That fellow in heaven
The peasant in heaven is a sway ( ATU 802). In the children's and house tales of the Brothers Grimm from the 3rd edition of 1837 onwards, it is in place 167 (KHM 167) in Alemannic dialect .
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A poor peasant comes to the gate of heaven at the same time as a rich man. At first Peter only sees the rich, he is received with a lot of music. The peasant asks whether things are partial in heaven. Peter explains that it is so rare for a rich man to go to heaven.
origin
Grimm's comment is: Told in the best way by Friedrich Schmid near Arau . Wilhelm Wackernagel sent it to them together with KHM 165 Der Vogel Greif . The oldest literary precursor is the poem Das Bürle im Himmel. A fairy tale by Daniel Schubart (1774).
It is obviously based on the biblical words It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to come into the kingdom of God ( Mark 10, 25 , Matthew 19, 24 , Luke 18, 25 ) and so there will also be joy in heaven above a sinner who repents before the ninety-nine righteous who are in no need of repentance ( Luke 15: 7 ).
More Petrusschwänke at Grimm: KHM 35 The Tailor in Heaven , KHM 81 Brother Lustig , KHM 82 De Spielhansl , KHM 175 The Moon .
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. 257, 506. Revised and bibliographically supplemented edition, Stuttgart 1994. (Reclam-Verlag; ISBN 3-15-003193-1 )
- Uther, Hans-Jörg: Handbook to the children's and house fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. Berlin 2008. pp. 347-348. (de Gruyter; ISBN 978-3-11-019441-8 )
