The Brown Bear of Norway
| The Brown Bear of Norway | |
|---|---|
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Brown Bear of Norway |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 425A (The Animal as Bridegroom) |
| Country | Ireland |
| Origin Date | 1866 |
| Published in | Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts |
The Brown Bear of Norway is an Irish fairy tale collected by Patrick Kennedy which appeared in his Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts (1866). It was later included by Andrew Lang in his anthology The Lilac Fairy Book (1910), though Lang misattributed his source as West Highland Tales (cf. The Brown Bear of the Green Glen).
Others tales of this type include The Black Bull of Norroway, The Daughter of the Skies, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Enchanted Pig, The Tale of the Hoodie, Master Semolina, The Sprig of Rosemary, and White-Bear-King-Valemon.