Danmarks gamle Folkeviser
Danmarks gamle Folkeviser is a collection of (in principle) all known texts and recordings of the old Danish popular ballads. It drew both on early modern manuscripts, such as Karen Brahes Folio, and much more recent folk-song collecting activity.
It was started in 1853 by Svend Grundtvig. During the nineteenth century, Axel Olrik was also heavily involved, editing volumes 6-8. The work was continued in the twentieth century by new generations of folklorists, and in 1976 comprised 12 volumes, containing 539 ballad types, often with many variants of each type.[1]
Grundtvig's division of the ballad types into categories has mostly been adopted in later ballad collections, e.g. by F. J. Child, and by modern researchers in the field. However, many of the ballads he classed as 'historic' now have been reclassified. Grundtvig's classifications were:
- Kæmpeviser (heroic songs) (vol. 1)
- Trylleviser (magical songs) (vol. 2)
- Historiske viser (historical songs) (vol. 3)
- Ridderviser (romances) (vols 4-5)
- Danske ridderviser (Danish romances) (vols 6-9)
It is now standard practice to refer to the Danish ballad type by its assigned a DgF number. Variants (or variant groups) are indicated by an alphabet following the DgF number. Thus "Tord af Havsgaard" (DgF 1A) for the version taken down from manuscripts, and DgF 1B for the version printed in Vedel's book. Also it is commonplace to refer to ballad titles by Grundtvig's normalized orthography rather than actual spellings occurring in the texts.
Many of the ballads are Danish examples from a family of cognate ballads disseminated throughout Scandinavia. The TSB or The Types of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballad sigla are used to catalog the pan-Scandinavian cognate type to which a ballad may belong. Some of the ballads have cognates in English, and have been cross-referenced against Child Ballad by Larry Syndergaard, English Translations of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballads (1995) (SMB).[2]
English translations of a number of Danish ballads can be found in , Ancient Danish Ballads in 3 vols. (1860); George Borrow, Works; 's various publications.
The ballads[]
| No. | Title | TSB | Analogue | Translations | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (A-C[+ 1]) | E 126 | "Tord of Hafsborough" (Borrow); "Thor of Asgard" (Prior) | Tord loses hammer, sends Lokke Leyemand on quest; The Tosse- or "Fool" Count (or Thusser "Turkish" king) demands damsel Fridleifsborg in exchange, but her father Tord dressed in maiden's garb goes instead. A rendition of Þrymskviða. | |
| 2 | Sivard Snarensvend (A-D[+ 2]) | E 49 | "The End of Sivard Snarenswayne" (Borrow); "Siward the Hasty Swain" (Prior) | Sivard slays stepfather, and rides off on fine horse named Graamand "Grayman" that his mother provides; he approaches maternal uncle, the Danish king, but in an awesome leap gone awry, both horse and rider perish. | |
| 3 | (A-E) | E 101 | "Siward and Brynhild" | ||
| 4 | (A-C) | E 54 | "Sir Loumor" | ||
| 5 | (A-C) | E 56 | "Grimild's Revenge" | ||
| 6 | (A-C) | D 61 | "Samson" | ||
| 7 | (A-I[+ 3]) | E 119, E 10 | "Vidrick Verlandson and Giant Langbane" | ||
| 8 | E 7 | "King Diderick in Birtingsland" | |||
| 9 | (A-G) | E 158 | "King Diderick and the Dragon" | ||
| 10 | (A-G) | E 37 | "Wolf of Yern" | ||
| 11 | (A-F[+ 4]) | E 132 | "Child Orm and the Berm Giant" | ||
| 12 | (A-C) | A 32 | "Rodengard and the Eagle" | ||
