this article: Child's Ballads/44 "The Twa Magicians", "The Two Magicians", "The Lady and the Blacksmith", or "The Coal Black Smith" (Roud 1350, Child...

"The Twa Sisters" ("The Two Sisters") is a traditional murder ballad, dating at least as far back as the mid 17th century. The song recounts the tale...

The popular American rock band The Horrible Crowes takes its name from "Twa Corbies". The song is featured in The Adventure Company's game Jack the Ripper...

the resolution of myths (as in many of the Metamorphoses) or produce origin myths. In many fairy tales and ballads, as in Child Ballad #44, The Twa Magicians...

"The Ballad of Chevy Chase" is an English ballad, catalogued as Child Ballad 162 (Roud 223). There are two extant ballads under this title, both of which...

(also spelled Gisburne, Gisborne, Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and...

for "Hares on the Mountain" in his epic work Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads because he thought it was a version of The Twa Magicians (Child 44, Roud...

"The Bonnie Earl o' Moray" (Child 181, Roud 334) is a popular Scottish ballad, which may date from as early as the 17th century. The ballad touches on...

originating from the Scottish Borders. It is also associated with a reel of the same name, also known as the Glasgow Reel. The story revolves around the rescue...

Sweet William's Ghost and some variants of The Twa Brothers. The motif that excessive grief can disturb the dead is found also in German and Scandinavian...