Nope, a typo, I'm afraid. You have to go Greek if you want that type of fairy tale, I think.
Although Lang has an awesome one in which the princess disguises herself as a prince, rescues a princess, and falls in love with her, so she goes off and finds a wishing well, wishes herself a man, and marries the princess.
Found it. It's called "The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy" from the Violet Fairy book. I read these when I was a kid, and I was so intrigued by this one that I've remembered it ever since. I definitely need to read it again.
"One particularly crass story has a village woman moon the protagonist, only to have him respond with a hot poker in an uncomfortable area." - Didn't Chaucer write something like this in Canterbury tales?
I'm glad I could find a digital edition - it's pricey, but I'm a huge fan of everything that speaks clearly to Jungian archetypes.
Can't say I remember it, but it sounds like something that the Wife of Bath say. Also, typo on my part--it was a hot iron, not a hot poker.
If you're into archetypes, you should also contrast it with some of the Egyptian fairy tales--scarily similar in many respects.
Please tell me that is what you meant to write, because it would be a pretty amazing fairy tale!
Although Lang has an awesome one in which the princess disguises herself as a prince, rescues a princess, and falls in love with her, so she goes off and finds a wishing well, wishes herself a man, and marries the princess.
I'm glad I could find a digital edition - it's pricey, but I'm a huge fan of everything that speaks clearly to Jungian archetypes.
If you're into archetypes, you should also contrast it with some of the Egyptian fairy tales--scarily similar in many respects.