The Frog Prince

Also known as The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich, KHM 1

fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm

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Author: Jon Scieszka
First published: 1991
Editions: 16
Subjects: Fairy tales, adaptations, Frogs, Princes., Princes in fiction, Princes, Juvenile fiction, Fiction

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Key facts

Name: The Frog Prince
Also known as: The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry
Aarne thompson grouping: AT 440 ("The Frog King")
Region: Germany
Published in: Kinder- und Hausmärchen , by the Brothers Grimm (1812)

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Encyclopedic overview

The Frog Prince by Anne Anderson "The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" (German: Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich, literally "The Frog King or the Iron Henry") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 1). Traditionally, it is the first story in their folktale collection. The tale is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 440.

"The Frog Prince" can be compared to the similar eastern European fairy tale "The Frog Princess".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Frog Prince” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.