The Iron Stove
| The Iron Stove | |
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The prince climbs out of the stove. Illustration from The Yellow Fairy Book (1894). | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Iron Stove |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 425A, "The Animal (Monster) as Bidegroom" |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Kinder- und Hausmärchen by The Brothers Grimm |
"The Iron Stove" (German: Der Eisenofen) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, as tale number 127. It is Aarne–Thompson type 425A, "The Animal (Monster) as Bridegroom". Dorothea Viehmann prepared the story for the Grimms' collection.