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- The Princess in the Shroud

Each morning the watchers are found dead. A youth overcomes the enchantment; the dead girl comes out of the shroud. He wins her hand. (Not always a princess). Sometimes combined with Type 506 (I b, V). I. The Parents' Hasty Wish. (a) Barren parents wish for a child even if she is a devil. (b) A daughter is born who is diabolical. II. Vampire. After her death she leaves her grave in the church at night like a vampire and kills the soldiers who keep watch. III. Disenchantment. At last she is disenchanted by a youth, on the advice of an old man, when for three nights in prayer, once kneeling before the altar, once prone before the altar, and once lying in her grave, he endures her punishments. The other watchers are resuscitated. Happy marriage.

T548.1

S223

C758.1

T556

E251

D701

N825.2

M241

V52.2

C401.1

H1451

D758.1

E251.1.1

E251.2.1

L161

I. T548.1. Child born in answer to prayer. S223. Childless couple promise child to the devil if they may only have one. C758.1. Monster born because of hasty wish of parents. T556. Woman gives birth to demon.
II. E251. Vampire. Corpse which comes from grave at night and sucks blood.
III. D701. Gradual disenchantment. N825.2. Old man helper. M241. Bargain: to divide all winnings. V52.2. Continuous prayer sustains man through frightful vigil. C401.1. Tabu: speaking during vigil. H1451. Test: speechless vigil in church. D758.1. Disenchantment by three nights' silence under punishment. E251.1.1. Vampire's power overcome by endurance and prayer. Hero continues to pray without looking or speaking while vampire punishes him. E251.2.1. Vampire brought to life through endurance of punishment by her victim. EO. Resuscitation. L161. Lowly hero marries princess.

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**Christiansen in Feststrift til H. P. Hansen (Aarhus) 213ff.

*BP III 534 (Grimm No. 219)