The Frog Princess

The Frog Princess
The Frog Tsarevna, Viktor Vasnetsov, 1918
Folk tale
NameThe Frog Princess
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 402 ("The Animal Bride")
RegionEastern Europe
Published inRussian Fairy Tales by Alexander Afanasyev
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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".

  1. ^ Georgias A. Megas, Folktales of Greece, p 224, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1970
  2. ^ D. L. Ashliman, "Animal Brides: folktales of Aarne–Thompson type 402 and related stories"
  3. ^ Works related to The Frog-Tzarevna at Wikisource
  4. ^ Zheleznova, Irina (1985). Ukrainian Fairy Tales. Kyiv: Dnipro Publishers. pp. 104–115.
  5. ^ Oparenko, Christina (1996). Oxford Myths and Legends: Ukrainian Folk-tales. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 125–142. ISBN 0192741683.
  6. ^ Suwyn, Barbara J. (1997). The Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc. pp. 122–131. ISBN 1563084252.
  7. ^ 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.