Jenny Greenteeth

Craig Clark CLARK at SHEPFS2.UND.AC.ZA
Mon Mar 24 09:00:07 CST 1997


Keith W asks:

> Can anyone give me the titles of some texts that contain any stories
> concerning Jenny Greenteeth.  She's mentioned by TRP in GR (p147 Viking ed.),
> and Weisenburger lists one possible source for the allusion (Brigg's Fairies
> in Eng. Trad...).  I am wondering, however, if anyone has found any other
> possible sources.

TRP wouldn't have used eiter as a source, but Brian Froud and Alan Lee's 
_Faeries_ has a reference to Jenny, and she makes an appearance in 
Ridley Scott's _Legend_.

Craig Clark

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