Story of the King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both fiction and non-; he wrote his own fairy tales such as Prince Prigio and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia , and wrote numerous historical texts. 

'Story of the King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate' is a fairy-tale that was published as a part of 'The Brown Fairy Book' in 1904. It tells us about a king that is very fond of hunting. One day becomes especially bright for him as his wife has given a birth to a little girl. And when the king goes hunting again he meets a hermit who tells him that his darling daughter is destined to become a wife of a former slave…