Prince Wolf
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Prince Wolf is a Danish fairy tale collected by Svend Grundtvig in his book Danske Folkeaeventyr, about a human princess that marries a man under an animal curse to be a wolf, breaks the secret about
The princess and the Prince Wolf
The princess holds the candles at the wedding between her husband, Prince Wolf, and the witch's daughter. Illustration for Prince Wolf from a 1909 book.
Animal as Bridegroom
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In folkloristics, "The Animal as Bridegroom" refers to a group of folk and fairy tales about a human woman marrying or being betrothed to an animal. The animal is revealed to be a human prince in disg
Prince Wolf
…the house of the witch that cursed him, where she is forced to perform difficult tasks for her. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, in that a heroine marries a supernatural husband in animal shape, loses him, and has to seek him out. It is also…
Amor and Psyche (1589) by Jacopo Zucchi.
The princess (false bride) offers money to buy the golden spinning-wheel. Artwork by Henry Justice Ford for The Grey Fairy Book (1900).
Psyche Opening the Golden Box (1903) by John William Waterhouse.