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"The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" (German: Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich, literally "The Frog King or the Iron Henry") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 1). Traditionally, it is the first story in their folktale collection.
The king decides to allow fate to choose his successor from among his three sons. He sets them the task of finding a hundred-yard piece of linen fine enough to fit through a ring. While the two oldest princes choose to follow busier roads and collect bales of linen, the youngest son sets out on a dark and lonely road.
The Frogs Who Desired a King, illustrated by Milo Winter in a 1919 Aesop anthology. The original context of the story, as related by Phaedrus, makes it clear that people feel the need of laws but are impatient of personal restraint. His closing advice is to be content for fear of worse. [2]
The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich or The Frog Prince (Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich): KHM 1; Cat and Mouse in Partnership (Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft): KHM 2; Mary's Child (Marienkind): KHM 3; The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was (Märchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen): KHM 4
The Frog Princess, named Vasilisa the Wise, is a beautiful, intelligent, friendly, skilled young woman, who was forced to spend three years in a frog's skin for disobeying Koschei. Her final test may be to dance at the king's banquet. The Frog Princess sheds her skin, and the prince then burns it, to her dismay.
The Frog King is a translation of the German title of a fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm. In English the story is known as The Frog Prince . Frog King may also refer to: The Frog King (novel) a 2002 novel by Adam Davies; Kwok Mang Ho (born 1947), also known as Frog King, Hong Kong multi-media, artist
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The frog is also a character in many fairy tales, be it tales from oral tradition or literary reworkings by later writers. [14] The frog or toad appears as a potential suitor to a female human in variants of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther type ATU 440, "The Frog King". [15] The most famous is the story of The Frog Prince.