The King of the Golden Mountain
| The King of the Golden Mountain | |
|---|---|
1876 illustration by George Cruikshank | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The King of the Golden Mountain |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 810 + AaTh 401A, "The Enchanted Princess in Her Castle" + ATU 400, "The Man on a Quest for the Lost Wife" |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Grimm's Fairy Tales |
"The King of the Golden Mountain" (German: Der König vom goldenen Berg) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 92).
The main version anthologized was taken down from a soldier; there is also a variant collected from Zwehrn (Zweheren) whose storyline summarized by Grimm in his notes.