The Three Feathers

The Three Feathers
Prince Dummling at the frog princess's court. Illustration by Otto Ubbelohde.
Folk tale
Name	The Three Feathers
Also known as	Die drei Federn
Aarne–Thompson grouping	ATU 402 (The Animal Bride)
Region	Germany
Published in	Kinder- und Hausmärchen by The Brothers Grimm
Related	The Frog Princess The White Cat

"The Three Feathers" (German: Die drei Federn) is a story by the Brothers Grimm, in their Kinder- und Hausmärchen. It is KHM nr. 63. It is classified as Aarne–Thompson–Uther ATU 402, "The Animal Bride". It appeared in the first edition in 1812, and was slightly reworked for the second edition in 1819. A second variant of the tale also collected by the Brothers Grimm is "The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat" (Der arme Müllersbursch und das Kätzchen), listed as KHM 106.