Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1910
Abstract
A child ballad of various origins. Aldingar attempts to seduce the Queen, who spurns him and sets off Aldingar to falsely accuse the Queen of sleeping with a leper. The king believes Aldingar, and the Queen asks that a knight fight for her honor. Unable to find a knight, she relies on a four-year-old boy, who defeats Aldingar. On his deathbed he admits his accusation was false. The history of this ballad can be found in Paul Christopherson’s The Ballad of Sir Aldingar, its Origins and Analogues, Oxford UP, 1952
Recommended Citation
Kinsley, James, "Phantastes Chapter 4: Ballad of Sir Aldingar" (1910). German Romantic and Other Influences. 4.
https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/phantastes_influences/4
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