text. See also Finamore, _Trad. pop. abruzzesi_, No. 15.
Copious references to other European versions will be found in the notes
of Ive, Koehler, etc., to the above versions; to these may be added, _Lo
Rondallayre_, Nos. 18, 37, Liebrecht to Simrock's _Deut. Maerchen_ in
_Orient und Occident_, III. p. 378 (Kalliopi), No. 3, and _Indian Fairy
Tales_, pp. 253, 284.
[22] See _Pent._ IV. 7; Gonz., Nos. 33, 34; Pitre, Nos. 59, 60 (61);
_Archivio_, II. 36 (Sardinia); De Nino, No. 19; and Schneller, No. 22.
The corresponding Grimm story is No. 135, "The White Bride and the Black
One." For other European references, see Koehler to Gonz., Nos. 33, 34
(II. p. 225), and _Romania_, No. 24, pp. 546, 561. See also Chapter II.,
note 1.
[23] The best version is in the _Pent._ IV. 3, where the three
daughters are married to a falcon, a stag, and a dolphin, who, as in
our story, assist their brother-in-law, but are disenchanted without his
aid. Other Italian versions are: Pitre, No. 16, and _Nov. pop. sicil._,
Palermo, 1873, No. 1; Gonz., No. 29; Knust (Leghorn), No. 2 (_Jahrb._
VII. 384); Finamore, _Trad. pop. abruzzesi_, No. 23; _Nov. fior._ p.
266; Comparetti, Nos. 4, 58; _Archivio_, II, p. 42 (Tuscan); _Nov.
tosc._ No. 11.
For other European versions see, besides references in notes to above
stories, Hahn, No. 25; Grimm, vol. II. p. 510, to Musaeus' "_Die drei
Schwestern_," and No. 197, "The Crystal Ball;" Benfey, _Pant._ I. p.
534; and Ralston, _R. F. T._ p. 96. See also note 12 of this chapter.
As usual, many of the incidents of our stories are found in those
belonging to other classes; among the most important are: Prince hidden
in musical instrument, Pitre, No. 95; finding princess' place of
concealment, Pitre, Nos. 95, 96; Gonz., No. 68; and Grimm, No. 133; "The
Shoes which were danced to Pieces;" princess recognized among others
dressed alike, or all veiled; _Nov. fior._ p. 411 (Milan); Grimm, No.
62, "The Queen Bee," Ralston, _R. F. T._ p. 141, note; _Basque Legends_,
p. 125; _Orient und Occident_, II. pp. 104, 107-114; tasks set hero to
win wife, Pitre, Nos. 21, 95, 96; Gonz., No. 68; De Gub., _Sto.
Stefano_, No. 8; _Basque Legends_, p. 120; _Orient und Occident_, II.
103; and _Romania_, No. 28, p. 527. This last incident is found also in
"Forgotten Bride," see note 25 of this chapter.
[24] For other European references to the first class, "riddle solved by
suitor," see _Jahrb._ V. 13; Grimm, No. 114, "The Cunnin
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