Golden Apple - Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

Many European fairy tales begin when golden apples are stolen from a king, usually by a bird:

• Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf, Russian
• The Golden Bird, German
• The Golden Mermaid, German
• The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples, Serbian/Bulgarian
• Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples, Romanian, where the thief is not a bird but a zmeu
• The Three Brothers and the Golden Apple, Bulgarian, where the thief is not a bird but a zmey
• The White Snake, German