Parkes heard his version on Cape Coast, Africa.
Jekyll, 108–113, Leah and Tiger, tells the story. In my number 17a, it
is the mother who is hidden away. In Bahama versions, Parsons, 35–39,
the plot turns upon the rescue of the lost girl through song rather
than, as in Jamaica, upon the voice-changing trick by which she is
stolen.
Compare Jacottet, 62–69, Tremearne, 401; FL 21: 492–493; Hollis, Masai,
153–155; Callaway, 142–144; Theal, 118–120; Renel 1: 247–249; Frazer,
FLJ 7: 167–168; Harris, Nights, 251–252; 257–260; Parsons, Sea Islands,
50–52; Rattray 2: 14.
See Grimm 5, Wolf and Kids; Bolte u. Polívka 1: 37–42, and Grimm 12,
Rapunzel; Bolte u. Polívka 1: 97–99.