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Updated: June 12, 2025
But at any rate, the reader may object, it is something that the Nootka plural affix is set apart from the concreter group of affixes; and may not the Nootka diminutive have a slenderer, a more elusive content than our -let or -ling or the German -chen or -lein? This is shown by the fact that it may be used with verbs as well as with nouns.
The prince would have liked to marry Yellow Lily, but the king said that he must choose a princess whose rank was equal to his own. In despair the prince told Glic to select him a wife soon or he would go roaming again and never return. "I have found a suitable lady," said Glic. "Her father is the King of Loch Lein, the kingdom that is next to ours.
Please do not run away." "What will you give me for it?" asked the prince, moving slowly backward from the pool. "Anything that you wish, for I am guarded by a fairy godmother who makes all things possible," replied Yellow Lily. "I have come to give myself up to your father, the Giant of Loch Lein, according to my promise," said the prince. "I would ask you to have him set me free.
The table in the banquet hall was loaded with fruits and costly meats of all kinds to be served upon plates of solid gold. Every one appeared to be happy, especially old Glic, who was to receive a large sum of money for finding the prince a wife. At the close of the feast, the King of Erin sang a ballad and the King of Loch Lein told a story.
The King and Princess of Loch Lein were taken into the reception hall where the Queen and Prince of Erin welcomed them. The prince was much disappointed when he beheld the princess, and was very angry with Glic, for she was haughty and not at all pretty. She seemed to be more pleased with the costly furniture and tapestries than with the prince. The day of the feast came at last.
He soon reached the crow's nest, found the egg, placed it in his pocket, and climbed down again, plucking the bones from the tree as he went. Then he piled them upon the flesh and garments of the girl and, with tears in his eyes, shouted: "Come back, Yellow Lily of Loch Lein." And immediately Yellow Lily stood before him, but no longer smiling. "Wretch!" she cried.
The floor was made of white cobblestones, and a brass caldron boiled over the flames in the great fireplace. Yellow Lily hid the prince behind a curtain in one corner of the room. Presently the Giant of Loch Lein appeared and sank down into a chair before the fireplace. He began to sniff the air and finally roared: "The son of the King of Erin is here! Fetch him hither, Yellow Lily."
Steal her clothing and do not give it up until she promises to help you, for she is the only person in the world that can outwit the Giant of Loch Lein." The prince thanked the witch for her advice, and followed the ball of thread to the Castle of Spikes, which was a dark, gloomy building hidden from view by great trees. When he reached the lake behind the castle, the ball of thread vanished.
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