https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks The Swan Maiden en-us 2022-03-01 20:06:14 UTC 2022-03-22 14:48:53 UTC hello@padlet.com apasto1 https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100244572 CONTEXT/BACKGROUND:
The Swan Maiden is about a supernatural being who can shape shift from a human to a swan. The swan maidens can change their form by taking off their robes made out of feathers and transform into beautiful woman. The story stars with seven swan maidans and a hunter, who captivated by the youngest beauty, steals her robe. This prevents her from transforming into a swan. He uses this to force her to marry him, since she is unable to escape. She is forced to remain in her human and live with him. The ending varies but usually the swan maiden somehow gains possession once more of her robe and transforms back into a swan. Joseph Jacobs created a retelling of this story using various European folk tales. In the Joseph Jacobs version of the tale, the swan maiden leaves her husband, but tells him to find her. He then goes through a long journey to find and win back his wife. In other versions such as the Swedish version, or the Japanese tale, The Feathery Robe, the swan maiden leaves and never comes back once she has her robe once again. ]]> 2022-03-17 14:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100244572 apasto1 https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100247659 The Swan Maiden is forced into the marriage to the hunter against her will.]]> 2022-03-17 15:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100247659 apasto1 https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100248333 There are multiple variant endings of the swan maiden tale but there are two I want to focus on and analyze. The first ending is where the swan maiden leaves the hunter as soon as she finds her robe. The second ending is where the swan maiden remains with the hunter after receiving her robe, but only after he goes through a journey and test to prove himself. ]]> 2022-03-17 15:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100248333 apasto1 https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100250294 Big picture ]]> 2022-03-17 15:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100250294 apasto1 https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100253086 Symbolism of the swan maiden's transformation
Why are the women only autonomous in their supernatural swan form?
Using Women Who Fly as my main source and using the variations discussed in the book to further compare the variations. 
The hunter stealing her robe from her is a symbol of him taking away her power. When she is in her human form she is incapable of escaping her captor. The robe is representative of the swan maidens power and freedom. ]]> 2022-03-17 15:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100253086 apasto1 https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100419765 Swan Lake 
The Swan Princess 
Alternate version of the story where the swan maiden is actually trapped when she is in swan form rather than the other way around in the original source. Why was this changed made? How does it change the symbolism? Why is this change the most popular swan maiden tale that is most well known today.]]> 2022-03-17 16:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100419765 apasto1 https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100444824
PROBLEM/QUESTION: 
Why does the swan maiden stay with her captor in some variations? What does the transformation in this story symbolize and how does the change in story structure impact this?

RESPONSE/CLAIM: ]]> 2022-03-17 16:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/apasto1/Bookmarks/wish/2100444824