The Feather of Finist the Falcon or Finist the Falcon is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. It is Aarne–Thompson type 432, the prince as bird. Other tale
Illustration by Ivan Bilibin
"East of the Sun and West of the Moon" is a Norwegian fairy-tale. It was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, who compiled it from variants they recorded in the regions of Ringerike
The Feather of Finist the Falcon
…Black Bull of Norroway East of the Sun and West of the Moon The Canary Prince…
By candlelight, the heroine discovers the identity of her sleeping husband.
The white bear carries his intended on his back. Illustration from The Blue Fairy Book by Henry Justice Ford.
The North Wind carries the maiden across the stormy sea. Illustration from The Blue Fairy Book by Henry Justice Ford.
Illustration by Kay Nielsen 1