The three stupid devils
The three stupid devils is a fairy tale ( AaTh 1164). It is in Ludwig Bechstein's German Book of Fairy Tales at position 71 (1845 No. 81).
content
There are no women in Hell. A young devil, then an older one go to get one. One gets into a young, avaricious, the other an old, stingy one. Back in hell, you laugh at her. The third has a similar experience with an old widow. He makes a pact with a charcoal burner. The devil drives into one of the three royal daughters, the charcoal burner drives him out and becomes rich. The third time, however, the devil would break his neck for it, unless he shows him a beautiful good wife. So the charcoal burner makes the third expulsion from all virgins, the devil is powerless and leaves.
origin
Bechstein noted "Oral in the Werratale", the source is unknown, the later edition was revised by Bechstein. Cf. Grimm's Der Gevatter Tod , Bruder Lustig , in the final sentence Bechstein adds an allusion to The Devil and his Grandmother .
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. 328-334, 392.
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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 , p. 392.