Hurleburlebutz
Hurleburlebutz is a fairy tale ( ATU 425A). It was only in the first edition of 1812 in the children's and house tales of the Brothers Grimm in position 66 (KHM 66a).
content
The king promises his youngest daughter to a white male so that he can show him the way out of the forest. After eight days a fox comes to the castle, but they disguise a cowherd's daughter for him and, the second time, a goose herd daughter. He carries her “Hurleburlebutz!” Into the forest, but notices the deceit in her speeches when he lets himself be lousy. He threatens the king, gets the princess, and lives with her in his hut as a white male. Once he has to leave to return as the middle three white pigeons who cut off the princess's head at his request. There he is a redeemed young prince, and they inherit the kingdom.
origin
The magic or redemption tale comes from Johanna Hassenpflug . Later it only appears in the note on the similar KHM 127 Der Eisenofen . On the fox, see also KHM 57 The golden bird .
reception
In some editions of Children's and Household Tales, this fairy tale, as well as other unpublished fairy tales, can be found in the appendix. See Bechstein's The White Wolf .
The fairy tale was sold several times as a radio play ( audio book ) in a version of the Detmold theater ensemble.
Adaptation
- 2016: The singing, sounding tree , Germany, fairy tale film of the 9th season from the ARD series Six in one go . Use of themes from the fairy tale.
literature
- 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. 456-457.
