The Natterkrönlein
The Natterkrönlein is a fairy tale ( AaTh 672 C). It is in Ludwig Bechstein's New German Fairy Tale Book at position 2 and comes from Ignaz and Josef Zingerle 's children's and house fairy tales from southern Germany from 1854 ( Another fairy tale from the Krönlnatter ).
content
A maid loyally takes care of the cows. There is also a white snake that gets milk and the cows thrive. But the Lord rages that it is a poisonous worm and chases them away. Weeping, she says goodbye to the cows. Then the snake comes and lets its crown fall into its hands. The maid marries the Schulz son. The farmer becomes impoverished. In the end, his cows are hers. She returns the crown to the snake.
origin
Bechstein names the source at Zingerle, the conclusion is missing there. Cf. No. 26 The snake with the golden key , No. 46 Snake, household friend , Grimm's fairy tale of the toad .
literature
- Hans-Jörg Uther (Ed.): Ludwig Bechstein. New German fairy tale book. After the edition of 1856, text-critically revised and indexed. Diederichs, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2 , pp. 19-23, 287.