The Three Feathers | |
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Folk tale | |
Name | The Three Feathers |
Also known as | Die drei Federn |
Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 402 (The Animal Bride) |
Region | Germany |
Published in | Kinder- und Hausmärchen by The Brothers Grimm |
Related | The 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.