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R. S. Boggs, Index of Spanish Folktales.
FFC 90

these things ... Princess asks stone if it remembers details of her misfortune [H 13]. King overhears, marries her and kills slave. ex 1. BTPE X 106 = SCE p. 7 = ETE p. 79. Cf Mt 403.

*449. Princess enchanted in palace by mother jealous of iier beauty. A count's son is fated to be killed by lightning at the age of twentyfive [M 350]. He kills wolf, lion, serpent, giant and frees princess. He is enchanted by eating apple [D 551.1.1] given to him by witch. Years later princess' father forces her to marry. Count's son comes to the wedding but is invisible. He directs princess to remove thorn from his head and he becomes visible [D 765.1.2]. They marry. le 1. ECPE no 144. Cf Mt 400—Mt 424 and Mt 709.


450—459 Brother or sister.

450. as 1. LRAC no 30. Cf Mt 408 (BTPE X 31 Introd).
451. I *d Brothers swear not to come home if girl is born.
II *d Brothers are sold by Moors to negro magician as slaves. He turns them into lions by day to guard his palace [D 112.1, D 621.1].
III *c Angel gives her a bone to unlock door of her enchanted brothers' house. She loses bone, but cuts off her little finger and opens door with it.
IV b Cf Mt 712 I b.
*c She works on lace in secret and is charged with witchcraft.
V *b She frees them from enchantment by a kiss.
La gran comquista de ultramar, ed Gayandos, I, 1, cap 47—68; Romania 17, 522; see BP I 433.
Porto Rico: Mason-Espinosa JAF XXXVIII 567 no 7; XXXIX no 21.