BETTRIDGE, WILLIAM EDWIN; Utley, Francis Lee. “New Light on the Origin of the Griselda Story”. In: Texas Studies in Literature and Language 13, no. 2 (1971): 167. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40754145. Yes!’ the old hag said, ‘she might have that leave and, welcome, but she herself must lull him off to sleep and wake him in the morning.’ Zeno. "Norwegen, Klara Stroebe: Nordische Volksmärchen, 29. Der weiße Bär König Valemon". www.zeno.org (in German) . Retrieved 2018-07-27. But the princess said, ‘It was not for sale for money, but if she might have leave to sleep with her sweetheart that night, she might have it.

White-Bear-King-Valemon ( Norwegian: Kvitebjørn kong Valemon) is a Norwegian fairy tale. The tale was published as No. 90 in Asbjørnsen and Moe's Norske Folke-Eventyr. Ny Samling (1871). [1] George Webbe Dasent translated it for his Tales from the Fjeld. [2] Dreaming of a glorious golden crown one night, a beautiful princess awakens, and cannot be satisfied by any of the crowns created by her indulgent father's craftsmen. Then she meets a white bear in the woods, who possessed such a crown, but will only exchange it for her, the princess. Going to live with him in a beautiful palace, the princess is happy, until she is misled by her mother's advice, and attempts to pry into the white bear's secret. Revealed as an enchanted prince, the bear departs, and the princess sets out after him, embarking on a quest for her love that will lead her to the land east of the sun and west of the moon... In some tales, before the separation from her supernatural husband, the wife's children are taken from her and hidden elsewhere. Scholarship locates this motif across Celtic and Germanic speaking areas. [12] [13] [14] Variants [ edit ] Denmark [ edit ]Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen; Moe, Jørgen, eds. (1852). Norske folke-eventyr (2ed.). Christiania: Johan Dahl. pp.466–467. (variant)

To discuss the themes and issues that arise, enabling children to make connections to their own lives Erik Henning Edvardsen: Kvitebjørn kong Valemon 2. Gerhard August Schneider - den illustrerte eventyrutgaven som aldri utkom. Norsk Folkeminnelags skrifter nr. 157. Aschehoug. ISBN 978-82-03-19197-8. Oslo 2007. The princess took the napkin, thanked them, and set off again. She went far and farther than far through the woods and travelled all day and night. The next morning she came to a mountain as steep as a wall, so high and wide that she could see no end to it. At the base of the mountain there was a hut, and as soon as she set foot inside it, she said, “Good day. Do you know if King Valemon the white bear passed this way?” Yes!’ they said. ‘He passed by here this morning early, but he went so fast you’ll never be able to catch him up.’But this poor wife,’ said the girl, ‘who has to go so far on such bad ways, I think she may well be thirsty and suffer much other ill. No doubt she needs this flask more than I;’ and so she asked if she might have leave to give her the flask. Yes! that leave she might have. Well! she might do so and welcome,’ said the old hag; ‘but she must first lull him off to sleep and wake him up in the morning.’ Kristensen, Evald Tang. Skattegraveren. Kolding: Trykt hos Sjodt & Weiss, 1890. pp. 31-37 (Tale nr. 21).