3. Modern gloss upon the events in the story—
and if we go on to allocate the various incidents of the stories to these three heads, we get the following common results with regard to seven out of the twelve first stories of Grimm's great collection:—
I.—Frog Prince
| Story radicals | Story accidentals | Added features | Modern gloss | |
| 1. Savage elements | Youngest daughter Fountain or well the locality of leading incident Frog prince—totem Frog prince stays at the house of his future wife Exogamous marriage, the prince coming from a foreign country | — | — | — |
| 2. Fantastic element | — | — | Faithful servant whose heart is bound by iron bands | — |
| 3. Rank and splendour | — | — | — | Kingly state and its trappings—the princess wears a crown on ordinary occasions, and yet opens the door to a visitor while at dinner |
III.—Our Lady's Child
| Story radicals | Story accidentals | Added features | Modern gloss | |
| 1. Savage elements | — | Naked forest woman captured for wife Suspicion that she is a cannibal | — | — |
| 3. Rank and splendour | — | — | — | Virgin Mary and heaven the central features of the heroine's adventures |
| 4. Moral characteristics | Punishment for curiosity | — | — | — |
IV.—The Youth who Wants to Learn to Shudder
| Story radicals | Story accidentals | Added features | Modern gloss | |
| 1. Savage elements | Winning of wife by service Succession to kingship through wife—female kinship Treasure guarded by spirits | — | — | — |
| 2. Fantastic element | — | The adventures in the haunted castle | — | — |
| 3. Rank and splendour | — | — | — | Kingly state |
| 4. Moral characteristics | Bravery | — | — | — |