The sharp scissors

The sharp scissors are a fairy tale ( AaTh 810 A). It is in Ludwig Bechstein's New German Fairy Tale Book at position 16.

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A journeyman comes to a poor, pious tailor who quickly brings him many orders. But he also advises fraud and scornfully complains about everything sacred. He looks like a billy goat, doesn't touch the hymn book and doesn't go to church. He is the leader in a fight among journeymen. On the advice of the pastor, the tailor cuts off his tail. He is worshiped as a hero. Since then, the devil has met without a tail.

Remarks

Bechstein notes: “Orally in Franconia. with local coloring; But this mythical material is so genuinely magical that I gladly rewrote it into the present form. ”According to Hans-Jörg Uther, the source can not be determined. “Camera obscura” was evidently the name given to the waste bin for fabric scraps, the devil calls it “hell”. He does not eat salt, cf. No. 48 Clear Moon . “Exorciso te, creatura daemonica!” Means “I drive you out, devilish creature!” The end jokingly turns the text into an explanatory statement, cf. Grimms The Lord and the Devil's animals .

literature

Hans-Jörg Uther (Ed.): Ludwig Bechstein. New German fairy tale book. After the edition of 1856, text-critically revised and indexed. Diederichs, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2 , pp. 93-104, 289-290.

Web links

www.internet-maerchen.de: The sharp scissors

Individual evidence

^ Hans-Jörg Uther (Ed.): Ludwig Bechstein. New German fairy tale book. After the edition of 1856, text-critically revised and indexed. Diederichs, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2 , pp. 289-290.

[1] Hans-Jörg Uther (Ed.): Ludwig Bechstein. New German fairy tale book. After the edition of 1856, text-critically revised and indexed. Diederichs, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2 , pp. 289-290.