The Twelve Dancing Princesses

by

Brothers Grimm

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Tonight, we’ll read a fairy tale by listener request called “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” that we first read back in 2020. This tale is best known as part of the German “Brothers Grimm collection”, but there are variants of it from around the world including the folk tales of Russia, Iceland, India, Armenia, France, Turkey and Portugal. It is also known as "The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes" or "The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces".