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The Wood Wife is a novel by American writer Terri Windling, published by Tor Books in 1996. It won the Mythopoeic Award for Novel of the Year. [ 1 ] It is Windling's first novel; she is better known as a longtime editor of fantasy and speculative fiction.
The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 400, "The Man on a Quest for the Lost Wife": 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 disappears to another place, and he goes on a long quest after her.
Tulisa, the Wood-Cutter's Daughter is an Indian legend published as an annex to Somadeva Bhaṭṭa's work, related to Cupid and Psyche. [1]The tale belongs to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or Search for the Lost Husband: Tulisa, a woodcutter's daughter, agrees to marry the owner of a mysterious voice, and her father consents to their marriage and eventually becomes rich.
Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958, in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults.She has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker Award, and her collection The Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award.
Jacob Grimm believed that Gothic skōhsl, used to translate Koine Greek δαιμόνιον (daimonion), "daemon", in the New Testament, was related to Old Norse skōgr and Old English sceaga, both meaning "forest", and therefore represented a cognate of the moss people in Gothic folklore.
Damgalnuna was the wife of Enki (Ea). [15] In the myth Enki and Ninhursag, she and the eponymous goddess are treated as the same deity. [16] However, Dina Katz points out that they were usually separate, and Ninhursag's husband was Šulpae. [17] Deities considered to be children of Enki and Damgalnuna include Nanshe, Asalluhi, Marduk and ...
The entirely invented story is said by the Louvre to derive from the German work by Jacques de Vitry in the 13th century. [4] [5] The French work Le Lai d'Aristote [] (The Lay of Aristotle) is known from manuscripts dating from as early as 1220, attributed by scholars to either Henri d'Andeli or Henri de Valenciennes [].
The Book of Atrix Wolfe: Ace Books: Kenneth Morris: The Dragon Path: Tom Doherty Assoc. 1997 (Adult and Children's awards combined) Terri Windling* The Wood Wife: Tor Books: John Barnes: One for the Morning Glory: Tor Books: Patricia A. McKillip: Winter Rose: Ace Books: Nancy Springer: Fair Peril: Avon Books: Gene Wolfe: The Book of the Long ...