See also:

• VALENTINE, or VALENTINUS

VALENTINE AND ORSON  , a See also:

• ROMANCE

romance which has been attached to the Carolingian See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle . It is the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of twin See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, abandoned in the See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods in See also:

• INFANCY

infancy . See also:

• VALENTINE, or VALENTINUS

Valentine is brought up as a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• PIPPIN, or PEPIN

Pippin, while Orson grows up in a See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear's den to be a See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of the woods, until he is over-come and tamed by Valentine, whose servant and comrade he becomes . The two eventually See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

rescue their See also:

• MOTHER

mother Bellisant, See also:

• SISTER

sister of Pippin and wife of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, by whom she had been unjustly repudiated, from the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of a See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant . There are versions of the See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale, which appears to See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest on a lost See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ORIGINAL

original, in French, See also:

• ENGLISH

English, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, Icelandic, Dutch and See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian . In the older versions Orson is described as the " nameless " one . The See also:

• KERNEL (O.E. cyrnel, a diminutive of " corn," seed, grain)

kernel of the story lies in Orson's up-bringing and wildness, and is evidently a folk-tale the connexion of which with the Carolingian cycle is purely artificial . The story of the wife unjustly accused with which it is See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound up is sufficiently See also:

• COMMON

common, and was told of the wives both of Pippin and See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne . The French See also:

• PROSE

prose romance was printed at See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons in 1489 and often subsequently . The Historye of the two Valyannte Brethren: Valentyne and Orson ... by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• WATSON, RICHARD (1737-1816)
• WATSON, THOMAS (c. 1557–1592)
• WATSON, WILLIAM (1858- )
• WATSON, WILLIAM (c. 1559-1603)

Watson, printed by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• COPLAND, ROBERT (fi. 1515)

Copland about 155o, is the earliest known of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of English versions . A ballad on the subject was printed in See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• PERCY (FAMILY)
• PERCY, SIR HENRY
• PERCY, THOMAS (1729-1811)
• PERCY, THOMAS (c. 156o-16os)

Percy's Reliques of English See also:

• POETRY

Poetry, and the tale adapted for the nursery was illustrated by See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• CRANE (in Dutch, Kraan; O. Ger. Kraen; cognate, as also the Lat. grus, and consequently the Fr. grue and Span. grulla, with the Gr. dpavos)
• CRANE, STEPHEN (1870-1900)
• CRANE, WALTER (1845– )
• CRANE, WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )

Crane in the Three Bears' Picture See also:

• BOOK

Book (1876) . For a detailed bibliography of the English, French, German, Dutch and Italian forms of the tale, see W .

Seelman, " Valentin and Namelos " (See also:

• NORDEN
• NORDEN, JOHN (1548-1625?)

Norden and See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1884), in vol. iv. of Niederdeutsche Denkmdler, edited by the Verein See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur niederdeutsche Sprachforschung .