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A review by jessthebibliophile
The Golden Bird by William B. Jones Jr., Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
2.0
Listening Time : 14 min
The series of quests reminded me of Hercules' labors, but this tale did not seem to have a strong moral.
Aspects of this tale made no sense to me:
1) The third son only listened to the fox the first time, but the fox kept helping him.
2) Why would the bird, horse, princess be upset over the third son's absence? He considered them trophies and they have an emotional attachment to him? The princess is treated the same as a bird and a horse, though this at least meshes with medieval views on women.
3) The fox turned out to be the princess's lost brother, who was never mentioned. Advising some random guy to kiss your sister and steal her away seems very out of character for medieval ages. or today.
4) The princess's father has lost his son, the fox and still offers the third son a chance to win his daughter, the princess instead of just having him executed.
Possible Morals:
1) Appearances can be deceptive - the seemingly better option (good inn, golden cage, golden saddle) led to disaster.
2) Don't discard advice from trustworthy sources.
The series of quests reminded me of Hercules' labors, but this tale did not seem to have a strong moral.
Spoiler
Aspects of this tale made no sense to me:
1) The third son only listened to the fox the first time, but the fox kept helping him.
2) Why would the bird, horse, princess be upset over the third son's absence? He considered them trophies and they have an emotional attachment to him? The princess is treated the same as a bird and a horse, though this at least meshes with medieval views on women.
3) The fox turned out to be the princess's lost brother, who was never mentioned. Advising some random guy to kiss your sister and steal her away seems very out of character for medieval ages. or today.
4) The princess's father has lost his son, the fox and still offers the third son a chance to win his daughter, the princess instead of just having him executed.
Possible Morals:
1) Appearances can be deceptive - the seemingly better option (good inn, golden cage, golden saddle) led to disaster.
2) Don't discard advice from trustworthy sources.