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== Fairy Tales ==

* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/57goldenbird.html The Golden Bird]'', the prince who brings back the golden bird for his father also brings back a princess; when his brothers try to kill him and threaten her, she does not stop grieving until the prince returns alive. Similarly in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718151331/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/birdgrip.html The Bird Grip]'' and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060523212750/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/index.html Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf]''.

* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131204113312/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/57goldenbird.html The Golden Bird]'', the prince who brings back the golden bird for his father also brings back a princess; when his brothers try to kill him and threaten her, she does not stop grieving until the prince returns alive. Similarly in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718151331/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/birdgrip.html The Bird Grip]'' and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060523212750/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/index.html Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf]''.

** In some versions, the other brothers try to force the princess to marry one of them. She keeps them away by clawing at the eyes of whoever comes near her, but quickly recognizes the youngest brother when no one else does and welcomes him back.

* In ''[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/392.htm The Golden Mermaid]'', the mermaid refuses to leave the body of the murdered youngest son, who actually carried out [[The Quest]], even when his older brothers threaten her.