All of the Selkie/trapped-animal stories appear to fit your criteria too. You know, "I'll be your wife if you don't ever ask me about _____" and eventually the dope husband has to ask, and discovers his wife is a mermaid or a seal or I read a Japanese one recently where she turns out to be a clam (!) and she has to go away after that. (I am not sure why, although I am also not sure I would want to stay married to a clam.)
The same thing happens with reversed sexes in Whitebear Whittingdon (East of the Sun, West of the Moon), which is a folk tale that mirrors Eros and Psyche. Except if Eros were a bear, and his wife got a good look at him in the dark and screamed her fool head off, and then to win him back had to do several quests that all came in threes.
Thank you. This is all very helpful.
Did anyone know about the
His Dark Materials
prequel that's been released? I'm interested because it stars my favoritest character from the series. Two of them actually!
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Oh, cool! I'd like to read that.
I go to the rare book room to ogle the 1st edition hardback of Dark Carnival (the original title of SWTWC). Someday it will be mine. Someday.
There's a copy on alibris for about $800...ijs. Not signed, though. There are copies there also that look to be in much better shape than the Powell's copy, and there is at least one copy there that is not only first edition, but first printing.
Signed, It took me a while, but I found my first edition, first printing (with the mistake) of Bemelmans' Madeline, and will someday have Stuart Little, too.
I'd love to find/be able to afford the first editions of the entire set of Little House books.
Oh, and Misty of Chincoteague, too.
Incidentally, the Harry Potter Lexicon trial started today:
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Misty of Chincoteague
oh! I haven't thought about Marguerite Henry in years. She so fed my pre-teen horse love.
