The Three Little Birds

This article is about the fairytale. For the Bob Marley & The Wailers song, see Three Little Birds.
The Three Little Birds
Folk tale
NameThe Three Little Birds
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 707, "The Three Golden Children"
CountryGermany
Published inGrimms' Fairy Tales

"The Three Little Birds" (German: De drei Vügelkens) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 96.[1][2] The story is originally written in Low German. It is Aarne-Thompson type 707, the dancing water, the singing apple, and the speaking bird.[3] The story resembles Ancilotto, King of Provino, by Giovanni Francesco Straparola, and The Sisters Envious of Their Cadette, the story of the 756th night of the Arabian Nights.

  1. ^ Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, Grimm's Fairy Tales, "The Three Little Birds"
  2. ^ Grimm, Jacob, Wilhelm Grimm, JACK ZIPES, and ANDREA DEZSÖ. “THE THREE LITTLE BIRDS”. In: The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition. Princeton University Press, 2014. pp. 319-324. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wq18v.104.
  3. ^ D.L. Ashliman, "The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)"