The Maiden Out of the Oranges

Summary

Devojka postala iz pomaranče is a Croatian fairy tale, first collected by poet and linguist Matija Valjavec from Varaždin. It is classified as tale type ATU 408, "The Love for Three Oranges", of the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index. As with The Three Oranges, the tale deals with a prince's search for a bride that lives inside a fruit, who is replaced by a false bride and goes through a cycle of incarnations, until she regains physical form again.