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(Created page with "'''The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh''' also known as '''The Laidly Worm of Bamborough''', is a Northumbrian folktale about a princess who is turned into a worm. ==Synops...") |
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The story has a lot in common with the Icelandic Hjálmþés saga ok Ölvis.[1] [2] | The story has a lot in common with the Icelandic Hjálmþés saga ok Ölvis.[1] [2] | ||
[ref http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/eft/eft34.htm] | |||
[ref http://www.ferrum.edu/thanlon/dragons/collect.htm] | |||
There is no authoritative version of the ballad. Robert Lambe "discovered' it as fragments, which makes sense if it had generated variants over the centuries since Duncan Frasier had originally penned it. | There is no authoritative version of the ballad. Robert Lambe "discovered' it as fragments, which makes sense if it had generated variants over the centuries since Duncan Frasier had originally penned it. | ||
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Assuming the Laidly Worm o' Spindleston Haugh is an authentic ballad written by Duncan Frasier, then Duncan Frasier either heard "Lanzelet" or some daughter of the parent snake-maiden narrative. Up until the mid 19th century scholars believed that the "Laidly Worm" was an authentic folk ballad from the past. | Assuming the Laidly Worm o' Spindleston Haugh is an authentic ballad written by Duncan Frasier, then Duncan Frasier either heard "Lanzelet" or some daughter of the parent snake-maiden narrative. Up until the mid 19th century scholars believed that the "Laidly Worm" was an authentic folk ballad from the past. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
