The Princess on the Glass Hill
| The Princess on the Glass Hill | |
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The princess sits atop the steep glass hill. Illustration from Barne-Eventyr (1915). | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Princess on the Glass Hill |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 530 (The Princess on the Glass Hill) |
| Country | Norway |
| Published in | Norske Folkeeventyr, by Asbjornsen and Moe |
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"The Princess on the Glass Hill" or "The Maiden on the Glass Mountain" (Norwegian: Jomfruen på glassberget) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr. It recounts how the youngest son of three obtains a magical horse and uses it to win the princess.
It is Aarne–Thompson type 530, which is named after it: the princess on the glass mountain. It is a popular type of tale, although the feats that the hero must perform in the second part, having obtaining the magical horse in the first, vary greatly.