Why are The Wild Swans by Andersen and The Six Swans by Grimm so similar to each other?

Asked Dec 02 '19 at 22:35

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Which one is more original?

edited Dec 05 '19 at 14:59

Gallifreyan

asked Dec 02 '19 at 22:35

Tim

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You do realise neither of them created the story, that they only wrote down existing folktales? And many folktales have variants in many different cultures. Here's a bunch for just this story: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/other.html – muru Dec 03 '19 at 02:25

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