Hans marries

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Hans marries is a swank ( ATU 859 (3, 2)). It is in the children's and house fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm from the 2nd edition from 1819 on position 84 (KHM 84) and comes from Johannes Praetorius' divining rod from 1667. Its template was a under the pseudonym "Ernst Wolgemuth from Warhausen im Warnethal" published Schwankbuch 500 Major Pills . In Grimm's case, the title Hans heirathet was written .

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The godfather wants to woo Hans a bride. He puts him behind the stove, makes him hold a coin and chunk bread in milk. He tells the stingy bride's father that Hans is warm, has money in hand, something to break in and a lot of trouble (which means both goods and patches). The father agrees. After the wedding, the bride wants to see the goods. As a precaution, Hans puts on an old dress. When the bride looks at the fields, he hits his patches and says this is his. When asked whether he was also at the wedding, the narrator replies that the sun had melted his snow cap, the thorns in his cobweb dress and his glass shoes broke on a stone.

origin

Illustration by Otto Ubbelohde , 1909

The source cites Grimm's note, Johannes Praetorius' Wünschelruthe , 1667. They would often have heard showing the coin as a joke. The final joke with the cap made of snow etc. is added from oral tradition, as is often done at the end of fairy tales (cf. KHM 91 , 70a ). On the other hand, Praetorius and his draft, which appeared under a pseudonym, close with a warning against gullibility. Such ambiguous boasting of the courtship was popular in swank books of the 17th and 18th centuries (cf. KHM 33a ). He “has something to rock” usually appears as “something to bite and chunk”, for example with Johannes Agricola , he “sits warmly” with Hans Sachs . The name "Hans" only appears here in Grimm.

literature

  • Brothers Grimm: 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. Revised and bibliographically supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-003193-1 , p. 156, 479.
  • Hans-Jörg Uther: Handbook to the children's and house fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. de Gruyter, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-019441-8 , pp. 195-196.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Jörg Uther: Handbook on the children's and house tales of the Brothers Grimm. de Gruyter, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-019441-8 , pp. 195-196.
  2. ↑ Lothar Bluhm and Heinz Rölleke: “Popular speeches that I always listen to”. Fairy tale - proverb - saying. On the folk-poetic design of children's and house fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. New edition. S. Hirzel Verlag, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-7776-0733-9 , p. 103.
  3. ^ Brothers Grimm: 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. Revised and bibliographically supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-003193-1 , p. 479.

Web links

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