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May 13 - The Six SwansAn evil stepmother turns the six princes from the king’s first marriage into swans, and they can only be free from the spell if their sister makes them each a shirt out of starwort and neither speak or laugh for six years. When she is to be burned at a stake (for crimes she didn’t commit), she finishes the shirts and throws them into the air at the swans. In one version, she didn’t finish the arm of the last shirt, so the youngest prince lived out his days with a swan’s wing.
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ooh! i love the colours here, esp. the light on his skin.
I read a different version of this fairy tale, without the burning at the stake or the unfinished shirt. this is far more interesting : P
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oh thank you! I think most versions just has her finishing the shirt before she gets to the stake.
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Have you read Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier? it's another version of this story.
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No, I haven't, but I'll look into it. Thank you for sharing!
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