The following tales are similar to the Frog King fairy tale, AT-333. I have included the English language tales of this type which have been gathered by title by D. L. Ashliman in his A Guide to Folktales in the English Language. Sometimes I include tales of other classifications when I deem them relevant to the theme. The tales come from many cultures and are similar to the Frog King story in various ways. I have placed the tales in alphabetical order with bibliographic information and links to texts of the stories if a text is available on the internet.

A Bunch of Laurela Blooms For A Present
The Enchanted Frog *
The Fairy Frog
The Frog (England)
The Frog (Tibet)
The Frog and the Princess
A Frog For a Husband
The Frog King; or, Iron Henry *
The Frog Prince (Britain) *
The Frog Prince (Germany) *
The Frog Prince (Sri Lanka) *
The Frog Sweetheart
The Frog Who Became an Emperor (China, Chuang) *
The Maiden and the Frog *
A Marriage
Master Frog
Miss Peggy and the Frog
The Mountains of Mogollon
The Paddo
The Princess and the Frog
The Queen Who Sought A Drink From A Certain Well *
The Step-Daughter and the Frog
The Toad Frog
The Toad Bridegroom *
The Well of the World's End *
The Wonderful Frog
You'd Be Surprised the Trouble She Had Making Her Mother Believe It

* Full text of tale is available online.

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of A Bunch of Laurela Blooms For A Present comes from the mountains of Kentucky in the United States.

This tale is similar to both AT-440 and AT-425C: Tales Similar to the Beauty and the Beast.

An English language version is available in:

Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.)
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Hearne, Betsy. Beauties and Beasts. The Oryx Multicultural Folktale Series. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1993.
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A web version of this tale is available at The Enchanted Frog on D. L. Ashliman's site.

The tale of The Enchanted Frog comes from Germany.

This tale is similar to both AT-440 and AT-425C: Tales Similar to the Beauty and the Beast.

An English language version is available in:

Colshorn, Carl and Theodor. Märchen und Sagen. Hannover: Verlag von Carl Rümpler, 1854.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Frog Prince comes from South Africa.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Frog (England) comes from Britain.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Frog (Tibet) comes from Tibet.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Hyde-Chambers, Frederick and Audrey. Tibetan Folk Tales. Boulder and London: Shambhala, 1981.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Frog and the Princess comes from the United States.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Dorson, Richard M. Buying the Wind: Regional Folklore in the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Frog Prince comes from Korea.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
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A version of this tale is on this site at The Annotated Frog King.

Alternate web versions of this tale are available at The Frog King on D. L. Ashliman's site.

An alternate version with a different ending by Edgar Taylor is available at The Frog Prince, see also The Frog Prince (below).

The tale of The Frog King; or, Iron Henry comes from Germany.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987.
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Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Household Tales. Margaret Hunt, translator. London: George Bell, 1884.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
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Opie, Iona and Peter, eds. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. (Slightly altered from Grimm.)
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Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974.
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A web version of this tale is available at The Frog Prince on D. L. Ashliman's website.

The tale of The Frog Prince comes from Britain.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971.

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A web version of this tale is available at The Frog Prince on D. L. Ashliman's website.

The tale of The Frog Prince comes from Germany.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Grimm's Other Tales. William Hansen, selector. Ruth Michael-Jenas and Arthur Ratcliff, translators. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1956.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
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A web version of this tale is available at The Frog Prince.

The tale of The Frog Prince comes from Sri Lanka.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Parker, H. Village Folk Tales of Ceylon, Volume 1. 1910.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Frog Sweetheart comes from Britain.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971.

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A web version of this tale is available at The Frog Who Became an Emperor on D. L. Ashliman's site.

The tale of The Frog Who Became an Emperor comes from China.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Folk Tales from China. Third Series. Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1958.

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A web version of this tale exists at The Maiden and the Frog.

The tale of The Maiden and the Frog comes from England.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales. London: John Russell Smith, 1849.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of A Marriage comes from India.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Thundy, Zacharias P., ed. South Indian Folktales of Kadar. Meerut, India: Folklore Institute, 1983.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-440. The tale comes from Vietnam.

An English language version is available in:

Vuong, Lynnette Dyer. The Brocaded Slipper, and Other Vietnamese Tales. Vo-Dinh Mai, illustrator. New York: Lippincott, 1985, c1982.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Frog Prince comes from either England or the United States.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Mountains of Mogollon comes from the American Southwest.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Espinosa, Aurelio M. The Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest. J. Manuel Espinosa, ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Paddo comes from Britain.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Princess and the Frog comes from Italy.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Falassi, Alessandro. Folklore by the Fireside: Text and Context of the Tuscan Veglia. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1980.

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A web version of this tale exists at The Queen Who Sought A Drink From A Certain Well.

The tale of The Queen Who Sought A Drink From A Certain Well comes from Scotland.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Campbell, J. F. Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected. London: Alexander Gardner, 1890-1893. (Reprint available from Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1969.)
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paperback (Volume 2).

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Frog Prince comes from England.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Toad Frog comes from the Ozarks in the United States.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Randolph, Vance. The Devil's Pretty Daughter and Other Ozark Folk Tales. New York: Columbia University Press, 1955.

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A web version of this tale is available at The Toad Bridegroom on D. L. Ashliman's site.

The tale of The Toad Bridegroom comes from Korea.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Clarkson, Atelia, and Cross, Gilbert, B., eds. World Folktales: A Scribner Resource Collection. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980.

Zong In-Sob. Folk Tales from Korea. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1952.

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A web version of this tale exists at The Well of the World's End.

The tale of The Well of the World's End comes from Britain.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Jacobs, Joseph. English Fairy Tales. London: David Nutt, 1890.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

The tale of The Frog Prince comes from Hungary.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. The Frog Prince and Other Frog Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-440.

An English language version is available in:

Legman, G. Rationale of the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humor. First Series. New York: Grove Press, 1968.

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