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>J. J. Dias Marques wrote: >> >> >Hi folks: >> > >> >A friend of mine is searching for a possible ballad wherein, as part of >> >helping her lover to escape, a woman carries him across a field covered >> >with snow, so that his footprints will not be seen crossing it. (Never >> >mind the logic, we're talking about a ballad here.) >> > >> >Does this ring any bells with anyone? >> > >> >Peace. >> >Paul >> >> As far as I know, this episode is told about Emma, Charlemagne's daughter, >> and her lover Einhard (or Eginhard), the emperor's secretary (and later >> author of his biography). >> J. J. Dias Marques > > >I do not find the story in my copy of Einhard, who gives the >daughters of Charlemagne as: Rotrude, Bertha, Gisela, Theroderada, >Hiltrude, Rothaide, and the illegitimate Ruothilde and Adaltrude. >Where does daughter Emma and her story come from? > >Bruce Olson I didn't say the story was in Einhard's _Vita Karoli_. Anyway, my knowledge about this theme comes from Teofilo Braga, _Romanceiro Geral Portugues_, Lisbon, III, 1909, pp.386-389. Braga says he took the story from a book whose title he mentions as "_German Traditions_ by Jacob Grimm, french ed., 1838, II, p. 149, 152)." Perhaps he means Grimm's _German Legends_ (_Deutsche Sage_). Nother thing: Braga says (p. 387): "Jacob Grimm took it from _Chronicon Laurishamense_ (ed. Manheur, 1768, I, f. 40, 46)". Hope this helps. J. J. Dias Marques %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%