The Frog Princess
| The Frog Princess | |
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The Frog Tsarevna, Viktor Vasnetsov, 1918 | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Frog Princess |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 402 ("The Animal Bride") |
| Region | Eastern Europe |
| Published in | Russian Fairy Tales by Alexander Afanasyev |
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The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that has multiple versions with various origins. It is classified as type 402, the animal bride, in the Aarne–Thompson index. Another tale of this type is the Norwegian Doll i' the Grass. Eastern European variants include the Frog Princess or Tsarevna Frog (Царевна Лягушка, Tsarevna Lyagushka) and also Vasilisa the Wise (Василиса Премудрая, Vasilisa Premudraya); Alexander Afanasyev collected variants in his Narodnye russkie skazki, a collection which included folk tales from Ukraine and Belarus alongside Russian tales.
"The Frog Princess" can be compared to the similar European fairy tale "The Frog Prince".