Other tales of this type include The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa, Corvetto, King Fortunatus's Golden Wig.
[2] Another, literary variant is Madame d'Aulnoy's La Belle aux cheveux d'or, or The Story of Pretty Goldilocks.
[3] A couple had no children while they were rich, but when they became poor, they had a son, and the father could find no one for a godfather except a beggar.
A girl there fell in love with Ferdinand the Faithful and told him he should stay and take service with the king; then she got him a place, as a postilion.
The princess declared that she could not live without her magical writings, from the castle, so the king sent Ferdinand the Faithful for them, but with the horse's help, he got them by the same way.
Then the king said she could do it to him as well, and she cut off his head, pretended she could not put it back on, and married Ferdinand the Faithful.