SNAKE SKIN.
Reading edition
In the Finnish Story, "Haastelewat Kuuset," the talking Pines, S. ja T. 2: a hunter is rewarded for helping a snake. See notes to "Woman's Curiosity," in this collection.
Pentamerone, "The Serpent."
Folk-Lore Record, 1883. "The good Serpent," a Chilian tale.
The king in this tale is angry at his daughter marrying such a husband, just as he is in the Finnish "Hüri Morsiamena," where the bride is a mouse.
Cf. Grimm, "The three Feathers;" "The poor Miller's Boy and the Cat;" and notes thereto.
Kahn und Schwartz, Norddentsche Sagen, "Das weisze Kätschen."
Asbjörnsen og Moe, Norske Folke eventyr, "Dukken i Græsset."
Hyltén-Cavallius och Stephens, Svenska Folksagor, "Den förtrollade goodan," and "Den förtrollade fästemön."
Contes des fées par Mdme d'Aulnoy, "La chatte blanche."
Polnische Sagen und Märchen des K. Woycicki. "Die Kröte."
Cf. also an interesting article by Mr. Ralston, on "Beauty and the Beast." Nineteenth Century. December, 1878.