The Frog King

The Frog King or Iron Heinrich is about a young princess, who is so beautiful that the sun itself is jealous of her. She drops her favorite golden ball down a well and the only way she can get it back is through a frog. She makes a promise to the frog that if he gets her golden ball he can be her companion and playmate, but she attempts to go against her promise and doesn't want him to be her companion.  The father of the girl says that she must honor her promise but she doesn’t. She throws the frog against her wall and he turn into a prince. Once she realized he is a prince she The Frog King or Iron Heinrich is about a young princess, who is so beautiful that the sun itself is jealous of her. She drops her favorite golden ball down a well and the only way she can get it back is through a frog. She makes a promise to the frog that if he gets her golden ball he can be her companion and playmate, but she attempts to go against her promise and doesn’t want him to be her companion.  The father of the girl says that she must honor her promise but she doesn’t. She throws the frog against her wall and he turn into a prince. Once she realized he is a prince she obeys her promise and marries the prince who was put under a spell by a witch.

                Cupid and Psych is a story of another beautiful princess, who also has so much beauty that people are jealous of her. In this story instead of the prince being jealous of her the goddess Venus is jealous of her. She sends her son Cupid to make her fall in love with a monster and make her life miserable. Instead cupid makes Psych destined to fall in love with himself. Psych never marries and goes to live with what everyone thinks is a monster. When she gets there her husband gives her everything she wants and she is very happy, the only condition is she can’t see him. She visits with her sisters and they convince her that she need to see her husband she see if he is a monster and if he is she must kill him. When she sneaks in to see her husband she finds that he is beautiful but she accidentally wakes him up and he leaves her. Psych then goes to Venus and Venus makes her does chores that are seemingly impossible. Each times she gets help from the gods though and she does them. The last task though Psych looks into a box that she wasn’t supposed to look in and falls asleep.  Cupid comes and saves her and they become husband and wife forever.  

These two stories both deal with a princess who was the youngest and the most beautiful girl ever. They also both deal with loving a “beast” though. In both stores the princess wouldn’t accept love from a “monster” or frog. Psych was going to kill Cupid if he wasn’t cupid even though he was very nice to her and the princess in The Frog King threw the frog against the wall to kill him. It is showing how a beautiful girl needs someone pretty, and that monsters aren’t good enough for them. In the end of each story they find their prince or Cupid and get married and love each other dearly, only knowing that they are both handsome. obeys her promise and marries the prince who was put under a spell by a witch.

                Cupid and Psych is a story of another beautiful princess, who also has so much beauty that people are jealous of her. In this story instead of the prince being jealous of her the goddess Venus is jealous of her. She sends her son Cupid to make her fall in love with a monster and make her life miserable. Instead cupid makes Psych destined to fall in love with himself. Psych never marries and goes to live with what everyone thinks is a monster. When she gets there her husband gives her everything she wants and she is very happy, the only condition is she can’t see him. She visits with her sisters and they convince her that she need to see her husband she see if he is a monster and if he is she must kill him. When she sneaks in to see her husband she finds that he is beautiful but she accidentally wakes him up and he leaves her. Psych then goes to Venus and Venus makes her does chores that are seemingly impossible. Each times she gets help from the gods though and she does them. The last task though Psych looks into a box that she wasn’t supposed to look in and falls asleep.  Cupid comes and saves her and they become husband and wife forever.  

These two stories both deal with a princess who was the youngest and the most beautiful girl ever. They also both deal with loving a “beast” though. In both stores the princess wouldn’t accept love from a “monster” or frog. Psych was going to kill Cupid if he wasn’t cupid even though he was very nice to her and the princess in The Frog King threw the frog against the wall to kill him. It is showing how a beautiful girl needs someone pretty, and that monsters aren’t good enough for them. In the end of each story they find their prince or Cupid and get married and love each other dearly, only knowing that they are both handsome.