| 13 | (A-L[+ 5]) | D 231 | Sir Aldingar (Child 59. II, 34-) | "Ravngard and Memering" | |
| 14 | E 61 | "Memering" | |||
| 15 | E 19 | "The bald-head Monk" | |||
| 16 | (A-C) | E 12 | "Sir Genselin | ||
| 17 | (A-B) | E 17 | "Stout Diderick and Olger the Dane" | ||
| 18 | (A-D) | E 52 | (SMB 205) | "Childe Norman's ridde rimes" | |
| 19 | (A-D) | E 90 | "Angelfyr ad Helmer Kamp" | ||
| 20 | Hagbard og Signe (A-L) | D 430 | "Habor and Signild" | ||
| 21 | (A-D) | D 388 | "The Lombards" | ||
| 22 | (A-B) | D 401 | "Regnar and Kragelille" | ||
| 23 | (A-C) | D 403 | "Karl and Kragelille" | ||
| 24 | E 156 | "The Fight with the Worm" | |||
| 25 | E 48 | "The Sword of vengeance" | |||
| 26 | (A-C) | E 68 | "Grimmer and Helmer Kamp" | ||
| 27 | (A-B) | E 138 | |||
| 28 | E 139 | (SMB 217) | "Childe Ranild" | ||
| 29 | (A-I) | E 155 | |||
| 30 | (A-D) | E 133 | "Olger the Dane" | ||
| 31 | (A-C) | E 115 | "Swain Felding" | ||
| 32 | (A-C) | D 301 | "Swain Felding and Queen Judith" | ||
| 33 | (A-F) | A 74 | "German Gladenswain" | ||
| 34 | Herr Tønne af Alsø (A-C) | A 62 | |||
| 35 | (A-B) | A 61 | |||
| 36 | (A-G) | A 53 | "Agnes and the Hill King" | "The Maid in the Mountain" | |
| 37 | (A-T[+ 6]) | A 54 | Hind Etin (Child 41. I, 361-4) | "The Lady and the Dwarf King" | Princess has many suitors but accepts none because a dwarf has forced her to come nightly to his hill by inscribing magic runes en route to her evening prayer. When she divulges truth, seven children she had by dwarf reproach her and she dies. |
| 38 | Agnete og Havmanden (A-K[+ 7]) | A 47 | Agneta och havsmannen; Der Wassermann | "Agnes and the Merman" | |
| 39 | (A-C) | A 48 | The Daemon Lover; La fiancée | "The Water Sprite's Treachery", "Mar Stigs Daughter and the Merman" | |
| 40 | Harpens Kraft (A-F) | A 50 | Harpans kraft (SMB 22) | "The Power of the Harp" | |
| 41 | (A-C) | E 148 | Child Rowland to the Dark Tower Came | "(The Merman) Rosmer"; "Der Meermann" | |
| 42 | (A-B) | A 12 | "The Queen and the Mermaid" | ||
| 43 | A 52 | "Sir Luno and the Mermaid" | |||
| 44 | (A-E[+ 8]) | E 140 | |||
| 45 | Herr Bøsmer i elvehjem (A-F[+ 9]) | A 49 | Ungersven och havsfrun | ||
| 46 | Elvehøj (A-C[+ 10]) | A 65 | |||
| 47 | Elveskud (A-Æ[+ 11]) | A 63 | Clerk Corvill (Child 42. I, 374-8) | cf. Herder, Erlkönigs Tochter | |
| 48 | Herr Magnus og Bjærgtrolden (A-C[+ 12]) | A 59 | |||
| 49 | (A-B) | D 439 | |||
| 50 | (A-E[i]) | B 12 | (SMB 41); St. Olavs kappsigling (NMB 44) | "Saint Olave's Voyage" | |
| 51 | E 116 | "Saint Olave at Hornelen" | |||
| 52 | Trolden og Bondens Hustru (A-D) | A 14 | |||
| 53 | (A-B) | D 215 | |||
| 54 | (A-E[+ 13]) | A 20 | |||
| 55 | (A-C[+ 14]) | A 19 | |||
| 56 | (A-F) | A 16 | |||
| 57 | — | ||||
| 58 | A 27 | ||||
| 59 | A 28 | ||||
| 60 | (A-F) | A 17 | |||
| 61 | A 35 | ||||
| 62 | A 26 | ||||
| 63 | A 25 | ||||
| 64 | (A-B) | A 23 | |||
| 65 | (A-C[+ 15]) | A 29 | (SMB 11) | ||
| 66 | (A-C) | A 30 | (SMB 12) | ||
| 67 | (A-E) | A 43 | |||
| 68 | (A-G) | A 44, D 136 | The Earl of Mar's Daughter (Child 270. V, 39) | ||
| 69 | A 46 | ||||
| 70 | (A-G[+ 16]) | A 45 | |||
| 71 | (A-E) | E 71 | |||
| 72 | (A-E) | D 47 | |||
| 73 | (A-B) | A 10 | |||
| 74 | (A-B) | A 8 | |||
| 75 | (A-D) | A 9 | |||
| 76 | (A-L) | A 4, D 139 | |||
| 77 | (A-B) | A 1 | |||
| 78 | (A-C) | A 2 | |||
| 79 | (A-C) | A 3 | |||
| 80 | (A-B) | A 6 | |||
| 81 | (A-B) | A 11 | The Broomfield Hill (Child 43. I, 391) | ||
| 82 | (A-B*)[+ 17] | A 41 | Earl Brand (Child 7. I, 88-93, 94m, 99) | ||
