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4 | [[caption-width-right:337: In prison]] |
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6 | "Young Beichan" is Literature/{{Child Ballad|s}} #53, collected in several variants, in which the hero's name, the heroine's, and the location where they meet vary a lot. |
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8 | The plot, however, does not. The hero is thrown into a dungeon in a far country. His captor's daughter frees him, and he pledges to marry her. On returning home, however, he is forced to marry. She arrives in time to stop the wedding. |
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10 | This is the plot of many {{Fairy Tale}}s such as ''Literature/SnowWhiteFireRed,'' and parts of it feature in many more, such as ''Literature/TheLoveOfThreeOranges'' and ''Literature/TheWhiteDove.'' |
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12 | Full text, with all of Francis Child's variants, [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch053.htm here.]] |
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15 | !! Tropes included (in at least one variant): |
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17 | * BlueBlood: Some variants note his high birth before recounting his imprisonment. |
18 | * ColdBloodedTorture: The hero suffers this in prison. |
19 | * CoolBoat: The heroine uses a magical boat to reach the hero in time to stop his wedding. |
20 | * CoolHorse: The heroine gives one to the hero when he escapes. |
21 | * DistressedDude: The hero is imprisoned and must be saved by the heroine. |
22 | * FairestOfThemAll: When the heroine arrives, the porter declares her the most beautiful woman he ever saw. The bride's mother is miffed: If he did not except the bride, he might have excepted ''her.'' |
23 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Despite DoingInTheWizard, still recognizable. |
24 | * OldRetainer: The family household sprite Belly Blin warns Isobel that her lover is about to marry another woman. |
25 | %% * ThePromise: To marry. |
26 | * RuleOfSeven: The hero must return before seven years are up to marry the heroine. |
27 | * SwarmOfRats: The hero's hair is gnawed on by rats in prison: |
28 | -->''O whan she saw him, Young Bekie,\ |
29 | Her heart was wondrous sair!\ |
30 | For the mice but an the bold rottons\ |
31 | Had eaten his yallow hair.'' |
32 | * YouHaveWaitedLongEnough: Directed at the man, for once. |
33 | -->''Tak hame, tak hame your daughter dear, |
34 | -->A blessing gae her wi, |
35 | -->For I maun marry my Burd Isbel, |
36 | -->That's come oer the sea to me.'' |
37 | ** In some variants, on arrival, the heroine finds that the wedding festivities have gone on for thirty days without the hero having consummated the union. |
38 | -->''There is a wedding in yonder hall,\ |
39 | Has lasted these thirty days and three;\ |
40 | Young Beichan will not bed with his bride,\ |
41 | For love of one that's yond the sea.'' |
42 | ** In some non-English variants, the hero has been magically forced to forget her. |
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