The twelve apostles
The twelve apostles is the second of ten children's legends in the appendix to the children's and house tales by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 202; ATU 766).
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Three hundred years before the birth of Christ, a poor mother has twelve sons whom she has to send one after the other to look for bread. They each meet their little guardian angel , who fulfills their wish to see the Savior . He lulls her to sleep in a magnificent rock cave. You awaken on the night of Jesus' birth and become the twelve apostles .
origin
The story has been included as children's legend No. 2 since the second edition (1819), according to Grimm's comment from the Haxthausen family in Paderbörn . They compare from their German sagas No. 297.
literature
- Grimm, brothers. Children's and Household Tales. Last hand edition with the original notes by the Brothers Grimm. With an appendix of all fairy tales and certificates of origin, not published in all editions, published by Heinz Rölleke. Volume 3: Original Notes, Guarantees of Origin, Afterword. S. 275, 516. Revised and bibliographically supplemented edition, Stuttgart 1994. (Reclam-Verlag; ISBN 3-15-003193-1 )
Web links
Wikisource: The Twelve Apostles - Sources and Full Texts
