Fairy Tale Retellings, Variations, and Adaptations - hosted by crystal_dark

🦢 Wild Swans Retelling

Danish Fairy Tale = Hans Christian Anderson

"The Wild Swans" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen. It is categorized as an Aarne-Thompson type 451 ("The Brothers Who Were Turned into Birds"). Other type 451 variants include The Twelve Brothers, The Six Swans, The Seven Ravens, The Twelve Wild Ducks and Udea and her Seven Brothers.
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The Wild Swans by Jackie Morris

The Wild Swans

Jackie Morris

176 pages • 2015

fiction childrens fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Swan Princes: A Christmas Tail: A Retelling of the Classic Swan Lake Story by Maggie Lynn Heron-Heidel, Peg Heron Heidel

The Swan Princes: A Christmas Tail: A Retelling of the Classic Swan Lake Story

Maggie Lynn Heron-Heidel, Peg Heron Heidel

130 pages • digital • 2018 user-added

fiction mysterious reflective medium-paced
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

Six Crimson Cranes

Six Crimson Cranes #1

Elizabeth Lim

456 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Eliza's Cursed Dragon by Bella Blair

Eliza's Cursed Dragon

Filthy Fairy Tales Series

Bella Blair

176 pages • digital • 2024 user-added

fiction erotica fantasy romance
An Enduring Hope: A Wild Swans Retelling by Jes Drew

An Enduring Hope: A Wild Swans Retelling

Hope Ever After #10

Jes Drew

198 pages • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous slow-paced
A Wild Winter Swan by Gregory Maguire

A Wild Winter Swan

Gregory Maguire

240 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy mysterious reflective slow-paced
Princess of the Wild Swans by Diane Zahler, Anne Yvonne Gilbert

Princess of the Wild Swans

Fairy Tale Princesses

Diane Zahler, Anne Yvonne Gilbert

224 pages • 2012

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang

688 pages • paperback • 1991

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

Daughter of the Forest

Sevenwaters #1

Juliet Marillier

672 pages • paperback • 1999

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
Princess Of Feathers: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Wild Swans (Grimm Academy #16) by Laura Greenwood

Princess Of Feathers: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Wild Swans (Grimm Academy #16)

Grimm Academy #17

Laura Greenwood

156 pages • digital • 2022 user-added

fiction romance young adult lighthearted medium-paced