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

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Famous quotes related to fairy tales:

    “And in their fairy tales
    The warty giant and witch
    Get sealed in doorless jails
    And the match-girl strikes it rich.”
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)

    “A parent who from his own childhood experience is convinced of the value of fairy tales will have no difficulty in answering his child’s questions; but an adult who thinks these tales are only a bunch of lies had better not try telling them; he won’t be able to related them in a way which would enrich the child’s life.”
    —Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)