German House Tales (JW Wolf)

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German House Tales is a collection of fairy tales by Johann Wilhelm Wolf , published in 1851.

History of origin

Johann Wilhelm Wolf traveled through the Odenwald with his brother-in-law, the officer Wilhelm von Ploennies , and systematically collected fairy tales, sagas , legends , superstitions and songs from the soldiers of his companies . The stories came not only from Hessen, but also from other areas where the companies were stationed. He also collected fairy tales and stories from the farmers in and around Jugenheim ad Bergstrasse , where he moved in 1848. The collection was published in 1851 by a publisher in Göttingen and Leipzig.

content

The collection consists of the following 51 fairy tales:

  • The always satisfied boy
  • The best food in the world
  • The golden kingdom
  • The gray man
  • The child from the grave
  • The castle of death
  • The little tailor and the three dogs
  • The faithful filling
  • The unbelievable
  • The white shirt, the heavy heavyweight and the gold ring
  • The fisherman's son, the black horse and the white horse
  • The violinist and his three journeymen
  • Faithful Paul
  • The golden stag
  • The gray Wackenstein
  • The hare herdsman
  • The Hinkelhirt
  • The youth in the fire and the three golden feathers
  • The emperor's son and his godmother
  • The butcher's company
  • The smartest
  • The shepherd's son and the magical king's daughter
  • The wolf's dream
  • The phoenix bird
  • The rooster’s wedding
  • Thanks for the dead
  • The three royal children
  • The thirteen cursed princesses
  • The iron boots
  • The redeemed serpent
  • The five questions
  • The faithful wife
  • The king's daughter in the Muntserrat mountains
  • The corpse eater
  • The almond baskets
  • The Princess of Tiefenthal
  • The robber's den in the forest
  • The snake in the burning forest
  • The bad comrades
  • The twelve brothers
  • The Zwerchpfeife
  • Learn to fear
  • Grünus Kravalle
  • Hans without fear
  • Odenwald fairy tales
  • From the robber chief Hans Kühstock
  • Hinkelbrühe from the boot cleaner
  • Of the eighteen soldiers
  • From the beautiful swan maid
  • From a pastor who preached too vigorously
  • How the devil blew the flute

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