Simeliberg
Simeliberg is a fairy tale ( ATU 954). It is in the children's and house fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm at position 142 (KHM 142).
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One of the two brothers, as a grain dealer, has to try to support his family because his rich brother does not give him anything. Once in the forest he watches twelve wild men shouting in front of a mountain: “Mount Semsi, Mount Semsi, open up”, whereupon he opens up and they go inside. When they come out again, heavily packed, they shout: “Mount Semsi, Mount Semsi, close up.” He tries it too and finds silver, gold, pearls and precious stones inside, but only takes some of the gold. Now he can live well, but also does good to others. When he borrowed a bushel from his envious brother twice, the latter spreads pitch on the floor so that a piece of gold sticks and forces him to tell him the truth. Then the rich brother drives there in a car and loads up precious stones as much as he can. Because of this, he forgets the name of the mountain and shouts “Mount Simeli!”, But he remains trapped. In the evening the wild men come, suspect him of having set foot on the mountain earlier, and cut off his head.
origin
The magic fairy tale is in the children's and house tales from the second part of the first edition (since no. 56) at position 142. The note notes the similarity of this variant from the Münsterland (by Ludowine von Haxthausen ) and one from the Harz with Ali Baba and the 40 robbers from 1001 nights ("Open Sesame!"), also with Ernst Heinrich Meier No. 53 ("Simson thu dich auf"), the fairy tale for young people No. 30 Simsimseliger Berg by Heinrich Pröhle and the name of the mountain from the Swiss Guggisber member .
literature
- Brothers Grimm: Children's and Household Tales. Complete edition. With 184 illustrations by contemporary artists and an afterword by Heinz Rölleke. 19th edition. Artemis & Winkler and Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf and Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-538-06943-3 , pp. 648–650.
- 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 , pp. 237-238, 498.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ in Grimm's annotation volume from 1856, https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Kinder-_und_Haus-Märchen_Band_3_(1856)/Anmeränke#142