The True Bride
| The True Bride | |
|---|---|
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The True Bride |
| Also known as | The True Sweetheart |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 510; ATU 884 |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Grimms' Fairy Tales |
"The True Bride" or "The True Sweetheart" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale 186.
It combines two Aarne-Thompson types: 510, the persecuted heroine, and 884, the forsaken fiancée. Others of the first type include Cinderella, The Sharp Grey Sheep, The Golden Slipper, The Story of Tam and Cam, Rushen Coatie, The Wonderful Birch, Fair, Brown and Trembling and Katie Woodencloak. Other of the second type include The Twelve Huntsmen, The Two Kings' Children, and Sweetheart Roland.