The three musicians
The three musicians is a fairy tale ( AaTh 301A). It is in Ludwig Bechstein's German book of fairy tales at position 40 (1845 No. 48).
content
A violinist, a trumpeter and a flute wander and play together. You hear about a haunted castle with treasures. First the violinist goes, finds himself entertained by ghost hands in magnificent halls and dine with a male. This will drop a roast and pound it when you try to pick it up. It's the same with the trumpeter. But the courageous flute is faster and tears off the male's beard. It has to lead him through corridors and wonderful land, through water that he shares with a magic wand, and finally to the sleeping princess under a singing bird. She receives from the bird's heart to eat what she and the castle redeem. The male wants the beard back, which has the power to spoil their happiness. But the flute first accepts the stick, sends the male back through the water and throws the beard at him. They live happily, their comrades wait in vain and say: "He went whistling."
origin
The male declares his role as a defense against greedy, the hero renounces the applause of others for love. Bechstein's note notes the oral tradition in Franconia and the similarity to Sleeping Beauty , according to his introduction from 1845, Georg Friedrich Stertzing tells it . See Bechstein's The Courageous Flute Player , The Tiny, Tiny Little Man , Grimms Dat Erdmänneken , The Water of Life , Jorinde and Joringel on the bird .
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. 190-198, 387-388.
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Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 387-388.