Intro The story “Three Billy Goats Gruff” is about three goats who are going to eat some leaves in a field, but encounter a troll underneath a bridge, at least in the Norwegian version. There also is a Polish /German version called the three goats, has a wolf on a mountain path. That is one of the main differences between the two different versions. There also are some similarities. For example, there are antagonists in both of the stories. But there are many more similarities than that. Similarities In the story “Three Billy Goats Gruff” there are two different countries telling the story. One is Norway, and the other country is Poland/Germany. But the Polish/German version is called The Three Goats. Between the two stories, there are differences and similarities. In both of the stories, there is a protagonist. In the …show more content…
Another similarity is that both of the antagonists get hurt by the goats. In the Norwegian version of the article "Three billy goats gruff", this is what happens, "Well, come along! I 've got two spears, And I 'll poke your eyeballs out at your ears; I 've got besides two curling-stones, And I 'll crush you to bits, body, and bones. That was what the big billy goat said. And then he flew at the troll, and poked his eyes out with his horns, and crushed him to bits, body, and bones, and tossed him out into the cascade, and after that, he went up to the hillside." And in the Polish/German version from the article "The three goats" this is what happens, "This goat said nothing in return, but instead, brave and forward as he was, lowered his horns and gave the wolf such a blow that he fell from the cliff into the chasm below and broke his right leg. And there the poor rascal lay. He wanted the biggest and fattest mouthful, but instead got nothing but pain." Another similarity is