Recordings & Info 304. Young Ronald
[There are no recordings in the Child Collection Index.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 3914: Young Ronald (2 Listings)
Alternate Titles
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Traditional Ballad Index: Young Ronald [Child 304]
DESCRIPTION: Young Ronald loves the king's daughter. She says she can only obey her father's will. The king offers his daughter and great wealth to anyone who can slay a six-headed giant. Ronald slays the giant "wi ae sweep o his hand" and wins the princess
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST_DATE: 1828 (Buchan)
KEYWORDS: royalty monster love courting death marriage
FOUND_IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES: (1 citation)
Child 304, "Young Ronald" (1 text)
Roud #3914
NOTES: Child's comments on this ballad amount to little more than an extended snort of disgust. He certainly has his point, but there may be folk elements in the tale; at least, it reminds me (rather loosely) of the Welsh tale of Culhwch and Olwen. - RBW