| 83 | (A-H)[+ 18] | A 42, D 375 | |||
| 84 | (A-I) | A 40 | Willie's Lady (Child 6. I, 82) | ||
| 85 | A 40 | Willie's Lady (Child 6. I, 82) | |||
| 86 | (A-L) | D 424 | |||
| 87 | (A-C) | D 425 | |||
| 88 | (A-C) | D 382 | |||
| 89 | (A-P[+ 19]) | A 68 | (SMB 33) | ||
| 90 | (A-C[+ 20]) | A 67 | Sweet William's Ghost (Child 77. II, 227); (SMB 32) | Mourning girl's dead fiancé visits, piggybacking his coffin, tries to convince her to stop her weeping which causes coffin to bleed. She still prays for death and illness carries her away a month after. | |
| 91 | A 69 | ||||
| 92 | A 70 | ||||
| 93 | B 15 | ||||
| 94 | (A-B) | B 27 | Lady Diamond (Child 269. V, 34) | ||
| 95 | (A-K[+ 21]) | A 38 | The Twa Sisters (Child 10. I, 119) | ||
| 96 | Jesusbarnet, (A-C)[+ 22] | B 8 | St. Stephen and Herod (Child 22. I, 233-); (CCF 167) | ||
| 97 | (A-D[+ 23]) | B 4 | "Jesus and the Virgin Mary" | ||
| 98 | (A-B) | B 16 | The Maid and the Palmer (Child 21. I, 228-230); Maria Magdalena (SMB 42) | "Mary Magdalene" | |
| 99 | B 6 | ||||
| 100 | (A-D[+ 24]) | B 7 | "Saint James and the Vision of Hell" | ||
| 101 | -St Katharina (A-H[+ 25]) | B 14 | (SMB 42) | ||
| 102 | B 22 | ||||
| 103 | (A-D[+ 26]) | B 10 | "Saint George and the Dragon" | ||
| 104 | (A-F[+ 27]) | B 22 | "The Angel's Errand" | ||
| 105 | B 32 | (SMB 54) | "The Rich man's soul" | ||
| 106 | B 33 | ||||
| 107 | (A-C) | B 24 | |||
| 108 | (A -F) | B 29 | "Ordeal by Fire" | ||
| 109 | (A-D[+ 28]) | B 20 | |||
| 110 | D 328 | ||||
| 111 | (A-C[+ 29]) | B 28 | |||
| 112 | (A-G) | D 299 | |||
| 113 | B 9 | ||||
| 114 | (A-B) | D 393 | |||
| 115 | (A-B) | F 74 | |||
| 116 | 1137 | C 1 | |||
| 117 | 1151 | D 365 | |||
| 118 | 1157 | C 2 | |||
| 119 | D 364 | ||||
| 120 | 1157 | D 362 | |||
| 121 | c. 1160 (A-D) | D 258 | |||
| 122 | D 261 | ||||
| 123 | D 139 | ||||
| 124 | D 46 | (SMB 72) | |||
| 125 | (A-B) | D 105 | |||
| 126 | 1157-1167 (A-I[+ 30]) | D 346 | Fair Janet (Child 64. II 143, IV, 464a); (SMB 160); | ||
| 127 | c. 1172 (A-C) | D 347 | |||
| 128 | D 232 | ||||
| 129 | D 257 | ||||
| 130 | (A-E) | D 326 | |||
| 131 | Esbern Snare (A-E) | D 16 | |||
| 132 | 1205 (A-D) | C 3 | Cf. Dagmar of Bohemia | ||
| 133 | 1205 (A-B) | C 4 | Cf. Dagmar of Bohemia | ||
| 134 | 1205 | D 277 | |||
| 135 | 1212 (A-C) | C 6 | Cf. Dagmar of Bohemia | ||
| 136 | 1208 (A-C) | C 5 | |||
| 137 | 1210 (A-B) | D 137 | |||
| 138 | c. 1210 (A-L) | C 8 | (SMB 59) | abducted his Swedish princess bride Elin, from a convent at Vreta. She has a presaging dream about this. | |
| 139 | c. 1214-1221 (A-B) | C 7 | |||
| 140 | c. 1214 (A-G) | D 43 | |||
| 141 | 1225 (A-E) | C 9 | cf. Valdemar Sejr | ||
| 142 | 1263 (A-B) | C 11 | |||
| 143 | 1275 (A-B) | D 353 | |||
| 144 | (A-G) | D 366 | |||
| 145 | Marsk Stig 1286 (A-O) | C 14 | |||
| 146 | (A-O[+ 31]) | D 435 | |||
| 147 | (A-D) | D 363 | |||
| 148 | 1286 (A-C) | C 19 | |||
| 149 | 1294 (A-B) | C 20 | |||
| 150 | 1285 | C 12 | |||
| 151 | 1290 (A-B) | C 17 | |||
| 152 | (A-F) | D 176 | |||
| 153 | 1296 | C 21 | |||
| 154 | (A-) | C 24 | |||
| 155 | (Herr Lavrens og Bengta Sunes Datter) 1245 (A-B) | C 10 | |||
| 156 | 1340 (A-F) | C 25 | Cf. Niels Ebbesen | ||
| 157 | c. 1350 | D 270 | |||
| 158 | 1359 (A-E) | C 26 | |||
| 159 | 1389 (A-F) | C 27 | Margaret I of Denmark | ||
| 160 | 1433 (A-B) | D 219 | Sten Basse vows to capture his wife's lover Hans Frost, and have his life. | ||
| 161 | 1437 (A-B) | C 29 | is invited to home by Karl Knutsson, but it is a deathtrap and he is led away in chains and executed. | ||
