The swineherd
The Swineherd (Danish: Svinedrengen ) is an art fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen . It was created around 1841 and was part of the fairy tale collection Nye Eventyr (Danish, in German "New Fairy Tales" ) in 1844 .
A swineherd lived on the lower fringes of village society.
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A poor prince has a small kingdom. He is looking for a princess he can marry. A rose bush grows at his father's grave and produces a single flower every fifth year, which smells so good that you forget your grief. He also owns a nightingale that can sing beautifully. He sends these two treasures to a princess in silver containers. The princess is happy because she assumes these are artfully made toys. But when she realizes that the rose bush and nightingale are real, she is disappointed and does not want to see the prince.
The prince is not discouraged and asks the emperor for work in disguise. The emperor gives him the post of swineherd. In the evening he makes a pot that, when water is boiled, plays the melody:
- " Oh, you dear Augustin ,
- everything is gone, gone, gone! "
The princess sends a lady-in-waiting to ask how much the instrument costs. The prince demands ten kisses from the princess, which he receives after an initial refusal. The next day the swineherd makes an instrument from which all waltzes and dance songs can be heard. This time the princess has to give the swineherd 100 kisses. When the emperor notices this, the princess and the swineherd have to leave his empire. The princess is crying and the swineherd now reveals himself in his prince's clothes. Then the prince returns to his kingdom, but leaves the princess standing in front of the gate. She sadly sings the song:
- "Oh dear Augustin,
- everything is gone, gone, gone! "
Art fairy tale
Andersen denounces the pride and arrogance of the better-off society here, as in the ugly duckling . In his art fairy tales he often dispenses with an all-reconciling ending. Here the prince leaves the princess standing in front of the gate and it closes with the words "I have come to despise you!" He said. “You didn't want an honest prince! You didn't understand the rose and the nightingale, but you could kiss the swineherd for a gimmick. You have that for it! ”And then he went into his kingdom; there she could sing outside ...
Film adaptations
- 1953: The Princess and the Swineherd - BR Germany, Director: Herbert B. Fredersdorf
- 1968: An ancient fairy tale (Старая, старая сказка) - USSR, fairy tale film based on motifs from several fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen , director: Nadeschda Koschewerowa
- 1977: The Princess and the Pea (Принцесса на горошине) - USSR, fairy tale film based on several fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen , director: Boris Ryzarew
- 2017: The Swineherd - Germany, fairy tale film of the 10th season from the ARD series Six in one fell swoop , director: Carsten Fiebeler
Audio book
- CD The Little Muck - The Princess and the Swineherd. Speaker Jens Thelen . Power station, Korschenbroich 2006, 50 min. ISBN 3-938906-20-0
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Haimaa El Wardy: The Tale and the Magical in the politically engaged works of Gunter Grass and Rafik Shami . Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2007, ISBN 3-631-56970-X , p. 87
- ↑ available online under alliteratus.com ( PDF file)