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Fitcher's Bird
| Fitcher's Bird | |
|---|---|
 Illustration to Fitcher's Bird by John B. Gruelle(?) (1914?) | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Fitcher's Bird |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 311 (The Heroine Rescues Herself and Her Sisters) |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Grimms' Fairy Tales |
"Fitcher's Bird" (German: Fitchers Vogel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 46.[1][2]
It is Aarne-Thompson type 311, the heroine rescues herself and her sisters.[3] Another tale of this type is How the Devil Married Three Sisters.[4][5] The Brothers Grimm noted its close similarity to the Norwegian The Old Dame and Her Hen,[6] also grouped in this tale type.
The tale also features the motifs of the "Forbidden chamber" and a bloodied item that betrays the bride peeking in that chamber against strict orders, and as such bears resemblance to the Bluebeard type tales (which are type AT 312).[5][7][8]
- ^ Grimm & Grimm 1843, KHM (Grosse Ausgabe), Band 1, "46. Fitchers Vogel" S.271-275
- ^ Margaret Hunt (tr.) Grimm & Grimm 1884, vol. 1, "46. Fitcher's Bird"
- ^ Uther, Hans-Jörg (2004). The Types of International Folktales (snippet). Vol. 1. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica. p. 191.
- ^ D. L. Ashliman, "How the Devil Married Three Sisters, and other folktales of type 311"
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