| 162 | 1441 (A-B) | C 30 | |||
| 163 | 1466-67 (A-B) | C 31 | |||
| 164 | 1468 | D 313 | |||
| 165 | 1472 (A-) | C 32 | |||
| 166 | 1478 (A-D) | C 33 | |||
| 167 | c. 1480 (A-G) | D 38 | |||
| 168 | c. 1490 (A-B) | D 35 | |||
| 169 | 1500 | C 34 | |||
| 170 | 1500 (A-D) | — | |||
| 171 | 1510 (A-C) | C 36, C 37, C 38 | |||
| 172 | 1520 (A-B) | C 39 | |||
| 173 | 1523 | — | |||
| 174 | 1548 | — | |||
| 175 | (A-F[+ 32]) | D 436 | |||
| 176 | 1564 (A-B) | — | |||
| 177 | 1613 | — | |||
| 178 | c. 1280-90 | D 233 | |||
| 179 | c. 1280-90 | D 165 | |||
| 180 | 1288 (A-K) | C 16 | |||
| 181 | (A-E) | C 15 | |||
| 182 | (A-H) | C 18 | |||
| 183 | (A-G) | D 411 | Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight (Child 4. I, 26) | ||
| 184 | (A-H) | E 64 | |||
| 185 | D 308 | ||||
| 186 | (A-H) | E 32 | |||
| 187 | D 203 | ||||
| 188 | E 31 | ||||
| 189 | (A-E) | D 168 | |||
| 190 | D 303 | ||||
| 191 | D 180 | ||||
| 192 | D 249 | (SMB 149) | |||
| 193 | (A-C) | D 354 | |||
| 194 | (A-C) | D 183 | |||
| 195 | (A-E) | D 172 | |||
| 196 | D 170 | ||||
| 197 | (A-B) | D 171 | Maidservant Roselille knifes Hr. Peder bent on rape. Lady Lilje, in order to save herself from her brother Peder's incestuous lust, had delivered up her maid to the man despite being her friend. | ||
| 198 | D 177 | ||||
| 199 | D 173 | ||||
| 200 | (A-D) | D 131 | |||
| 201 | (A-B) | D 167 | |||
| 202 | D 174 | ||||
| 203 | (A-C) | D 208 | |||
| 204 | (A-B) | D 209 | |||
| 205 | (A-G) | D 121 | |||
| 206 | D 256 | ||||
| 207 | D 244 | ||||
| 208 | (A-D) | D 239 | Young Hunting (Child 68. II, 143); (SMB 208) | ||
| 209 | D 241 | ||||
| 210 | (A-B) | D 245 | Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (Child 73. II, 180); (SMB 122) | ||
| 211 | (A-B) | D 238 | |||
| 212 | (A-C) | D 210 | |||
| 213 | D 240 | ||||
| 214 | (A-B) | D 316 | Eg stóð so nær, lýddi hará (CCF 125) | ||
| 215 | D 242 | ||||
| 216 | D 120 | ||||
| 217 | (A-B) | D 122 | |||
| 218 | (A-M) | D 72 | Young Beichan (Child 53. I, 459) | ||
| 219 | D 429 | ||||
| 220 | (A-E) | D 423 | |||
| 221 | (A-D) | D 10 | |||
| 222 | (A-B) | D 4 | |||
| 223 | (A-B) | D 3 | |||
| 224 | (A-L) | D 145 | The Twa Knights (Child 268. V, 25) | Peder (Iver) boasts he can seduce any lady, and wagers life (property) and neckbone against Lange that he can succeed with the virtuous Ingelil, only to fail. | |
| 225 | (A-M) | D 125 | |||
| 226 | (A-F) | D 126 | |||
| 227 | (A-B) | D 149 | |||
| 228 | (A-B) | D 15 | |||
| 229 | (A-F) | D 146, D 147 | |||
| 230 | (A-E) | D 98, D 150 | The Baffled Knight (D 98, D 150) (Child 112. II, 482) | ||
| 231 | (A-B) | D 97 | The Baffled Knight (Child 112. I, 459, IV 495a) | ||
| 232 | (A-B) | D 151 | |||
| 233 | (A-E) | D 152 | |||
| 234 | (A-H) | D 153 | |||
| 235 | D 154 | ||||
| 236 | D 406 | ||||
| 237 | (A-D) | D 398 | |||
| 238 | (A-E) | D 399 | The Knight and Shepherd's Daughter (Child 110. II, 458- IV, 492) | ||
| 239 | (A-M) | D 397 | |||
| 240 | (A-B) | D 428 | |||
| 241 | (A-D) | D 426 | |||
| 242 | D 164 | ||||
| 243 | (A-B) | D 14, D 405 | |||
| 244 | D 14 | ||||
| 245 | (A-C) | D 415 | (SMB 187) | ||
| 246 | (A-B) | D 1, D 127 | |||
| 247 | (A-B) | D 225 | |||
| 248 | D 194 | ||||
| 249 | (A-I) | D 410 | The Fair Flower of Northumberland (Child 9. I, 112); (SMB 184) | ||
| 250 | (A-O) | D 195 | |||
| 251 | D 197 | ||||
| 252 | (A-H) | D 198, D 224 | (SMB 114) | ||
| 253 | (A-D) | D 199 | |||
| 254 | (A-E) | D 200 | |||
