Mastermaid Stories

The Master Maid is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr. Master indicates 'superior, skilled'. Jørgen Moe wrote the tale down from the storyteller Anne Godlid in Seljord on a short visit in the autumn of 1842. Andrew Lang translated the tale to English and included it in his The Blue Fairy Book (1889). A later translation was made by George Dasent, in his Popular Tales from the North. It is Aarne-Thompson type 313. Others of this type include "The Two Kings' Children", "The Water Nixie", "Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter", "Nix Nought Nothing", and "Foundling-Bird".

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 , 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 . 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 . 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝 ? . 𝙰𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 , 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 , 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 , 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚣𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 . 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 ? . 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 ? . 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚣𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙰𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 🫶