Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

440: The Frog King

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 400-459: Supernatural or Enchanted Wife (Husband) or Other Relative > 425-449: Husband > 440: The Frog King

Description

A maiden promises herself to a frog in a spring. The frog comes to the door, the table, the bed. Turns into a prince. I. Promise to Marry the Frog. (a) To the youngest of three sisters a frog in a spring gives clear water (a ball thrown into the…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De Kikkerkoning of IJzeren Hendrik	440	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich	440	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Il principe ranocchio o Enrico di Ferro	440	Italian	_	Germany	_
Ο βασιλιάς βάτραχος ή ο σιδερένιος Ερρίκος	440	Greek	_	Germany	_
Vua Ếch	440	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Король-лягушонок или Железный Генрих	440	Russian	_	Germany	_
Frøkongen eller Jernhenrik	440	Danish	_	Germany	_
O Principe Rã ou Henrique de Ferro	440	Portuguese	_	Germany	_
El Rey Rana o Enrique el Férreo	440	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The Frog-King, or Iron Henry	440	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	_
The frog king or Iron Henry	440	English	_	_	1886
Żabi Król lub Żelazo Henryk	440	Polish	_	Germany	_
Le roi Grenouille ou Henri de Fer	440	French	_	Germany	_
A békakirályfi	440	Hungarian	Benedek Elek	Germany	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
De kikkerkoning	440	Netherlands		2000	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De Kikkerkoning	440	Netherlands		2009	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De kikkerkoning	440	Netherlands		1978	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De kikvors die in een prins veranderde	440	Netherlands		1970	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De witte krokodil-koning	440	Netherlands		2006	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Een pratende kikker	440	Netherlands		2010	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Frog and the Princess	440	United States			Internet Archive
Frog Prince	440	British			Internet Archive
Frog Sweetheart	440	British			Internet Archive
Frog	440	British			Internet Archive
Het sprookje van den kikvorsch	440	Netherlands		1894	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Paddo	440	British			Internet Archive
The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich	440	German			Internet Archive
Van den kikvorsch die in een prins veranderde.	440	Netherlands		1894	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Van het Meisje dat met een Puit trouwde	440	Netherlands		1888	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Well of the World's End	440	British			Internet Archive