| The Iron Stove | |
|---|---|
_-_facing_p._32.png) The prince climbs out of the stove. Illustration from The Yellow Fairy Book (1894). | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Iron Stove |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 425A, "The Animal (Monster) as Bidegroom" |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Kinder- und Hausmärchen by The Brothers Grimm |
The Iron Stove (German: Der Eisenofen) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, as tale number 127. It is Aarne–Thompson type 425A, "The Animal (Monster) as Bridegroom". Dorothea Viehmann prepared the story for the Grimms' collection.[1]
- ^ Thum, Maureen (1993). "Feminist or Anti-Feminist? Gender-Coded Role Models in the Tales Contributed by Dorothea Viehmann to the Grimm Brothers Kinder- und Hausmärchen". The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory. 68 (1): 11–21. doi:10.1080/00168890.1993.9934217. ISSN 0016-8890.