Wild Swans

'Wild Swans' is a fairy tale by the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen about Princess Eliza, who saves her eleven brothers from the curse of an evil queen. The theme of the fairy tale is a story about the courage, faith of the little princess Eliza and about her feat, which she did to save her bewitched brothers. The idea of a fairy tale is the victory of good over evil. The heroine of the tale proves that God gives man the ability to endure and rewards him for it. The fairy tale 'Wild Swans' teaches us to appreciate family ties and the willingness to make sacrifices for the sake of a person dear to us. The fairy tale contains folklore motifs of an evil stepmother-witch, a despised beauty-stepdaughter, children turned into birds by a spell, a king in love with a poor girl.