Folktale and Fairy Tale Resources in the CRC: Frog Prince

Rebuffed by the princess after retrieving her golden ball, a noble frog sets out to find a more suitable mate

When her golden ball falls into a deep well, a beautiful princess promises an ugly frog that he can live with her and become her playmate if he returns her ball.

As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill

After the frog turns into a prince, he and the Princess do not live happily ever after and the Prince decides to look for a witch to help him remedy the situation

After rejecting all of her human suitors, the beautiful daughter of a Tlingit tribal leader declares that she would rather marry a frog from the lake

Frog has always imagined how wonderful life would be --- if only she were a princess. Now her wish is about to come true. The Prince has lost his golf ball in the palace pond and has promised anything to the one who can find it!

Forced to marry an ugly frog, the youngest son of the Czar is astounded to learn that the frog is really the beautiful princess Vasilisa the Wise

Having been turned into a frog by a hag, a frog-prince makes the best of his new life as he mates, raises a family, and instills a new kind of thinking into his frog family

As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill

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