Characters in "The King of The Golden River"
- Schwartz – (his name means "black" in German), one of the two "Black Brothers." He and his brother Hans are described as very ugly men with overhanging eybrows and small, "dull" eyes, which they kept half closed.
- Hans – (his name is the common "John" in German), the other of the two "Black Brothers." Both are cruel to both animals and people, and they enjoy nothing better than drinking out their last penny at the neighboring alehouse.
- Gluck – (should be Glück; his name means "luck" or "happiness" in German; the name is a wish of "good luck": "G' Luck!"), the twelve-year-old kid brother of the "Black Brothers." In striking contrast to his elder brothers, he is blond-haired and blue-eyed and kindly disposed to all living things.
- Southwest Wind, Esquire – a personified wind, who visits the three brothers in the Treasure Valley. He stands about four feet, six inches, has a brass colored nose and red cheeks that look like he had been blowing a refractory fire for 48 hours, silky eyelashes, and a moustache that curls twice around on each side of his face. He wears a conical hat that is almost as tall as he is, and a cloak that stretches about four times his height when blown by the wind.
- The King of the Golden River – a golden dwarf entrapped by "a stronger king" as a golden heirloom mug in Gluck's possession, freed through the melting of the mug, king of the river that cascades from the cataracts surrounding the Treasure Valley.
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