Millet thief
Millet thief is a fairy tale ( AaTh 530). It is in Ludwig Bechstein's German book of fairy tales at position 13 (1845 No. 14).
content
A merchant is annoyed that millet was stolen from his field at night. He has his sons watch. The first two arm themselves, but then fall asleep. The third, Johannes, prevents sleep with thorns and easily catches the beautiful horse, he calls it "millet thief". Who rides to the enchanted princess on the Glasberg and around her castle can redeem her. The brothers' horses crash. "Millet thief" carries Johannes up to the princess, because it was her horse with which she could go to earth for an hour at night. Johannes lives happily with her, nobody comes there anymore.
origin
Bechstein notes: “According to oral tradition.” Wilhelmine Mylius told the story after his foreword from 1845 . Cf. Grimms KHM 57 Der goldene Vogel , KHM 93 Die Rabe , on the Glasberg also Bechstein's The White Wolf .
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. 91-95, 383.
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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. 383.