| 255 | D 259 | Thomas o Yonderdale (Child 253. II, 69); Brúnsveins vísa (CCF 119); Elja kvæði (ÍFkv 48); Brur vik for frilla (NMB 112) | |||
| 256 | D 113 | ||||
| 257 | D 196 | ||||
| 258 | (A-H) | — | Fair Annie (Child 62. II, 65 V 220b) | ||
| 259 | (A-I) | D 229 | |||
| 260 | (A-C) | D 114 | |||
| 261 | D 192 | ||||
| 262 | (A-I) | D 230 | Grímur á Aksalvølli (CCF 132) | ||
| 263 | (A-G) | D 416 | Norwegian: Utsyn 100 (NMB 160) | ||
| 264 | D 119 | ||||
| 265 | (A-B) | D 115 | (SMB 92) | ||
| 266 | (A-I) | D 118 | (SMB 93) | ||
| 267 | (A-Å) | D 396 | Child Waters (Child 63. II, 84 IV, 454a); (SMB 178) | ||
| 268 | (A-F) | D 23 | |||
| 269 | (A-B) | D 116 | |||
| 270 | D 287 | Leesome Brand (Child 15. I, 178, 180) | |||
| 271 | (A-A*) | D 288 | Leesome Brand (Child 15. I, 178-180, 182); (SMB 138) | ||
| 272 | (A-B) | D 289 | Leesome Brand (Child 15. I, 179, 180, 182); (SMB 139); | ||
| 273 | (A-B) | D 290 | Leesome Brand (Child 15. I, 179-) | ||
| 274 | (A-D) | D 421 | Gil Brenton (Child 5. I, 64 IV 442b) | ||
| 275 | D 420 | ||||
| 276 | (A-C) | D 417 | |||
| 277 | (A-K) | D 182 | (SMB 106) | ||
| 278 | (A-D) | D 418 | Child I, 65. "Sir Peter as riding away from home about a month after his marriage, and meeting a woman who informs him that there is a birth in his house. He returns, and asks who is the father. Sir Peters satisfies [he himself was rapist] by identifying the gifts, in ABCD" | ||
| 279 | (A-C) | D 419 | (SMB 188) | ||
| 280 | (A-F) | D 422 | |||
| 281 | D 260 | (SMB 130) | |||
| 282 | (A-B) | D 110 | (SMB 91) | ||
| 283 | D 8 | ||||
| 284 | D 12 | ||||
| 285 | (A-F) | D 374 | (SMB 168) | ||
| 286 | (A-N) | D 377 | (SMB 170) | ||
| 287 | D 351 | ||||
| 288 | D 332 | ||||
| 289 | (A-I) | D 336 | |||
| 290 | (A-D) | D 372 | |||
| 291 | (A-H) | D 330 | |||
| 292 | (A-B) | D 409 | |||
| 293 | (A-E) | D 123 | |||
| 294 | (A-H) | D 434 | |||
| 295 | (A-B) | D 234 | |||
| 296 | (A-B) | D 349 | |||
| 297 | (A-N) | D 352 | |||
| 298 | (A-R) | E 96 | Fause Foodrage (Child 89. II, 297 IV 479b)[ii] | ||
| 299 | (A-C) | D 331 | |||
| 300 | D 102 | ||||
| 301 | D 75 | ||||
| 302 | (A-C) | D 348 | |||
| 303 | (A-C) | D 333 | |||
| 304 | (A-D) | D 324 | Clerk Saunders (Child 69. II 158, IV, 468a); (SMB 156) | ||
| 305 | (A-H) | B 27, D 390 | Lady Diamond (Child 269. V, 31) | ||
| 306 | (A-P) | — | |||
| 307 | (A-F) | D 181 | |||
| 308 | D 131 | ||||
| 309 | D 248 | ||||
| 310 | D 343 | ||||
| 311 | (A-M) | D 255 | |||
| 312 | (A-F) | D 185 | |||
| 313 | (A-D) | D 188 | |||
| 314 | (Herr Tidemand) (A-E) | D 178, D 179 | The Knight and Shepherd's Daughter (Child 110. II, 458 IV, 492) | Ebbe Galt gets drunken, and in the woods asks farmer's wife to conduct him to town, but brutally ravishes her in her home. Farmer gains king's promises to make villain pay with his life. Ebbe turns out to be king's nephew, and ransom is offered, but Ebbe is carried off to die. | |
| 315 | c. 1475? | D 175 | |||
| 316 | ca. 1350 (A-B) | D 341 | |||
| 317 | (A-B) | D 315 | |||
| 318 | (A-B) | D 339 | |||
| 319 | (A-B) | D 340 | |||
| 320 | (A-B) | D 309 | |||
| 321 | D 309 | ||||
| 322 | Rige Herr Holgers Hjemkomst | A 71 | |||
| 323 | D 308 | ||||
| 324 | (A-C) | D 334 | |||
| 325 | (A-C) | D 342 | |||
| 326 | D 318 | ||||
| 327 | D 305 | ||||
| 328 | ca. 1360 | D 314 | |||
| 329 | (A-E) | D 300 | |||
| 330 | D 306 | ||||
| 331 | ca. 1335 (A-B) | D 302 | |||
| 332 | (A-L) | D 357 | |||
| 333 | (A-B) | D 107 | |||
| 334 | D 108 | ||||
| 335 | (A-B) | D 358 | |||
| 336 | (A-B) | D 359 | (SMB 163) | ||
