King (prince) finds maiden in woods (tree) and marries her

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King (prince) finds maiden in woods (tree) and marries her.

Chance and fate. · Accidental encounters. · Accidental meeting of hero and heroine. · view the constellation · filed as N711.1

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Scholars’ trail — 6references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish mythCross
Icelandic*Boberg
Missouri FrenchCarrière
French CanadianSister Marie Ursule
India*Thompson-Balys.
general *Types 450, 706, 710

Within the index

Filed under King (prince) accidentally finds maiden and marries her.

Filed beside it

Hero finds maiden in (magic) castle Hero finds maiden in (magic) garden Prince sees maiden at church and is enamored Prince (king) finds girl floating on water in basket: marries her Prince sees heroine at ball and is enamored

Carried in tale types

Our Lady's Child · ATU 71027 recorded variants
Little Brother and Little Sister · ATU 4508 recorded variants

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