[Sca-librarians] a fairy tale?

[Johnna Holloway]

How about a variation on
33. "The Princess on the Glass Hill." Here's a Scandinavian version of  
the Cinderella tale with the sex roles reversed. Cinderlad is the  
youngest of three sons, and the only one considered too filthy and  
vulgar to attend a tournament in which knights and princes vie for the  
hand of a princess. But to win her hand, someone has to ride a horse  
up a steep glass hill and fetch three golden apples from the  
princess's lap. On each day of the tournament a mysterious knight in  
shining armor appears and gets one of the apples, then vanishes just  
as suddenly. Finally, after every man in the kingdom has presented  
himself before the king and no one has been found with the apples,  
Cinderlad comes forward and reveals himself as the mysterious knight,  
who had gotten his horses and armor in a mysterious way related at the  
beginning of the story. Moral: "Courage and cleverness can raise the  
prospects of even the lowest, most insignificant person."

It's in the Blue Fairy Book.

Johnnae

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