The Seven Foals

If he succeeded, he would marry the princess and receive half the kingdom; if he failed, he would have three strips taken out of his back.

The next morning, he had to chase after the seven foals and grew so tired that when an old woman, spinning, called him to stay with her and let her comb his hair, he did.

In the evening, he was going to return home, but the old woman told him the seven foals would come back this way, and gave him moss and water to give to the king as what they ate and drank.

He took the same job as his brothers, but ran past the old woman, at which the youngest foal told him to ride it, because they had far to go.

They then made him promise to cut off their heads on his wedding day, because they were the princess's brothers, a troll had enchanted them into this form, and that would free them.