The Three Feathers

The Three Feathers
Prince Dummling at the frog princess's court. Illustration by Otto Ubbelohde.
Folk tale
NameThe Three Feathers
Also known asDie drei Federn
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 402 (The Animal Bride)
RegionGermany
Published inKinder- und Hausmärchen by The Brothers Grimm
RelatedThe Frog Princess
The White Cat

"The Three Feathers" (German: Die drei Federn) is a story by the Brothers Grimm, in their Kinder- und Hausmärchen. It is KHM nr. 63. It is classified as Aarne–Thompson–Uther ATU 402, "The Animal Bride". It appeared in the first edition in 1812, and was slightly reworked for the second edition in 1819. A second variant of the tale also collected by the Brothers Grimm is "The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat" (Der arme Müllersbursch und das Kätzchen), listed as KHM 106.