The Boys with the Golden Stars
| The Boys with the Golden Stars | |
|---|---|
The boys with the golden stars, by Ford, H. J., in Andrew Lang's The Violet Fairy Book (1901). | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Boys with the Golden Stars |
| Also known as | Doi feți cu stea în frunte The Twins with the Golden Star |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 707 (The Three Golden Children, or The Three Golden Sons) |
| Region | Romania |
| Related | The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird; Ancilotto, King of Provino; Princess Belle-Étoile and Prince Chéri; The Tale of Tsar Saltan; A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers |
The Boys with the Golden Stars (Romanian: Doi feți cu stea în frunte) is a Romanian fairy tale collected in Rumänische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book. An alternate title to the tale is The Twins with the Golden Star.
The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children", albeit following a specific narrative that is found in Romania, Moldova, and Hungary, as well as in other Eastern European and Balkanic countries.