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)