| 337 | (A-C) | B 18 | |||
| 338 | Herr Truelses Døtre (A-K) | B 21 | Babylon, or The Bonnie Banks o Fordie (Child 14. I, 171) | Herr Truels's three daughters heading for mass are waylaid and killed by thee thieves, who lodge with the herr and are discovered to be not only the killers, the sisters' lost brothers. The thieves refuse to flee, and face punishment by beheading. | |
| 339 | B 19 | ||||
| 340 | (A-C) | D 320 | Edward (ballad) (Child 13. I, 167-168); (SMB 153) | ||
| 341 | (A-B) | D 321 | Lord Randal (Child 12. V, 286); (SMB 154) | ||
| 342 | (A-D) | D 271 | |||
| 343 | D 272 | ||||
| 344 | (A-B) | D 273 | |||
| 345 | (A-C) | D 275 | |||
| 346 | D 325 | ||||
| 347 | D 322 | ||||
| 348 | (A-B) | D 246 | |||
| 349 | (A-C) | D 247 | |||
| 350 | D 323 | ||||
| 351 | D 237 | ||||
| 352 | D 223 | ||||
| 353 | (A-C) | D 106 | |||
| 354 | (A-M) | D 251 | |||
| 355 | (A-D) | D 252 | |||
| 356 | (A-B) | D 253 | |||
| 357 | (A-E) | D 250 | |||
| 358 | D 356 | ||||
| 359 | D 221 | ||||
| 360 | (A-C) | D 220 | |||
| 361 | D 367 | ||||
| 362 | (A-C) | D 218 | |||
| 363 | (A-C) | D 191 | |||
| 364 | D 189 | ||||
| 365 | (A-C) | F 23 | |||
| 366 | (A-B) | D 190 | |||
| 367 | (A-C) | D 135 | |||
| 368 | (A-C) | F 24 | |||
| 369 | F 26 | (SMB 236) | |||
| 370 | (A-C) | F 22 | (SMB 233) | ||
| 371 | D 187 | ||||
| 372 | (A-B) | D 156 | |||
| 373 | D 292 | ||||
| 374 | (A-E) | D 269 | |||
| 375 | ca. 1230 (A-F) | D 360 | Sir Patrick Spens (Child 58.[iii]) | ||
| 376 | (A-B) | D 361 | (SMB 164); Brown Robyn's Confession (Child 57. II, 13[iv]) | ||
| 377 | (A-B) | D 307 | |||
| 378 | (A-N) | D 370 | |||
| 379 | (A-B) | D 371 | |||
| 380 | A 51 | (SMB 23), Terna hjaa havfrua | |||
| 381 | (A-G) | D 90 | |||
| 382 | (A-B) | D 89 | |||
| 383 | (A-B) | D 407 | |||
| 384 | (A-B) | D 408 | |||
| 385 | (A-B) | D 373 | |||
| 386 | (A-B) | F 75 | (SMB 260) | ||
| 387 | (A-N) | D 45 | (SMB 71) | ||
| 388 | D 44 | ||||
| 389 | (A-I) | D 55 | |||
| 390 | (A-F) | F 11 | |||
| 391 | (A-B) | D 213 | |||
| 392 | (A-E) | D 163 | |||
| 393 | (A-C) | D 56 | |||
| 394 | (A-B) | D 51 | |||
| 395 | (A-C) | D 54 | |||
| 396 | (A-C) | D 49 | |||
| 397 | (A-D) | D 52 | |||
| 398 | D 48 | ||||
| 399 | D 161 | ||||
| 400 | (A-B) | D 42 | |||
| 401 | D 41 | ||||
| 402 | D 39 | ||||
| 403 | D 18 | ||||
| 404 | D 162 | ||||
| 405 | D 17 | ||||
| 406 | D 267 | ||||
| 407 | (A-G) | D 34 | |||
| 408 | (A-E) | D 36 | Willie's Lyke-Wake (Child 25. IV, 453b) | ||
| 409 | (A-K), or Klosterranet | D 37 | Willie's Lyke-Wake (Child 25. I, 247[v]); (SMB 70) | Herr Karl fakes death to win beloved's heart. She is tricked and keeps vigil, and weepingly whispers she loved him, at which Karl wakes laughing. Despite suspicions of his being mere seducer, he honorably asks parents for her hand in marriage. | |
| 410 | D 67 | ||||
| 411 | D 129 | ||||
| 412 | (A-C) | D 68 | |||
| 413 | (A-F) | A 41, D 63, D 68, D 77 | |||
| 414 | (A-E) | D 66 | |||
| 415 | (A-F) | D 78 | |||
| 416 | (A-G) | D 69 | The Bent Sae Brown (Child 71. II, 170[vi]) | ||
| 417 | (A-B) | D 262 | |||
| 418 | (A-N) | D 70 | |||
| 419 | (A-E) | D 58 | |||
| 420 | D 40 | ||||
| 421 | (A-M) | D 304 | |||
| 422 | (A-G) | D 62 | |||
| 423 | (A-N) | D 33 | |||
| 424 | 1408? | D 369 | |||
| 425 | (A-C) | D 9 | |||
| 426 | (A-C) | D 112 | |||
| 427 | (A-B) | D 394 | |||
| 428 | (A-F) | D 103 | |||
| 429 | (A-B) | D 101 | |||
| 430 | (A-F) | D 31 | |||
| 431 | (A-P) | D 29 | |||
| 432 | (A-l) | D 32 | |||
| 433 | (A-F) | D 30 | |||
| 434 | D 93 | ||||
