bird maiden
animal_ally Inuit single tradition · 2
According to Inge Kleivan, the bird maiden in Inuit stories was "almost always" a goose or a duck.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 300 CE
- Attested period
- 300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Tale appears in the fourth-century collection In Search of the Supernatural.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Seven Fairies of China, bird wife
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Inge Kleivan, in an article on Enzyklopädie des Märchens, stated that the bird maiden in Inuit stories was "almost always" a goose or a duck.”
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