Poverty and humility lead to heaven
Poverty and humility lead to heaven is the fourth of ten children's legends in the appendix to the children's and house tales by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 204). There the title was written poverty and humility lead to heaven .
content
A wandering prince looks at the sky and wants to go up. On the advice of an old beggar, he puts on his clothes and wanders for seven years without taking any money. When he returns home, nobody recognizes him. The servants do not let him into the castle and only reluctantly pass it on to the brothers, who do not care either. He writes to his mother without making himself known. She compassionately lets him live under the stairs. But one of the two servants who are supposed to bring him food keeps it to himself. Finally, the patient who is getting weaker and weaker demands the sacrament . When the pastor comes after Mass he is already dead, a rose in one hand, a lily in the other, next to him a paper with his story. A rose grows from his grave and a lily grows on the other side.
origin
The story has been included as children's legend No. 4 since the second edition (1819), according to Grimm's comment from the Paderbörnische by the Haxthausen family , based on the example of St. Alexius . Cf. KHM 203 The Rose , KHM 205 God's Food , KHM 209 The Heavenly Wedding .
literature
- Grimm, brothers. Children's and Household Tales. Last hand edition with the original notes by the Brothers Grimm. With an appendix of all fairy tales and certificates of origin, not published in all editions, published by Heinz Rölleke. Volume 3: Original Notes, Guarantees of Origin, Afterword. Pp. 275–276, 517. Revised and bibliographically supplemented edition, Stuttgart 1994. (Reclam-Verlag; ISBN 3-15-003193-1 )
