The thief and the devil
The thief and the devil is a fairy tale . It is in Ludwig Bechstein's New German Book of Fairy Tales at position 42 and comes from Antonius von Pforr's The Book of Examples of the Wise Men (Chapter 5: The Thief and the Devil, Who Stalked a Hermit ).
content
A thief stealing a hermit's cow on the way meets the devil who wants to kill the hermit. But in front of his hermitage they argue who is allowed to turn first. Then the hermit and the pilgrims sleeping with him come out and drive them away.
origin
The fairy tale tells, at least with Bechstein, the eagle to his king to show that one must take advantage of the discord of one's enemies. Like the previous ones, it comes from Antonius von Pforr's The Book of Examples of the Ancient Sages , a transmission of the Indian Panchatantra .
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. 245-248, 295.
Web links
- The thief and the devil in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Review by Michael Niehaus and Wim Peeters: Giving advice: On the theory and analysis of advisory action. at Google Books
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 , p. 295.