The Twelve Months (fairy tale)
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The Twelve Months is a Greek fairy tale
collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece.
It is Aarne-Thompson type 480, the kind and the unkind girls. Others of this type include Diamonds and Toads
, The Enchanted Wreath
, Mother Hulda
, Maiden Bright-eye
, The Old Witch
, The Three Heads in the Well
, The Months
, and The Two Caskets
.
A young and beautiful girl is sent into the cold forest in the winter to perform impossible tasks. She must get violets and apples in midwinter. She meets the 12 months personified who help her. The step mother and sister take the items, without a word of thanks. When the evil stepsister comes and is rude, they disappear, taking their fire, and leaving the stepsister cold and hungry.
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece.
It is Aarne-Thompson type 480, the kind and the unkind girls. Others of this type include Diamonds and Toads
Diamonds and Toads
Diamonds and Toads or Toads and Diamonds is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault, and titled by him "Les Fées" or "The Fairies." Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book....
, The Enchanted Wreath
The Enchanted Wreath
The Enchanted Wreath is a Scandinavian fairy tale, collected in Benjamin Thorpe in his Yule-Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions...
, Mother Hulda
Mother Hulda
Mother Hulda is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. It was originally known as Frau Holle and is tale number 24.- Synopsis :...
, Maiden Bright-eye
Maiden Bright-eye
Maiden Bright-eye is a Danish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 480: the kind and the unkind girls.-Synopsis:...
, The Old Witch
The Old Witch
The Old Witch is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his 1894 book, More English Fairy Tales.Also included within A Book of Witches Ruth Manning-Sanders and A Book of British Fairy Tales by Alan Garner....
, The Three Heads in the Well
The Three Heads in the Well
The Three Heads in the Well is a fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson tale 480, the kind and the unkind girls. Others of this type include Shita-kiri Suzume, Diamonds and Toads, Mother Hulda, Father Frost, The Three Little Men in the Wood, The Enchanted...
, The Months
The Months
The Months is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.-Synopsis:Cianne and Lise were brothers, and Cianne was rich and Lise poor. Lise set out to wander the world. He met with twelve youths who welcomed him, and asked him about the months...
, and The Two Caskets
The Two Caskets
The Two Caskets is a Scandinavian fairy tale included by Benjamin Thorpe in his Yule-Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions. Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book....
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A young and beautiful girl is sent into the cold forest in the winter to perform impossible tasks. She must get violets and apples in midwinter. She meets the 12 months personified who help her. The step mother and sister take the items, without a word of thanks. When the evil stepsister comes and is rude, they disappear, taking their fire, and leaving the stepsister cold and hungry.