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White-Bear-King-Valemon () is a Norwegian fairy-tale. The tale was published as No. 90 in Asbjørnsen and Moe's Norske Folke-Eventyr. Ny Samling (1871). George Webbe Dasent translated it for his Tales from the Fjeld.

Key facts

Folk tale.Folk_Tale_Name
White-Bear-King-Valemon
Folk tale.Image_Name
File:TheodorKittelsen-KvitebjørnKongValemon(1912).JPG
Folk tale.Image_Caption
White-Bear King Valemon by Theodor Kittelsen.
Folk tale.Aarne Thompson Grouping
ATU 425A, The Animal (Monster) as Bridegroom
Folk tale.AKA
Kvitebjørn kong Valemon
Folk tale.Region
Norway
Folk tale.Published_In
Norske folkeeventyr, by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe
Folk tale.Related
East of the Sun and West of the Moon (ATU 425A) Cupid and Psyche (ATU 425B) Beauty and the Beast (ATU 425C)

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Wikidata facts

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Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index
425A
language of work or name
Norwegian
Commons category
White-Bear-King-Valemon
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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Synopsis
  • Publication
  • Analysis
  • Tale type
  • Motifs
  • The heroine's journey
  • Other motifs
  • Variants
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • In media
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading

White-Bear-King-Valemon () is a Norwegian fairy-tale. The tale was published as No. 90 in Asbjørnsen and Moe's Norske Folke-Eventyr. Ny Samling (1871). George Webbe Dasent translated it for his Tales from the Fjeld.

The familiar version was collected by the artist August Schneider in 1870 from Setesdal. Jørgen Moe collected a variant of the tale from Bygland, summarized in the 2nd edition of Norske Folke-Eventyr (1852).

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