"Whose fairy tale ""The Snow Queen"" was the inspiration for the movie ""Frozen""?"
The Snow Queen The Snow Queen "The Snow Queen" () is an original fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 in "New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection. 1845." () The story centres on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kai. The story is one of Andersen's longest and most highly acclaimed stories. It is regularly included in selected tales and collections of his work and is frequently reprinted in illustrated storybook editions for children. "The Snow Queen" is a tale told in seven 'stories' ():
The Snowman (fairy tale) love is a burning, unreciprocated pain, and that he would end his life partnerless and alone. The light-hearted Snowman is a complement to Andersen’s tragic Fir Tree and, in telling the tale, Andersen returns “to his earlier, tragicomic mode of sketching the fleeting autobiography of an everyday object which seems to have caught his eye at random and yet whose life story has an uncanny appropriateness to its physical form.” Andersen referred to "The Snowman" as a simple fairy tale, but the story may be viewed as a metaphor for life. The Snowman remains frozen to the ground, questioning fate,