LL-L "Resources" 2001.12.06 (05) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Resources"

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Resources
>
> translation.  For our Lowlands area of interest, of relevance are the
> above-mentioned Old Saxon text, some Old English (Ango-Saxon)
> texts, and also
> the Grimms' fairytales (with English translations), some of which
> are in Low
> Saxon (Low German).  Also included are introductions and
> treatises about the
> various Germanic mythological traditions and figures.

If anyone's interested in traditional Scots versions of fairy tales, some
are available from the ScotsteXt site as follows:

"Whuppity Stoorie" is the Scots version of "Rumplestiltskin" (but involving
a female fairy who dresses in green) at:

http://scotstext.org/pages/resultspage.asp?text=413&pagetype=text&style=standard

"Rashiecoat" is the Scots version of "Cinderella":

http://scotstext.org/pages/resultspage.asp?text=414&pagetype=text&style=standard

"The Black Bull o Norrowa" is on roughly the same theme as "Beauty and the
Beast":

http://scotstext.org/pages/resultspage.asp?text=417&pagetype=text&style=standard

"The Milk White Doo" is a classic, not sure what I would relate it to:

http://scotstext.org/pages/resultspage.asp?text=415&pagetype=text&style=standard

"The Paddo" is the Scots version of "The Frog Prince":

http://scotstext.org/pages/resultspage.asp?text=418&pagetype=text&style=standard

"The Red Etin" is a Scots Jack-the-Giant-Killer type story:

http://scotstext.org/pages/resultspage.asp?text=419&pagetype=text&style=standard

Sandy
http://scotstext.org
A dinna dout him, for he says that he
On nae accoont wad ever tell a lee.
                          - C.W.Wade,
                    'The Adventures o McNab'

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