share some with a uruisg. When he reached the trees, everyone he cut down would attach itself to its roots again. His middle brother did the same, and ended the same, but the youngest son took the smaller and gave some to the uruisg. The uruisg told him to go home but come back in a year and a day. When he did, the boat was floating there, with a crew and gentlemen who were to marry the king's daughters.

They met a man drinking a river, and the youngest son brought him on board, and the same with a man eating stots in a park, intending to eat them all, and a man who could hear the grass grow. The listener listened, and said that this was the place where the giants kept the king's daughters. They descended on a creel down the giant hole. The first giant said they should have not have the king's daughter until they had set a man who could drink as much as he could; the drinker went up against him, and before he was full, the giant burst. The second giant said they should have not have the king's daughter until they had set a man who could eat as much as he could; the stot-eater went up against him, and before he was full, the giant burst. The third giant said they should have not have the king's daughter until the youngest son agreed to be his slave for a year and a day. He agreed and sent the servants and the daughters back. The gentlemen took them to the king and claimed to have rescued them.

At the end of the service, the giant gave him an eagle to fly out, and meat to feed it, but the meat was not enough, and the eagle turned back. The giant demanded another year and a day. After that, he gave him the eagle and more meat, but it was still not enough. After a third year and day, the giant sent him off with still more meat; it was not quite enough, but the son cut off some meat from his thigh, and the eagle finished the flight and gave him a whistle to summon it.

The son went to work for a smith as a gillie. The princesses demanded that he make for them crowns like they had when they were the giants' prisoners; the smith did not know what such crowns were, but the son had the eagle fetch the exact crowns. The princesses were astounded, and the king wanted to know where he learned to make such crowns. The smith confessed that his gillie had made them, and the king sent for the gillie. His gillies threw him roughly into the carriage; the son blew the whistle and had the eagle take him off and fill the carriage with stones, so that the king was nearly crushed by their fall, and those gillies were hanged. Another set came, were as rude, and delivered a coach full of dirt. The king's confidential servant went, told the son that the king sent for him and he should wash, and then put him in the carriage. He blew the whistle to have the eagle fetch him gold and silver clothing from the giant's castle. There, he told the king the true story. The gentlemen who sought to marry the king's daughters were hanged, and the son married the oldest daughter.[1][2]

Analysis edit

Tale type edit

The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 301, "The Three Stolen Princesses": a hero - often having an animal parentage - finds two companions, climbs down a hole and rescues three maidens from their underground captivity; he is betrayed by his companions and trapped underground, but eventually finds a way out back to the surface - usually by flying on an eagle's back.[3]

Motifs edit

The episode of the journey on the eagle's back is parallel to similar events in many fairy tales, where a hero needs to feed pieces of meat to the eagle (or another mythical bird) for the remainder of the journey, otherwise it will not complete its flight. In this regard, folklorist scholarship recognizes its similarities with the tale of Etana helping an eagle, a tale type later classified as Aarne–Thompson–Uther ATU 537, "The Eagle as helper: hero carried on the wings of a helpful eagle".[4]

According to Irish folklorist Seán Ó Súilleabháin, the name Lochlainn designates Scandinavia "in general".[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Glover, W. J; Folkard, Charles. British fairy and folk tales. London: A. & C. Black, 1920. pp. 269-280.
  2. ^ Campbell, J. F. (1860). Popular Tales of the West Highlands. Vol. I. Edmonston and Douglas. pp. 244-252 (English translation), 252-257 (Scottish Gaelic text).
  3. ^ Aarne, Antti; Thompson, Stith. The types of the folktale: a classification and bibliography. Folklore Fellows Communications FFC no. 184. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1961. pp. 90-93.
  4. ^ Annus, Amar & Sarv, Mari. "The Ball Game Motif in the Gilgamesh Tradition and International Folklore". In: Mesopotamia in the Ancient World: Impact, Continuities, Parallels. Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium of the Melammu Project Held in Obergurgl, Austria, November 4-8, 2013. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag - Buch- und Medienhandel GmbH. 2015. pp. 289-290. ISBN 978-3-86835-128-6.
  5. ^ Ó Súilleabháin, Seán. Folktales of Ireland. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968. p. 290.

