Tom Thumb

In fairy tales, a thumbling is a human figure no bigger than a thumb .

In the classification of fairy tales according to the Aarne-Thompson Index, this motif is assigned the AaTh 700 code, so it is classified in the category of magical fairy tales . The best-known version of the material in the German-speaking world is the Grimm fairy tale Daumesdick , which is listed as KHM 37 in the list of Grimm fairy tales . Hans Christian Andersen created a female counterpart to this in 1835 with his art fairy tale Thumbelina . The Brothers Grimm also record the fairy tale Daumerling's Wandering (KHM 45).

The art fairy tale The Little Thumble from the pen of the French writer Charles Perrault , however, follows the motif AaTh 327 (also belonging to the magic fairy tale category) and is not originally related to the actual Thumble's material; the title is explained by wanton contamination on the part of Perrault.

Another character is Nils Karlsson-Däumling by Astrid Lindgren from 1956.

A similar story can be found in the Japanese fairy tale ( Otogizōshi ) of Issun-bōshi ( Japanese 一寸法師 , dt. About: "one-inch boy").

The trilogy Die Chroniken der Nebelkriege (2009/2010) by Thomas Finn is a modern fantasy story in which Thumblings play a leading role as creators of culture .

The philosopher Michel Serres coined the term Generation Däumling .

Film adaptations

The fairy tale of Tom Thumb , Soviet Union / Czechoslovakia 1986
Little Tom Thumb , England 1958

literature

Norbert Nail: "Däumlings German (for the" Grimm Year 2012 ")" ( https://norbert-nail.de/daeumlings-deutsch.html )

Individual evidence

↑ Issun-boshi - Folk Legends. In: Kids Web Japan - Web Japan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan) , accessed August 22, 2011 .
↑ Katja Korf: Alle Macht the Thumb - 25 years Gameboy. In: Schwäbische.de, April 21, 2014, see Michel Serres: Reinvent yourselves! A declaration of love to the networked generation (original title: Petite Poucette 'Thumbelina'). Translated by Stefan Lorenzer. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-518-07117-5 .

[1] Issun-boshi - Folk Legends. In: Kids Web Japan - Web Japan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan) , accessed August 22, 2011 .

[2] Katja Korf: Alle Macht the Thumb - 25 years Gameboy. In: Schwäbische.de, April 21, 2014, see Michel Serres: Reinvent yourselves! A declaration of love to the networked generation (original title: Petite Poucette 'Thumbelina'). Translated by Stefan Lorenzer. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-518-07117-5 .