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Kemp Owyne
Kemp Owyne,an old ballad in Child 's collection, from an Icelandic source. Isabel, who has been transformed into a monster by a wicked stepmother, is released from the enchantment by three kisses of her lover, Kemp Owyne. In modern versions of the ballad he is ‘Kempion’.
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