The Lost Children (fairy tale)

The Lost Children
Folk tale
NameThe Lost Children
Aarne–Thompson grouping327A
CountryFrance
RelatedHansel and Gretel

The Lost Children is a French fairy tale collected by Antoinette Bon in Revue des traditions populaires.[1]

It is Aarne-Thompson type 327A.[2] Another tale of this type is Hansel and Gretel; The Lost Children combines with that type several motifs typical of Hop o' My Thumb, which is typical of French variants.[1]

  1. ^ a b Paul Delarue, The Borzoi Book of French Folk-Tales, p 365, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York 1956
  2. ^ Heidi Anne Heine, "Tales Similar to Hansel And Gretel Archived 2020-02-21 at the Wayback Machine"