Catskin
Sign in to saveCatskin is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales. Marian Roalfe Cox, in her study of Cinderella, identified as one of the basic types, the Unnatural Father, contrasting with Cinderella itself and ''Cap O' Rushes''.
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- fairy tale
- Country of origin
- England
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- 344 She went along, and went along, and went along.jpg
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- Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index
- 510B
- Commons category
- Catskin
- language of work or name
- English language
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Catskin is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales. Marian Roalfe Cox, in her study of Cinderella, identified as one of the basic types, the Unnatural Father, contrasting with Cinderella itself and ''Cap O' Rushes''.
==Synopsis== thumb|illustration by John D. Batten There once was a lord who had many fine estates and who wished to leave them to a son. When a daughter is born to him instead, he is very unhappy and will not even look at her.
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