"Queen Crane" is also a very popular Northern fairy-tale. (From
the collection of Hylten-Cavallius and Stephens, communicated
by Dr. v. Sydow-Lund). It is another of those tales with a
presumably witless hero, but with a motive generally unknown: a
bird bestows weapons and armor on the poor boy; while
ordinarily this is done by a troll, a horse, or the spirit of
one departed.