<![CDATA[Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope:]]>Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope:

This is actually pretty rare in actual folk tales - usually it is later addition when those tales were turned into literature in order to make them a better fit for bourgeois narrative tastes and preferences of gender roles.

In actual folk tales, whenever a girl marries a prince, she usually has to save _him_ first. Typically he has been cursed into an animal form, and she needs to throw him against the wall or bite his head off or things like that so that he is saved and they can Live Happily Ever After.

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kissing a lot of frogs to get to a prince is the weak sauce patriarchy approved version of this? aha! i think i have learned something today

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Plot twist: This is the frog. And she tried kissing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/zer0/statuses/117229963260619074https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/zer0/statuses/117229963260619074Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:21:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:01:01 GMT]]>@jozeldenrust @juergen_hubert

"Oh, no. Oh, no! Bad, bad Zoot! Oh, wicked, bad, naughty Zoot! She has been setting alight to our beacon, which, I have just remembered, is grail-shaped. It's not the first time we've had this problem."

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Nope, violence is the only option.

'So she picked up the frog with her finger and thumb, carried him upstairs and put him in a corner, and when she had lain down to sleep, he came creeping up, saying: "I am tired and want sleep as much as you; take me up, or I will tell your father." Then she felt beside herself with rage, and picking him up, she threw him with all her strength against the wall, crying: "Now will you be quiet, you horrid frog!"'

https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/the_frog_king_or_iron_henry

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/juergen_hubert/statuses/117229879443292346https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/juergen_hubert/statuses/117229879443292346Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:00:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:14:16 GMT]]>@juergen_hubert in Tam Lin (Child Ballad 39A) Janet pulls the knight off his horse, he turns into a bunch of animals and a burning brand, she throws the brand into well water, and then he’s human again.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/firebaton/statuses/117229699475346803https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/firebaton/statuses/117229699475346803Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:14:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:01:12 GMT]]>@juergen_hubert
Meanwhile, the actual knight in shining armour usually has to resist the advances of a duplicitous woman, so he can resume his quest to find a special chessboard or something like that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.sdfeu.org/users/jozeldenrust/statuses/117229648129879330https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.sdfeu.org/users/jozeldenrust/statuses/117229648129879330Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:01:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:49:02 GMT]]>@juergen_hubert extreme_realism.gif

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://writeout.ink/users/ljwrites/statuses/117229600267598912https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://writeout.ink/users/ljwrites/statuses/117229600267598912Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:49:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:40:33 GMT]]>@juergen_hubert sure she doesn't just have to kiss the animal? I get it, with all the rescuing going on she might become a little violent but I feel like we can save some lifes by being slightly more specific on this detail.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/zer0/statuses/117229566930129627https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/zer0/statuses/117229566930129627Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:40:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:30:29 GMT]]>@The4thCircle @catsalad @juergen_hubert Laughed. No idea why

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tramtrist/statuses/117229527312159960https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tramtrist/statuses/117229527312159960Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:30:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:24:38 GMT]]>@deesajoe

Well, I have a few German folk tales regarding such stories, if you can read them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/juergen_hubert/statuses/117229504305079537https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/juergen_hubert/statuses/117229504305079537Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:24:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:22:06 GMT]]>@juergen_hubert interesting! Can I ask for some references about this topic?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://livellosegreto.it/users/deesajoe/statuses/117229494361271794https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://livellosegreto.it/users/deesajoe/statuses/117229494361271794Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:22:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:12:13 GMT]]>@The4thCircle thanks for the manga. I was unsure but i recognized the author. Happy to have a New manga to buy.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/The4thCircle/statuses/117229415438027178https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/The4thCircle/statuses/117229415438027178Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:02:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:59:06 GMT]]>@DrorBedrack @juergen_hubert Folklorists have traced this story to its origin, a praying mantis in China.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Virginicus/statuses/117229403962574872https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Virginicus/statuses/117229403962574872Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:59:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:55:21 GMT]]>@juergen_hubert If you want a prince - first you have to bite his head off

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