As this version was not included in later editions, it has since remained relatively unknown. The volume 2 of the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen, published in 1815, included a variation of this story entitled Der Froschprinz (The Frog Prince), published as tale no. The Grimms' source is unclear, but it apparently comes from an oral tradition of Dortchen Wild's family in Kassel. Jack Zipes noted in 2016 that the Grimms greatly treasured this tale, considering it to be one of the "oldest and most beautiful in German-speaking regions." Sources An older, moralistic version was included in the Grimms' handwritten Ölenberg Manuscript from 1810. The story is best known through the rendition of the Brothers Grimm, who published it in their 1812 edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen ( Grimm's Fairy Tales), as tale no. The tale is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 440. Traditionally, it is the first story in their folktale collection. " The Frog Prince or, Iron Henry" ( German: Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich, literally "The Frog King or the Iron Henry") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 1).
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