| The Frog Princess | |
|---|---|
 The Frog Tsarevna, Viktor Vasnetsov, 1918 | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Frog Princess |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 402 ("The Animal Bride") |
| Region | Eastern Europe |
| Published in | Russian Fairy Tales by Alexander Afanasyev |
| Related | |
The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that has multiple versions with various origins. It is classified as type 402, the animal bride, in the Aarne–Thompson index.[1] Another tale of this type is the Norwegian Doll i' the Grass.[2] Eastern European variants include the Frog Princess or Tsarevna Frog (Царевна Лягушка, Tsarevna Lyagushka)[3][4][5][6] and also Vasilisa the Wise (Василиса Премудрая, Vasilisa Premudraya); Alexander Afanasyev collected variants in his Narodnye russkie skazki, a collection which included folk tales from Ukraine and Belarus alongside Russian tales.[7]
"The Frog Princess" can be compared to the similar European fairy tale "The Frog Prince".
- ^ Georgias A. Megas, Folktales of Greece, p 224, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1970
- ^ D. L. Ashliman, "Animal Brides: folktales of Aarne–Thompson type 402 and related stories"
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Works related to The Frog-Tzarevna at Wikisource
- ^ Zheleznova, Irina (1985). Ukrainian Fairy Tales. Kyiv: Dnipro Publishers. pp. 104–115.
- ^ Oparenko, Christina (1996). Oxford Myths and Legends: Ukrainian Folk-tales. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 125–142. ISBN 0192741683.
- ^ Suwyn, Barbara J. (1997). The Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc. pp. 122–131. ISBN 1563084252.
- ^ Suwyn, Barbara J. (1997). The Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine, Edited and with an Introduction by Natalie O. Kononenko. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc. pp. xxi. ISBN 1563084252.
