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A wild #FolktaleMoment , if ever I read one. (thefolklore.cafe)

submitted 2 years ago by SimonRoyHughes@thefolklore.cafe to c/folklore@a.gup.pe

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A wild #FolktaleMoment, if ever I read one.

On a wild island he meets a woman whose upper portion is like a fish and below like a human. She asks if he will have her. “No, I can’t have you, the way you’re formed,” says the boy. Later he meets another, whose nether portions are like a fish and upper like a human being. “Yes, since there are no other folk here, then I may as well have you,” says the boy.

“Oh yes, you may certainly have me,” says the woman, “for I own the gilded castle. But first you must lie in my chamber with me for three nights.”

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[–] SimonRoyHughes@thefolklore.cafe 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@a_mac_and_con @folklore @folklorethursday Oh no, the mermaid doesn't hurt him. She's the one he's out to save.

[–] a_mac_and_con@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@SimonRoyHughes Ah, gotcha. What's the name of the tale?

[–] SimonRoyHughes@thefolklore.cafe 1 points 2 years ago

@a_mac_and_con @folklore @folklorethursday It's an (as yet) unpublished variant of the Norwegian folktale, The Three Princesses of Hvittenland.