“Snegorotchka.” Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations, Edmund Dulac, New York: G.H Doran, 1916, pp. 1-6.

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 02:41:41 +0000

“Snegorotchka.” Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations, Edmund Dulac, New York: G.H Doran, 1916, pp. 1-6. Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/25/2023 - 20:41

Tale Summary

There was a woman, named Marusha, and her husband, Youshko, who very much wanted a daughter. One winter day they watched their boys happily build a snowman and decided to go make one for themselves. They sculpted a small one, not much bigger than a baby, and when they stopped to admire their work they saw it come alive. They cried for joy when they looked at the pretty little maiden and pinched each other in case it was a dream. The couple carried the little girl home and cared for her, calling her Snegorotchka. The next morning they saw that she was growing quickly, her hair was twice as long, and prepared to have a big feast that night. All the children of the village were invited and they enjoyed themselves all night, and all the boys went home thinking of the snow girl. She was much loved, and showed all the other children how to make snow castles and dance like snowflakes. Winter moved on, and Youshko came home to find her pale and sad, complaining that she missed the snow. The next day she was even worse off, and her parents took her for a walk to see all of the beautiful flowers in the hopes of cheering her up. They were not gone long when a bright ray of sunlight fell on the girl and she melted. Marusha gathered a flower on which a tear-drop had fallen, and gave it to her husband silently.

Fairy Tale Title

Snegorotchka

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Edmund Dulac

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Edmund Dulac

Common Tale Type

The Snow Maiden

Tale Classification

ATU 703

Page Range of Tale

pp. 1-6

Full Citation of Tale

“Snegorotchka.” Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations, Edmund Dulac, New York: G.H Doran, 1916, pp. 1-6.

Original Source of the Tale

A Russian fairy tale.

Tale Notes

Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2023

Book Title

Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations

Book Author/Editor(s)

Edmund Dulac

Illustrator(s)

Edmund Dulac

Publisher

G.H Doran

Date Published

1916

Decade Published

1910-1919

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

A collection of folk and fairy tales from Belgium, France, England, Japan, Italy, and Serbia.

Traditional

White

“The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son.” The Yellow Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906, pp. 206-208.

Anonymous — Sun, 14 May 2023 20:47:55 +0000

“The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son.” The Yellow Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906, pp. 206-208. Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 05/14/2023 - 14:47

Andrew Lang

Tale Summary

Once upon a time there was a man and his wife who desperately wanted children. One winter's day the woman looked at all the little icicles hanging from their roof and told her husband that she wished she had as many children as there were icicles. A tiny icicle fell, and dropped into the woman's mouth, and after swallowing it she wondered aloud jokingly if she would give birth to a snow child. Sometime after, the woman gave birth to a little girl who was as white as snow and cold as ice. She gave her parents much trouble and anxiety as she grew up because she detested the heat. Her parents called her “our Snow-daughter”. One day as the girl was playing outside in the snow the woman sighed and said that she wished she had given birth to a fire-son. As she said this a spark from the fire flew into her lap and she laughed thinking that her wish could come true. Sometime after, she gave birth to a boy who refused to be in the cold, and hated being around the Snow-Daughter who herself avoided him as much as possible. Their parents called the boy “our Fire-son,” and he caused a great deal of anxiety because of his temperature preferences. When the two children grew to be a man and a woman their parents died, and the Fire-Son said he would go out into the world. She said she would go with him but he worried about traveling together because he always froze near her and she always overheated when he approached her. The woman had a plan for each to wear fur coats to protect themselves and they lived quite happily in each other's company this way. The two wandered the world for some time, and at the beginning of winter decided to stay in a big wood until spring. One day the King of the land found the Snow-daughter and was so charmed by her that he asked her to marry him. He had a huge house of ice made for his wife, and for his brother-in-law he built a house with huge ovens all around it. One day the king had a feast and invited the Fire-son who had become very hot in his furnace Castle. Everyone fled from the room because of the heat, and the Fire-son embraced the king who at once was burnt to a cinder. When the Snow-daughter saw this she attacked her brother and a great fight began. The Snow-daughter was melted into water and the Fire-son burnt to a cinder, and so the two died unhappily.

Fairy Tale Title

The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Andrew Lang

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Henry Justice Ford

Common Tale Type

The Snow Maiden

Tale Classification

ATU 703

Page Range of Tale

pp. 206-208

Full Citation of Tale

“The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son.” The Yellow Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906, pp. 206-208.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2023

Book Title

The Yellow Fairy Book

Book Author/Editor(s)

Andrew Lang

Illustrator(s)

Henry Justice Ford

Publisher

Longmans, Green, and Co.

Date Published

1906

Decade Published

1900-1909

Publisher City

London
New York
Bombay

Publisher Country

United Kingdom
United States
India

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

Though this book is written in prose with more difficult language than other books of fairy tales in the collection, the Preface says this book is written for children.

Traditional

White