The maiden without hands

After reading these four versions of the Maiden without Hands, what are some of the lessons or morals that are expressed through this tale type?

Match the image to the fairytale

• The Handless Maiden

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• Legend of the Damsel Carcayçiyona

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• Biancabella

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Which tale has some similarities to the serpent fairy Mélusine?

• Biancabella

• Legend of the Damsel Carcaçiyona

• The Maiden without hands

When Biancabella brushed her hair, what happened

• She died, it was a poisoned comb

• she become more beautiful

• pearls and precious stones fell out

• flowers bloomed

When Biancabella washed her hands, what happened?

• roses and violets sprang up around them

• her skin turned to milky white

• they were clean

• she became holy

Match the deformation of the Maiden with the Tale

• The Devil forces the father to chop off his daughter's hands

• Biancabella

• Taken to the woods where her hands were cut off and her eyes torn out as proof of her death

• Legend of the Damsel Carcaçiyona

• The father chops off his daughter's hands as punishment

• The Maiden without Hands

Which fairy tale is heavily influenced by Islam?

• Biancabella

• Legend of the Damsel Carcaçiyona

• The Maiden without hands

Which fairy tale is interwoven with Christian motifs?

• Biancabella

• Legend of the Damsel Carcaçiyona

• The Maiden without hands

What were some of the similarities between all three tales?

Which tale did you find most interesting, why?