The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples (original) (raw)

"The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples" (Zlatna jabuka i devet paunica) is a work of Serbian epic poetry. It is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 400*, "The Swan Maiden", and ATU 400, "The Quest for the Lost Wife". American illustrator and poet Katherine Pyle translated the tale as "The Seven Golden Peahens", while keeping its source as Serbian. translated the tale as The Enchanted Peafowl and indicated its source as Yugoslavian.