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January 01, 1970
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The King of Lochlin s Three Daughters Scottish Gaelic Sgeulachd Air Nigheanan Righ Lochlainn is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands listing his informant as Neill Gillies a fisherman near Inverary Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Analysis 2 1 Tale type 2 2 Motifs 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksSynopsis editThree giants carried off the king s three daughters The sheanachy said that the only way to get them was through a ship that could travel over sea and land A widow s oldest son asked her to bake him a bannock and roast a cock because he would go to cut wood to build that ship She offered him a small bannock with her blessing or a large one without it he took the large one and refused to share some with a uruisg When he reached the trees everyone he cut down would attach itself to its roots again His middle brother did the same and ended the same but the youngest son took the smaller and gave some to the uruisg The uruisg told him to go home but come back in a year and a day When he did the boat was floating there with a crew and gentlemen who were to marry the king s daughters They met a man drinking a river and the youngest son brought him on board and the same with a man eating stots in a park intending to eat them all and a man who could hear the grass grow The listener listened and said that this was the place where the giants kept the king s daughters They descended on a creel down the giant hole The first giant said they should have not have the king s daughter until they had set a man who could drink as much as he could the drinker went up against him and before he was full the giant burst The second giant said they should have not have the king s daughter until they had set a man who could eat as much as he could the stot eater went up against him and before he was full the giant burst The third giant said they should have not have the king s daughter until the youngest son agreed to be his slave for a year and a day He agreed and sent the servants and the daughters back The gentlemen took them to the king and claimed to have rescued them At the end of the service the giant gave him an eagle to fly out and meat to feed it but the meat was not enough and the eagle turned back The giant demanded another year and a day After that he gave him the eagle and more meat but it was still not enough After a third year and day the giant sent him off with still more meat it was not quite enough but the son cut off some meat from his thigh and the eagle finished the flight and gave him a whistle to summon it The son went to work for a smith as a gillie The princesses demanded that he make for them crowns like they had when they were the giants prisoners the smith did not know what such crowns were but the son had the eagle fetch the exact crowns The princesses were astounded and the king wanted to know where he learned to make such crowns The smith confessed that his gillie had made them and the king sent for the gillie His gillies threw him roughly into the carriage the son blew the whistle and had the eagle take him off and fill the carriage with stones so that the king was nearly crushed by their fall and those gillies were hanged Another set came were as rude and delivered a coach full of dirt The king s confidential servant went told the son that the king sent for him and he should wash and then put him in the carriage He blew the whistle to have the eagle fetch him gold and silver clothing from the giant s castle There he told the king the true story The gentlemen who sought to marry the king s daughters were hanged and the son married the oldest daughter 1 2 Analysis editTale type edit The tale is classified in the international Aarne Thompson Uther Index as tale type ATU 301 The Three Stolen Princesses a hero often having an animal parentage finds two companions climbs down a hole and rescues three maidens from their underground captivity he is betrayed by his companions and trapped underground but eventually finds a way out back to the surface usually by flying on an eagle s back 3 Motifs edit The episode of the journey on the eagle s back is parallel to similar events in many fairy tales where a hero needs to feed pieces of meat to the eagle or another mythical bird for the remainder of the journey otherwise it will not complete its flight In this regard folklorist scholarship recognizes its similarities with the tale of Etana helping an eagle a tale type later classified as Aarne Thompson Uther ATU 537 The Eagle as helper hero carried on the wings of a helpful eagle 4 According to Irish folklorist Sean o Suilleabhain the name Lochlainn designates Scandinavia in general 5 See also editAskeladden and the good helpers How the Hermit helped to win the King s Daughter Jack and his Comrades Jack and His Golden Snuff Box Jean de l Ours Long Broad and Sharpsight The Adventures of Covan the Brown haired The Blue Mountains The Bold Knight the Apples of Youth and the Water of Life The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship The Girl and the Dead Man The Griffin The Red Ettin The Rider Of Grianaig And Iain The Soldier s Son The Story of BensurdatuReferences edit Glover W J Folkard Charles British fairy and folk tales London A amp C Black 1920 pp 269 280 Campbell J F 1860 Popular Tales of the West Highlands Vol I Edmonston and Douglas pp 244 252 English translation 252 257 Scottish Gaelic text Aarne Antti Thompson Stith The types of the folktale a classification and bibliography Folklore Fellows Communications FFC no 184 Helsinki Academia Scientiarum Fennica 1961 pp 90 93 Annus Amar amp Sarv Mari The Ball Game Motif in the Gilgamesh Tradition and International Folklore In Mesopotamia in the Ancient World Impact Continuities Parallels Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium of the Melammu Project Held in Obergurgl Austria November 4 8 2013 Munster Ugarit Verlag Buch und Medienhandel GmbH 2015 pp 289 290 ISBN 978 3 86835 128 6 o Suilleabhain Sean Folktales of Ireland Chicago University of Chicago Press 1968 p 290 External links editThe King Of Lochlin s Three Daughters Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The King of Lochlin 27s Three Daughters amp oldid 1192179014, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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