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Now the king had a daughter who was just as beautiful as her deceased mother, and who also had such golden hair. After she had come of age, the king looked at her one day that she resembled his deceased wife in every way, and he suddenly felt a great love for her. Then he said to his councilors,

"I will marry my daughter, for she is the image of my deceased wife, and nowhere else can I find a bride who is her equal."

The daughter was horrified when she heard her father's decision. Hoping to dissuade him from his intentions, she said to him, "Before I fulfill your wish, I must have three dresses:

one as golden as the sun,

one as silver as the moon,

and one that glistens like the stars.

Further, I must have a cloak put together from a thousand kinds of pelts and fur. Every animal in your kingdom must contribute a piece of its skin for it."

Now she thought,

"That will be entirely impossible for him to achieve, and in this way I will divert my father from his wicked thoughts."

But the king did not give in, and the most skilled maidens in his kingdom had to weave the three dresses, one as golden as the sun, one as silver as the moon, and one that glistened like the stars. And his huntsmen had to capture all the animals in his entire kingdom and take a piece of skin from each one. From these a cloak of a thousand kinds of fur was made.

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