When the Evening Came, the Sorceress and the Boy slipped out of the Mountain
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The story behind the motif
Poster with the painting When the Night Came, the Witch and the Boy Sneak Out of the Mountain by the iconic artist John Bauer from 1914.
In the picture we see a sorceress and her son walking through the deep forest with a cauldron between them on a pole. The painting is an illustration for the fairy tale "When the witch took care of the king's storbyk" by Elsa Beskow and was published in Between Tomtar and Troll in 1914.
An excerpt from the fairy tale : "The people penetrate into the wilderness and the trolls have to move. But the sorceress and her boy stay; they have developed a taste for fried pork and coffee. They tie up their tails and get down to washing for people, among other things the king. But the sorceress takes delight in the little children's clothes and hides some of the garments. One of the king's maids is blamed and driven away. She ends up with the sorceress, who begins to think of marriage. She is saved, however, by the king's young hunter, who finds her in the forest. The thieves are revealed and the trolls disappear."
Artist: John Bauer | Created: 1914.
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