The galoshes of luck
The Galoshes of Luck ( Danish Lykkens Kalosker ) is an art fairy tale by the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen , which was first published on May 19, 1838 . It is divided into six content sections.
content
In an anteroom of a pub in Copenhagen , next to umbrellas, coats and galoshes, there are a young and an old woman. The lucky fairy, the young woman, has her birthday and conjures up something important for her with the galoshes entrusted to her. She prophesies that to anyone who wears the galoshes, every wish he utters will be instantly granted. The elderly woman, the fairy of worry, foresees the coming evil. First, the judicial council slips into the galoshes. After some townspeople put on the galoshes, a lot of disaster ensues. In the end, a theologian who wears the galoshes is dead because he wished for a trip to Italy where he would like to see the happiest place in the world. The lucky fairy and the worry fairy stand there and disagree. While the lucky fairy thinks that the galoshes really brought luck to at least these people, the worry fairy has a completely different opinion. She takes the galoshes from the dead theologian and, to his chagrin, the man is back in his old life and in his old routine.
Film adaptations
- 1986: Die Galoschen des Glücks , Czechoslovakia / FR Germany, fairy tale film, director: Juraj Herz .
- 2018: Die Galoschen des Glücks , Germany, fairy tale film of the 11th season from the ARD series Six in one go
Web links
- The galoshes of happiness retelling at maerchenatlas.de
- The galoshes of happiness fairy tale text at projekt-gutenberg.org