Mossycoat
| Mossycoat | |
|---|---|
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Mossycoat |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | 510B |
| Mythology | Romani |
| Country | England |
| Related | Donkeyskin Catskin Allerleirauh The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter The She-Bear Tattercoats Cap O' Rushes The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress The Bear The Princess in the Suit of Leather |
"Mossycoat" is a fairy tale published by Katherine M. Briggs and Ruth Tongue in Folktales of England.: 48 It appears in A Book of British Fairy Tales by Alan Garner. and Small-Tooth Dog by Kevin Crossley-Holland. The story known by folklorists was collected by researcher T. W. Thompson from teller Taimi Boswell, a Romani, at Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, January 9, 1915.: 234
It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include "Donkeyskin", "Catskin", "Allerleirauh", "The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter", "The She-Bear", "Tattercoats", "Cap O' Rushes", "The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress", "The Bear" and "The Princess in the Suit of Leather".