| 435 | D 92 | ||||
| 436 | (A-B) | D 88 | |||
| 437 | (A-B) | D 91 | |||
| 438 | D 95 | ||||
| 439 | D 96 | ||||
| 440 | (A-N) | D 98 | |||
| 441 | (A-N) | D 132 | |||
| 442 | (A-F) | D 133 | |||
| 443 | (A-C) | D 297 | |||
| 444 | D 298 | ||||
| 445 | (A-Z) | D 291 | (SMB 140) | ||
| 446 | (A-G) | D 279 | Lord Lovel (Child 75. II, 205[vii]); (SMB 132) | ||
| 447 | D 281 | ||||
| 448 | (A-B) | D 282 | |||
| 449 | D 217 | ||||
| 450 | D 157 | ||||
| 451 | (A-B) | D 204, D 276 | |||
| 452 | (A-G) | D 64 | |||
| 453 | (A-B) | D 81 | |||
| 454 | (A-B) | D 82 | |||
| 455 | (A-D) | D 80 | |||
| 456 | (A-C) | D 100 | |||
| 457 | (A-B) | D 160 | |||
| 458 | (A-M) | D 280 | |||
| 459 | D 285 | ||||
| 460 | (A-F) | D 284 | (SMB 136) | ||
| 461 | (A-D) | D 283 | |||
| 462 | (A-F) | D 144 | |||
| 463 | D 263 | ||||
| 464 | (A-F) | D 71 | |||
| 465 | D 227 | ||||
| 466 | D 228 | ||||
| 467 | D 381 | ||||
| 468 | D 392 | (Child 266. V, 8);[viii] (SMB 174); Solfager og Ormekongin (Nor.) | |||
| 469 | D 387 | ||||
| 470 | D 384 | ||||
| 471 | D 385 | ||||
| 472 | D 389 | ||||
| 473 | D 431 | ||||
| 474 | D 432 | ||||
| 475 | D 87 | ||||
| 476 | D 327 | ||||
| 477 | D 74 | ||||
| 478 | E 42 | ||||
| 479 | E 57 | ||||
| 480 | D 201 | ||||
| 481 | D 85 | ||||
| 482 | D 86 | ||||
| 483 | D 83 | ||||
| 484 | D 202 | ||||
| 485 | — | ||||
| 486 | Fæstemand løskøber Fæstemø | D 391 | The Maid Freed from the Gallows (Child 95. II, 347-348); Frísa vísa (CCF 129); (SMB 173) | ||
| 487 | — | ||||
| 488 | A 64 | ||||
| 489 | D 20 | ||||
| 490 | (A-C) | F 1 | |||
| 491 | F 48 | ||||
| 492 | D 138 | ||||
| 493 | (A-B) | D 109, D 186 | |||
| 494 | (A-B) | D 24 | |||
| 495 | (A-B) | D 26 | |||
| 496 | (A-I) | D 22 | |||
| 497 | D 25 | ||||
| 498 | (A-G) | D 99 | |||
| 499 | (A-E) | D 2 | |||
| 500 | (A-D) | D 19 | |||
| 501 | D 13 | ||||
| 502 | D 73 | ||||
| 503 | (A-E) | D 7 | |||
| 504 | D 140, D 141, D 142 | ||||
| 505 | A 34 | ||||
| 506 | (A-B) | A 36 | |||
| 507 | — | ||||
| 508 | — | ||||
| 509 | (A-D) | — | |||
| 510 | — | ||||
| 511 | D 214 | ||||
| 512 | D 216 | ||||
| 513 | (A-G) | D 376 | |||
| 514 | (A-E) | — | |||
| 515 | (A-C) | — | |||
| 516 | — | ||||
| 517 | — | ||||
| 518 | F 61 | ||||
| 519 | D 438 | ||||
| 520 | Peder Oxe | — | |||
| 521 | — | ||||
| 522 | A 56 | ||||
| 523 | A 58 | ||||
| 524 | D 265 | ||||
| 525 | A 31 | ||||
| 526 | A 7 | ||||
| 527 | D 395 | (SMB 177) | |||
| 528 | B 35 | ||||
| 529 | B 36 | The Cruel Mother (Child 20. I, 218-, IV, 451a) | A, without title (begins "Little Kirsten took with her the bower-women five,") is translated in Child I, 219. | ||
| 530 | B 37 | ||||
| 531 | B 1 | ||||
| 532 | (b) | — | |||
| 533 | B 3 | The Carnal and the Crane (Child 55[ix]) | |||
| 534 | B 5 | ||||
| 535 | A 13 | ||||
| 536 | B 34 | ||||
| 537 | B 26 | ||||
| 538 | — | ||||
| 539 | B 30 |
See also[]
Footnotes[]
Explanatory notes[]
- Table notes on additional variants in later DgF volumes
- ^ 1C, vol. IV
- ^ 2D, vol. IV
- ^ 7I, vol. IV
- ^ 11F, vol. IV
- ^ 13GH, vol. II; 13I, vol. III ; KL, vol. IV
- ^ 37HI, vol. III; KLNNOPQRST, vol. IV
- ^ 38EF, vol. II; DGH, vol. III; IK, vol. IV
- ^ 44E, vol. IV
- ^ 45BCDEF, vol. IV
- ^ 46C, vol. IV
- ^ 47HI, vol. II; KLMNOPQRSTUVXYZÆ, vol. IV
- ^ 48C, vol. III
- ^ 54D, vol. III; E, vol. IV
- ^ 5BC, vol. IV
- ^ 65C, vol. III
- ^ 70FG, vol. III
- ^ 82UVXY, vol. II; ZÆØA*B*, vol. III
- ^ 83H, vol. II; 83I, vol. III
- ^ 89P, vol. II; QRSTU, vol. III
- ^ 90C, vol. III
- ^ 95HIK, vol. III
- ^ 96BC, vol. III
- ^ 97D, vol. III
