“The Crane and the Heron." The falcon under the hat: Russian merry tales and fairy tales, Selected and translated by Guy Daniels, New York: Funk & Wagnalls; 1969, pp. 21-23.
Tale Summary
A Crane and a Heron lived in a swamp, each having nests on opposite ends. One day, tired of living alone, the Crane decided to propose to Miss Heron. She turned him down, saying his legs were spindly and his flying poor. He went home dejected, but she thought it over and realized she would be better off with him than being alone, and so she asked him to take her as his wife. He refused because she had been mean, but almost immediately regretted it, because he didn’t want to be alone. He went back to her to ask if she would be his wife, but she refused him again. And again she reconsidered and went back to ask him to take her back, but again he let her down. To this day, they still go back and forth proposing to each other, but they’ll never get married.
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Fairy Tale Title
The Crane and the Heron
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Selected and translated by Guy Daniels
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)Ìý
Feodor Rojankovsky
Common Tale TypeÌý
Crane and the Heron
Tale Classification
ATU 244A
Page Range of TaleÌý
pp. 21-23
Full Citation of TaleÌý
“The Crane and the Heron." The falcon under the hat: Russian merry tales and fairy tales, Selected and translated by Guy Daniels, New York: Funk & Wagnalls; 1969, pp. 21-23.
Original Source of the Tale
Russian folklore
Tale Notes
This tale opens with a description of a silly she-owl landing on a tree and wiggling her tail. The narrator promises that this description is only a flourish, and the real tale would begin shortly.
Research and Curation
Kaeli Waggener, 2023
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Book TitleÌý
The falcon under the hat: Russian merry tales and fairy tales
Book Author/Editor(s)
Selected and translated by Guy Daniels
Illustrator(s)
Feodor Rojankovsky
Publisher
Funk & Wagnalls
Date Published
1969
Decade PublishedÌý
1960-1969
Publisher City
New York
Publisher Country
United States
Language
English
Rights
Copyright not evaluated
Digital Copy
Book Notes
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