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  2. Nov 14, 2017 · But the following morning, the princess woke to find herself gazing, not at the frog on her pillow next to her, but at a handsome young prince, who tells her that an evil fairy had cast a spell over him, which transformed him into a frog.

  3. In modern versions, the transformation is triggered by the princess kissing the frog (a motif that apparently first appeared in English translations). [6] In other early versions, it was sufficient for the frog to sleep for three nights on the princess' pillow.

  4. Why exactly did the princess kiss that frog? This story of bargaining gone awry — told in perfect rhyme — pits a feisty princess against a talking frog with a hidden agenda. ...more.

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  5. Nov 4, 2023 · Earlier versions of the tale date back to the 16th century, with the frog often helping the princess in different ways before being kissed. But the transformative power of the kiss emerged in later adaptations.

  6. Nov 3, 2020 · In the Grimm story the princess doesn’t kiss the frog but grows angry with him and flings him at a wall, at which point he becomes a prince. In some versions she chops his head off and in others he simply sleeps on the pillow beside her.

  7. When it was time to sleep, the frog asked her for a bedtime kiss. She refused, scrunching her face once more at the sight of the green creature before her. The Princess shut out the light and tried to go to sleep.

  8. In the traditional German variant the princess liberates herself and breaks the spell of the prince turned into a frog by throwing the ugly creature against the wall, but in many Anglo-American variants the spell is overcome by the princess kissing the animal.