The King of the Golden Mountain

"The King of the Golden Mountain" (German: Der König vom goldenen Berg) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 92). The tale is of Aarne-Thompson type 401A ("The Enchanted Princess in Her Castle"), with an introduction of type 810 ("The Devil Loses a Soul That Was Promised Him"), and other episodes of type 560 ("The Magic Ring") and of type 518, ("Quarreling Giants Lose Their Magic Objects"). The main version anthologized was taken down from a soldier; there is also a variant collected from Zwehrn whose storyline summarized by Grimm in his notes.

The King of the Golden Mountain

"The King of the Golden Mountain" (German: Der König vom goldenen Berg) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 92). The tale is of Aarne-Thompson type 401A ("The Enchanted Princess in Her Castle"), with an introduction of type 810 ("The Devil Loses a Soul That Was Promised Him"), and other episodes of type 560 ("The Magic Ring") and of type 518, ("Quarreling Giants Lose Their Magic Objects"). The main version anthologized was taken down from a soldier; there is also a variant collected from Zwehrn whose storyline summarized by Grimm in his notes.