- ^ 100D, vol. III
- ^ 101H, vol. III
- ^ 103D, vol. III
- ^ 104DEF, vol. III
- ^ 109D, vol. III
- ^ 111C, vol. III
- ^ 126HI, vol. III
- ^ 146NO, vol. III
- ^ 175EF, vol. III
- Additional notes
- ^ DgF X p. 55 (DgF 50 E)
- ^ In Child II, 297, the Danish referred to as Ung Villum or "Young William", with A-variant's protagonist named as Svend of Voldesløv
- ^ It is not Child himself but Gruntivg, VI, p.374 who pairs it with Child 58. Elsewhere, both Child 57 & 58 are coupled to DgF 376 according to David Buchan (1985), "Traditional Patterns and the Religious Ballads, cited by Sigurd Kværndrup (2006), Den østnordiske ballade
- ^ Danish ballad title given as "Jon Rimaardssøns Skriftemaal"
- ^ Child's index gives Danish ballad title as Klosterranet
- ^ Child's index gives Danish ballad title as Jomfruens Brødre. B is Jomfruen i Skoven, Tragica, No. 15.
- ^ Child gives Danish analogue by the title Den elskedes Død = Kristensen II, No. 20 = DgF 446B. A-B has Herr Peder, L-M has Hr. Magnus
- ^ Child gives DgF No 472, but identifies it as Kristenson X, 82 which is this ballad.
- ^ Not identified by Child, but equivalence given in Sigurd Kværndrup (2006), Den østnordiske ballade, p.330n, citing David Buchan (1985), "Traditional Patterns and the Religious Ballads.
Citations[]
- ^ Sven Grundtvig, Danmarks gamle folkeviser, 12 vols in 13 (Copenhagen: Samfundet til den danske literaturs fremme [vols 6-12 issued by Universitetsjubilæets danske Samfund], 1853-1976).
- ^ Syndergaard 1995, Appendix B: Scandinavian Ballads with Cognates in English, p. 241-242
References[]
- texts
- Grundtvig, Svend, 1824-1883 (vol. 1-4, 5 Part 1), ed. (1853–1976), Danmarks gamle folkeviser, vol. 12 vols., Olrik, Axel, 1864-1917 (vol. 5, pt. 2-vol.8); Grüner-Nielsen, Hakon Harald, 1881- (vols. 9-10); et al., Kjøbenhavn: Samfundet til den danske literaturs fremme
- Vol.1: Grundtvig, ed. (1853), "Nr. 1~32", DgF, vol. 1 (internet archive)
- Vol.2: Grundtvig, ed. (1856), "Nr. 33~114", DgF, vol. 2 internet archive or here)
- Vol.3: Grundtvig, ed. (1862), "Nr. 115~182", DgF, vol. 3 (internet archive)
- Vol.4: Grundtvig, ed. (1883), "Nr. 183~254", DgF, vol. 4 (internet archive or here)
- Vol.5: Grundtvig, ed. (1890), "Nr. 255~315", DgF, vol. 5 (2 vols.)
- Vol.6: Grundtvig; Olrik, eds. (1895–1898), "Nr. 316~386", DgF, vol. 6 (internet archive)
- Vol.7: Grundtvig; Olrik, eds. (1904), "Nr. 387~466", DgF, vol. 7 (internet archive)
- Vol.8: Grundtvig; Olrik, eds. (1919), "Nr. 467~490", DgF, vol. 8 (Part 1: 467-474, 1905)
- Vol.9: Grundtvig; Olrik; Grüner-Nielsen, eds. (1923), "491~521", DgF (snippet), vol. 9
- Vol.10: Grundtvig; Olrik; Grüner-Nielsen, eds. (1933), "Supplement", DgF (snippet), vol. 10
- Vol.10: Grundtvig; Olrik; Grüner-Nielsen, eds. (1938), "Nr.522~539", DgF (snippet), vol. 10
- Vol.11: Grundtvig; Olrik; Grüner-Nielsen, eds. (1976), "Commentary", DgF (snippet), vol. 11, ISBN 9788750016144
- Vol.12: Grundtvig; Olrik; Grüner-Nielsen, eds. (1976), "Commentary", DgF (snippet), vol. 12, ISBN 9788750016151
- translations
- Prior, R. C. Alexander (1860). Ancient Danish Ballads.
- studies
- Syndergaard, Larry E. (1995). English Translations of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballads: An Analytical Guide and Bibliography. Nordic Institute of Folklore. ISBN 9529724160.
- The Types of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballad (1978) (ISBN 82-00-09479-0)
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- Ballad collections
- Danish folk music