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The Wild Swans
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1838 literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
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Within Vinony's link graph, The Wild Swans is referenced by 108 other articles, and connects out to Copenhagen, Hans Christian Andersen and Danish.
It is catalogued under topics including 1838 short stories, Anthropomorphic swans and ATU 400-459.
Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Original title
- De vilde svaner
- Country
- Denmark
- Language
- Danish
- Genre
- Literary fairy tale
- Published in
- Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. First Booklet ( Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Ny Samling. Første Hefte )
- Publication type
- Fairy tale collection
- Publisher
- C. A. Reitzel
- Media type
- Publication date
- 2 October 1838
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary fairy tale
- Author
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre
- fairy tale
- Country of origin
- Denmark
- Image
- Andersen - Baśnie (1929) ilustracja 4.jpg
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- title
- الإوزات البرية
- Commons category
- The Wild Swans
- publication date
- 1838-10-02
- catalog code
- 328
- language of work or name
- Danish
- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- short story
- time period
- Romanticism
- place of publication
- Copenhagen
- first line
- Langtborte herfra, der hvor Svalerne flyve hen, naar vi have Vinter, boede en Konge, som havde elleve Sønner og een Datter, Elisa.
- last line
- Og alle Kirkeklokker ringede af sig selv og Fuglene kom i store Flokke; det blev et Bryllupstog tilbage til Slottet, som endnu ingen Konge havde seet det.
- described at URL
- andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/register/info.html?vid=21
- work available at URL
- pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Dzikie_%C5%82ab%C4%99dzie
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Encyclopedic overview
"The Wild Swans" (Danish: De vilde svaner) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen. The tale was first published on 2 October 1838 in Andersen's Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. First Booklet (Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Ny Samling. Første Hefte) by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been adapted to various media including ballet, television, and film.
It is categorized as an Aarne-Thompson type 451 ("The Brothers Who Were Turned into Birds"). Other type 451 variants include The Twelve Brothers, The Six Swans, The Seven Ravens, The Twelve Wild Ducks and Udea and her Seven Brothers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Wild Swans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.