A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers
| A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers | |
|---|---|
| Folk tale | |
| Name | A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers |
| Also known as | The Golden Twins; Pearls, Thread Yourselves |
| Mythology | Romanian |
| Country | Romania |
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A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers, The Golden Twins or Pearls, Thread Yourselves (Romanian: Înşiră-te mărgăritari) is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor.
The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children", albeit following a specific narrative that is found in Romania, Moldova, and Hungary, as well as in other Eastern European and Balkanic countries. These tales refer to stories where a girl promises a king she will bear a child or children with wonderful attributes, but her jealous relatives or the king's wives plot against the babies and their mother.