The King's Dochter Lady Jean

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"The King's Dochter Lady Jean" is Child ballad 52.[1]

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[edit] Synopsis

The heroine goes to the woods. A man meets her, tries to woo her, and rapes her. He asks her name, and they learn that they are brother and sister. In some variants, he kills her; in most, she goes home, and is tasked by her family for why she ails, and she and her brother both die when they meet there.

[edit] Variants

Other ballads on this theme include "Sheath and Knife", "The Bonny Hind", and "Lizie Wan".[2]

The opening section parallels that of "Hind Etin" and "Tam Lin".[3]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "The King's Dochter Lady Jean"
  2. ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 185, Dover Publications, New York 1965
  3. ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 450, Dover Publications, New York 1965


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