Old Hildebrand

"Old Hildebrand" (German: Der alte Hildebrand) is an Austrian fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 95) and written in an Austrian dialect. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1360C.[1]

This article is about the fairy tale. For the mythological character, see Hildebrand. For other uses, see Hildebrand (disambiguation).
Old Hildebrand
Folk tale
NameOld Hildebrand
Data
Aarne-Thompson groupingATU 1360C
CountryAustria
Published inGrimm's Fairy Tales

Origin

The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the second edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1819. Their source was an unnamed informant from Austria.[1]

Synopsis

A peasant's wife and the parson fancied each other, so the wife feigned illness, and the parson preached that whoever had an ill family member could go to the Cuckoo's Mountain in Italy, and get laurel leaves that would cure the ill person. The peasant, Hildebrand, left to get them, and the parson came to his house. But on the way, Hildebrand met his cousin, an egg merchant, who alerted him and brought him to the house in his cart. The parson and the wife began to sing, the merchant sang, and Hildebrand sang that it was enough. He jumped from the basket and beat the parson out of the house.

gollark: Such a thing would require years of development.
gollark: Interesting idea, but apiophotonic lasers are still *highly* experimental.
gollark: Photons cannot carry 🏳️‍🌈, although they do interact with the gay field somewhat.
gollark: No such thing.
gollark: Yes, this is the main barrier to its use.

References
  1. Ashliman, D. L. (2020). "Old Hildebrand". University of Pittsburgh.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.