The Frog King in Pictures
The Frog King - Free Pictures The Frog King is often (especially in English-speaking countries) titled The Frog Prince and sometimes (especially in Eastern Europe) The Princess and the Frog. Brothers Grimm, who put it as the number one in their iconic collection, subtitled it The Iron Henry, including the faithful servant in the spotlight. It's known in numerous variations with essentially the same plot. The princess plays with her favorite toy. It falls into the water, and the frog brings it back. In return, she promises to eat with him at the same table, play with the same toys, and sleep in the same bed. The bed was omitted in all later versions by the Grimms. They didn't want to see the tale as a growing-up story with a girl learning to see her future husband as a nice man but tried to focus on the importance of keeping one's promise. The importance of a given word is quite often in classic fairy tales, including Bluebeard and The Goose Maid. Anne Anderson (1874-1952) T...