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In the Völundarkviða, Wayland Smith and his brothers marry valkyries who dress in swan skins.. The "swan maiden" story is a name in folkloristics used to refer to three kinds of stories: those where one of the characters is a bird-maiden, in which she can appear either as a bird or as a woman; those in which one of the elements of the narrative is the theft of the feather-robe belonging to a ...
Tsuru no Ongaeshi (鶴の恩返し, lit."Crane's Return of a Favor") is a story from Japanese folklore about a crane who returns a favor to a man. A variant of the story where a man marries the crane that returns the favor is known as Tsuru Nyōbō (鶴女房, "Crane Wife").
According to the Finnish Folktale Catalogue, established by scholar Pirkko-Liisa Rausmaa, type 400 is known in Finland with the title Kadonnutta vaimoa etsimässä ("Looking for a lost wife"): the hero finds a maiden of supernatural origin (who may be a swan maiden), loses her for some reason (after she arrives on her ship, or he spends too ...
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Miho no Matsubara is known as the site of the legend of Hagoromo ("The Feathered Robe"), which is based on the traditional swan maiden motif. The story of Hagoromo concerns a celestial being flying over Miho no Matsubara who was overcome by the beauty of the white sands, green pines, and sparkling water.
The second part of the tale, with the hero finding the bird maiden and losing her, is classified as type ATU 400, "The Man on a Quest for the Lost Wife". [19] In this tale type, the hero finds a maiden of supernatural origin (e.g., the swan maiden) or rescues a princess from an enchantment; either way, he marries her, but she sets him a ...
After a while they find themselves on a beach of a barren island. There the adult son rescues the life of a swan. This swan is a swan maiden, an enchanted princess. She creates a beautiful city for the mother and son, whose inhabitants make him Prince Gwidon. The swan also helps Gwidon disguised as an insect to see his father.
However, the pert swan becomes a human maiden, does the chores (like sweeping the floor and preparing dishes) and turns back to swan before Ivan enters the tent. Seeing the place all tidied up, the prince wants to discover who is his mysterious housekeeper. Ivan stakes out for three days and finds out about the swan maiden on the third day.