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Author: Goldfritha

Dec 4th 2012 at 3:49:00 PM

[[AC:Fairy Tales]]
* In TheBrothersGrimm's "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/60twobrothers.html The Two Brothers]]", one brother wins a princess by rescuing her from the dragon.  (She is the last of a long line of maidens sacrificed, a common element in this story.)
* In ''[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/396.htm The Three Dogs]]'', the hero also fights a dragon and saves a princess.
* In ''[[http://www.classicreader.com/book/995/5/ The Three Princes and their Beasts]]'', the oldest prince kills the dragon and saves a princess.
* In ''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/swanmaiden/stories/lang.html The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples]]'', the prince rescues a princess from a dragon.  When it chases after them, their horses talk, and the dragon's horse is persuaded to throw and kill it.
* In ''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/pentamerone/7merchant1911.html The Merchant]]'', a merchant's son saves the princess.
* In ''[[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/More_English_Fairy_Tales/The_Little_Bull-Calf The Little Bull-Calf]]'', a boy runs away from his wicked stepfather with the calf, because his father gave it to him, and with its advice succeeds in killing the dragon.