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PRONUNCIATION OF SWAN MAIDEN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWAN MAIDEN

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preposition
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determiner
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Swan maiden is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SWAN MAIDEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Swan maiden

The Swan Maiden is a mythical creature who shapeshifts from human form to swan form. Despite the name, males are found in a small number of legends. The key to the transformation is usually a swan skin, or a garment with swan feathers attached. It is AaTh number 402.

Definition of swan maiden in the English dictionary

The definition of swan maiden in the dictionary is any of a group of maidens in folklore who by magic are transformed into swans.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWAN MAIDEN

swan
swan dive
Swan Lake
swan neck
swan song
swan-necked
swan-upping
swan´s-down
Swandri
Swanee
swanherd
swank
swanker
swankier
swankiest
swankily
swankiness
swankpot
swanky
swanlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWAN MAIDEN

bridemaiden
clothes maiden
gleemaiden
handmaiden
hoiden
ice maiden
iron maiden
Leiden
maiden
rewiden
wicket maiden
widen

Synonyms and antonyms of swan maiden in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «swan maiden» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWAN MAIDEN

Find out the translation of swan maiden to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of swan maiden from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swan maiden» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

天鹅少女
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cisne de soltera
570 millions of speakers

English

swan maiden
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हंस युवती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بجعة قبل الزواج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лебедь девичья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cisne de solteira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হান কুমারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cygne jeune fille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saudara perempuan angsa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwanjung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

白鳥の乙女
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

백조 처녀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Swan wiwitan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiên nga đầu tiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்வான் கன்னி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हंस प्रथम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kuğun bakire
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

swan maiden
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łabędź panieńskie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лебідь дівоча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Swan fată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κύκνο maiden
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Swan eerste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svan maiden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svane maiden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swan maiden

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWAN MAIDEN»

The term «swan maiden» is used very little and occupies the 157.925 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWAN MAIDEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about swan maiden

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWAN MAIDEN»

Discover the use of swan maiden in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swan maiden and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Swan Maiden
Raised as a chatelaine-in-training unlike her sisters who are learning the arts of sorcery, Doucette discovers when she is sixteen years old that she too has magic in her blood, and she must brave her mother's wrath--and the loss of the man ...
Heather Tomlinson, 2008
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The Swan Maiden
In the sequel to The Stone Maiden, Scottish patriot Juliana Lindsey finds herself torn between duty and desire when she finds herself falling in love with Gawain Avenel, a knight who has sworn devotion to the English crown. Original.
Susan King, 2001
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In Search of the Swan Maiden: A Narrative on Folklore and Gender
In such seminal works as Madness and Civilization, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality, the late philosopher Michel Foucault explored what our politics, our sexuality, our societal conventions, and our changing notions of ...
Barbara Fass Leavy, 1995
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The Swan Maiden
Brimming with life and its lusts, here is a soaring tale of enchantment and eternal passions—and of a woman who became legend. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Jules Watson, 2009
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The Swan Maiden
The king's youngest son releases the Swan Maiden from servitude under the witch with three eyes.
Howard Pyle, Ellin Greene, 1994
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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: Q-Z
The man who discovered the swan maiden was identified with the historical ancestors of several noble families. Therefore, as the mother of this particular ancestor's children, she was herself the ancestress of the family. Here the plot usually ...
Donald Haase, 2008
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Storytelling: Art and Technique, Third Edition
For example, in "The Swan Maiden," the king's son mounts the wild swan and then: On flew the swan, and on and on, until, by and by, she said: "What do you see, king's son?" "I see the grey sky above me and the dark earth below me, but ...
Ellin Greene, 1996
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Iwain: A Study in the Origins of Arthurian Romance
1 In both cases she speaks her mind with dignity and is not really surprised, while a swan-maiden is always taken unawares. Dr. Schofield's view that these heroines are true fees to whom the authors, confused by the resemblances of their ...
Arthur Charles Lewis Brown, 1965
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Goddesses in World Culture
Patricia Monaghan. back in prehistory to be traced with any confidence, these diverse female divinities may be variants of a primeval mother goddess. The Origin of the Swan Maiden A. T. Hatto has argued that the story came from Central Asia ...
Patricia Monaghan, 2011
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Swan Star
Arrah, the swan maiden, is a prisoner of the warrior who stole her magical cloak and her heart, and Traeth of Rune must prove himself by undertaking a perilous journey
Betina Lindsey, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWAN MAIDEN»

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City Ballet to Present 'La Sylphide,' a Romantic Ballet Standard
Siegfried in “Swan Lake” is hunting swans when he loses his heart to Odette the swan maiden, beneath the trees and beside the water. And he finds, to his ... «New York Times, May 15»
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Giving 'goosebumps': Principal artists explain the staying power of …
The character is named Odette, the woman-turned-swan who leads a flock of imprisoned swan maidens who are under the spell of the evil Von Rothbart. «Deseret News, Feb 15»
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'Ballet of all ballets' comes to the Living Arts Centre
The State Ballet Theatre of Russia's production of Swan Lake comes to the Living ... Siegfried as he works to free the beautiful swan maiden from an evil spell. «Mississauga, Jan 15»
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State Ballet Theatre of Russia to perform 'Swan Lake' in Uniontown
“Swan Lake” is based on Russian folklore and a German legend that follows a heroic young prince as he works to free the beautiful swan maiden from an evil ... «Tribune-Review, Jan 15»
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STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at State Ballet Theatre of Russia's SWAN
... to free the beautiful swan maiden from an evil spell. The State Ballet Theatre of Russia is proud to present 50 of Russia's brightest ballet stars as they bring this ... «Broadway World, Jan 15»
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State Ballet of Russia's Swan Lake: The Artist Series
State Ballet of Russia's Swan Lake: The Artist Series ... legend, follows a heroic young prince as he works to free the beautiful swan maiden from an evil spell. «MetroJacksonville.com, Aug 14»
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Svetlana Lunkina brings love back to National Ballet's Swan Lake
By the end of a show-stopping pas de deux — the one with all those celebrated whipped-kick turns — Siegfried is convinced it's his beloved swan maiden and ... «Toronto Star, Mar 14»
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Rich talent pool shown in Ballet Theater's 'Swan Lake'
Always notable in Ballet Theatre productions, the costume design for "Swan Lake" has ... The production reveals Odette, who becomes a swan maiden at night. «Baltimore Sun, Feb 14»
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The power of love
Key to that story, providing its most poignant moments and demanding the highest standards of technique, are the pas de deux for the Swan maiden and her ... «New Zealand Herald, Aug 13»
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Royal Ballet/Swan Lake, Covent Garden, WC2 - review
She's a glacial swan maiden, stretching out her crystal-clear lines to fill every corner of the music, with a stillness at the centre as if her heart is locked in a block ... «Evening Standard, Oct 12»

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