The Frog Queen (Hungarian: A békakirályné) is a Hungarian folk tale featuring the marriage between a human maiden and a husband in frog guise, after she makes a vow to marry the amphibian to have access to water. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband: a human maiden marries an animal that is a prince in disguise, breaks a taboo and loses him, and she has to seek him out.
The Frog Queen (Hungarian: A békakirályné) is a Hungarian folk tale featuring the marriage between a human maiden and a husband in frog guise, after she makes a vow to marry the amphibian to have access to water. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband: a human maiden marries an animal that is a prince in disguise, breaks a taboo and loses him, and she has to seek him out.
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