The devil is on the loose, or the fairy tale of how the devil invented brandy

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The devil is loose or the fairy tale about how the devil invented brandy is a fairy tale (cf. AaTh 331). It is in Ludwig Bechstein's German fairy tale book at position 6 (1845 No. 8) and comes from his Thuringia in the present , 1843 ( The devil is on the loose, or: how the devil invented brandy ).

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Two members of the Devil's Alliance argue about the location of boundary stones at a height. One chops off the other's head so that he has to run after his head. Then he gets into an argument with the devil, grabs him until he gives up his soul contract and swears never to have souls written to him again. The devil chases him into a hollow beech and gets stuck there. When it is cut down, he comes out. His grandmother died in hell, all souls are gone. Since he is no longer allowed to make soul contracts, he invents the brandy, now they come in heaps.

origin

According to Bechstein, the fairy tale comes from "Oral from Thuringia", according to Hans-Jörg Uther from Bechstein's Thuringia in the present , 1843 ( The devil is on the loose, or: how the devil invented brandy ). See Bechstein's The Three Stupid Devils , Schab den Rüssel , Grimms De Spielhansl with a note, The spirit in the glass , The devil and his grandmother , The blacksmith and the devil .

literature

  • Hans-Jörg Uther (Ed.): Ludwig Bechstein. Storybook. After the edition of 1857, text-critically revised and indexed. Diederichs, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2 , pp. 60-65, 382.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jörg Uther (Ed.): Ludwig Bechstein. Storybook. After the edition of 1857, text-critically revised and indexed. Diederichs, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2 , p. 382.