Folklore as an Historical Science Papyras Classics

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Chapter 5

I.—Frog Prince

Story radicals Story accidentals Added features Modern gloss

1. Savage elements Youngest daughter

Fountain or well the locality of leading incident

Frog prince—totem

Frog prince stays at the house of his future wife

Exogamous marriage, the prince coming from a foreign country — — —

2. Fantastic element — — Faithful servant whose heart is bound by iron bands —

3. Rank and splendour — — — Kingly state and its trappings—the princess wears a crown on ordinary occasions, and yet opens the door to a visitor while at dinner