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Prince Gvidon and his mother begin to settle in the island thanks to the help of a magical swan called Princess Swan, and in the end of the tale she transforms into a princess and marries Prince Gvidon. [91] A variant of the swan maiden narrative is present in the work of Johann Karl August Musäus, [92] [93] a predecessor to the Brothers Grimm ...
Back to Buyan, he sighs over not having a bride. The swan inquires the reason, and Gvidon explains about the beautiful princess his grandmother described. The swan promises to find him the maiden and bids him await until the next day. The next day, the swan reveals she is the same princess his grandmother described and turns into a human ...
After a while they find themselves on a beach of a barren island. There the adult son rescues the life of a swan. This swan is a swan maiden, an enchanted princess. She creates a beautiful city for the mother and son, whose inhabitants make him Prince Gwidon. The swan also helps Gwidon disguised as an insect to see his father.
The Swan-Bird appears, and Gvidon tells her of the Princess that he heard about at Tmutarakan. The Swan-Bird transforms herself into that very Princess. His mother and a chorus of maidens enter, and bless the prospect of their wedding. Orchestral interlude — Three Wonders. Scene 2. Gvidon, with his mother hidden, awaits the arrival of Saltan.
The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 400, "The Man on a Quest for the Lost Wife": the hero finds a maiden of supernatural origin (e.g., the swan maiden) or rescues a princess from an enchantment; either way, he marries her, but she disappears to another place.
Articles relating to swan maidens, mythical creature who shapeshifts from human form to swan form. The key to the transformation is usually a swan skin, or a garment with swan feathers attached. There are parallels around the world, and there are also many parallels involving creatures other than swans.
The now human swan—described as having a sun on the front, stars in her ears and a moon on top of her head—begins to cry. The old human couple tries to cheer her up, with little success. Some time later, a prince passes by the old couple's house, falls in love with the now human swan maiden and marries her.
A valkyrie and a swan maiden. She is the daughter of Kiarr. [132] Egil 1 marries her, but after seven winters she is no longer bound to her and leaves. After this, Egil 1 seeks for her. [133] Völundarkviða: Alsvid Old Norse: Alsviðr: The name means "very fast" in ON. [134]