Rash promise
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The rash promise, also blind promise or rash boon is a promise given without considering its consequences. It is a common motif in medieval and folk literature, especially fairy tales. It is classifie
Salome with the Head of the Baptist (1761)
The Grateful Prince
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The Grateful Prince is an Estonian fairy tale. The tale is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as ATU 313, "The Magic Flight", in that the hero falls under the power of an antagonist and forc
Rash promise
…In The Battle of the Birds, a giant helps a prince in return for his first-born son. In The Grateful Prince, the king is led from a forest where he was lost in return for whatever first greeted him. He thought it would be his dog, but it was his new son. In…
Illustration by Henry Justice Ford from Andrew Lang's Fairy Books