Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Das schottische Feenbuch
Für wen es gedacht ist
You will love this if you enjoy folktales, Scottish history and legend, or stories to read aloud, and if you like clever heroes, kind helpers and fairies who keep their bargains to the letter.
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What happens when you kiss the Fairy Queen? In the first tale of this book, a Border laird finds out, and he pays with seven years of his life. Elizabeth W. Grierson gathers Scottish stories and verses about fairies, brownies, giants, witches, mermaids and talking animals, drawn from Highland storytellers, Border ballads and island legend. She retells each one in plain words. First comes Thomas the Rhymer, whose ride to Fairyland introduces a world of strange rules.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A kiss binds Thomas the Rhymer to FairylandFree
- 2Jealous queens and clever bargains drive the plots
- 3Kindness and a mother's blessing guide a dangerous quest
- 4Sea folk and an enchanted bull test human courage
- 5Never trust the Fair Folk's hospitality
- 6Helpful spirits reward the kind and the careful
- 7Animals and small things bring wit and laughter
- 8Heroes of the north meet monsters, wizards and kings
- 9What the tales share and how they are told
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A kiss binds Thomas the Rhymer to Fairyland
The book opens with Thomas Learmont, a thirteenth-century laird of Ercildoune who loves poetry, music and the creatures of the woods. The tale says that the Fairy Queen can take a mortal into her power with a single kiss.
One May morning near the Eildon Hills, Thomas sees a lady in green silk on a gray horse hung with silver bells. He thinks she is the Blessed Virgin, but she tells him she is the Queen of Fairyland. He begs for a kiss, and at once her beauty fades to ashen age. She tells him he now owes her seven years of service. Then she shows him three roads across a desert: a broad easy one, a thorny one called the Road of Righteousness, and a bonnie one that leads to Elf-land.
In an orchard on the way, she gives him an apple that makes him unable to lie. She warns him not to eat any other fruit there. He must speak to no one but her in Fairyland, or he can never leave. The tale teaches that Fairyland keeps its own clock and its own debts, and a wish granted there always has a price.
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Questions about Das schottische Feenbuch
What is The Scottish Fairy Book about?
It is a collection of Scottish folk and fairy tales, including Thomas the Rhymer, The Red-Etin, Habetrot, Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, and many stories of brownies, mermaids, giants and talking animals.
Who was Thomas the Rhymer?
The book describes him as Thomas Learmont, a thirteenth-century laird of Ercildoune. A kiss from the Fairy Queen binds him to seven years of service in Fairyland.
What is a brownie in Scottish folklore?
Grierson describes a brownie as a shaggy, half-human helper who works unseen and refuses wages. In the tale of Ferne-Den, the Brownie does farm jobs at night in return for a bowl of milk.
Are these tales true or old?
They are traditional tales, some told by Highland storytellers for centuries and some from Border ballads and island legend. Grierson draws on collections by Campbell, Scott, Hogg and others.
Is The Scottish Fairy Book easy to read?
The stories are self-contained, with clear plots and a lively voice. You can read them one at a time, and the rhymes and songs sound good when read aloud.