Cinderella: Three Hundred and Forty-five Variants of Cinderella, Catskin, and Cap O' Rushes, abstracted and tabulated UNDER CONSTRUCTION | Annotated Tale




83 Kari Trestakk (I)

Moe, Moltke, Unpublished Collection. Christiania. (From Bö, in Thelemarken, South Norway.)

"KARI TRESTAKK" (1).

ABSTRACT

[This story resembles " Kari Trasestak" (see No. 30), except that the troll in the copper wood has six horns, in the silver wood eight, in the gold wood ten. Also there occurs the magic formula, "Light before, dark behind, etc."]

TABULATION

[This story resembles Kari Traestak (see No. 30), except that the troll in the copper wood has six horns, in the silver wood eight, and in the golden wood ten. Also this formula occurs:

"Light before, behind me dark!
Whither I ride no man shall mark."]

Bibliographic Information

Tale Title: 83 Kari Trestakk (I)
Tale Author/Editor: Moe, Moltke
Book Title: Cinderella: Three Hundred and Forty-five Variants of Cinderella, Catskin, and Cap O' Rushes, abstracted and tabulated UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Book Author/Editor: Cox, Marian Roalfe
Publisher: David Nutt for the Folklore Society
Publication City: London
Year of Publication: 1893
Country of Origin: Norway
Classification: ATU 510A: Cinderella








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