The Princess on the Glass Hill

The Princess on the Glass Hill is a Norwegian fairy tale. It recounts how the youngest son of three obtains a magical horse and uses it to win the princess...The imagery in fairy tales (such as personified animals, adults represented as giants and allegorical magic vegetables) allows the child to explore their fears in remote and symbolic terms. Fairy tales allow the reader to explore each virtue and path of action through the different characters' fates. The child decides their own personal stance after deliberating each consequence. Fairy tales provide answers to what the world is really like and the child's place within it.