The Devil and his Grandmother
The devil and his grandmother is a fairy tale (ATU 812). It is in the Children's and Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm in place 125 (KHM 125).
Content
Three poorly paid soldiers to desert and hide in the grain. But the army surrounded the field until they are afraid to starve. Since it carries out a dragon. The Devil gives them a whip that makes money. For this, they are going to be after seven years if they can not solve a puzzle. They live in abundance, but do not do anything bad. Finally get two fear that they might not solve the puzzle, but one is careless and goes on the advice of an old woman in a stone house in the woods. There, the devil hides him grandmother while she aushorcht the devil about the enigma: " In the great North Sea lies a dead cat, which should be your roast meat, and a whale rib, which should be your silver spoon, and a hollow old Pferdefuss, shall be your wine glass. " The soldier tells the others. You are the devil answer and may keep the whip.
Grimm's Note
Grimm's note quoted from Zwehrn ( by Dorothea cattle man) and provides a variant of German Bohemia: " I wanted us brought to the devil " One of the three soldiers aligned under a pear tree who comes and closes the contract. You may walk to hell until he presents his mystery after one year. The soldier, the other two accused his recklessness, overheard by a pear tree from how the devil calms the Lutzifer what difficult puzzles he has a warm cloth, a beautiful horse and a gold cup, but a smelly goat skin, a goat and an unlucky cups are. The soldier does not recommend it, and the devil has to bring money to the place of conclusion.
Very similar tale: KHM 29 The devil with the three golden hairs, KHM 165 The griffin. See Giambattista Basile in Penta Meron II, 2 Verde Prato, IV, 6 The three crowns, IV, 8 The seven Täublein, V, 2 months, V, 9 The three lemons.
Animated series
- Gurimu Meisaku Gekijo, Japanese cartoon series in 1987, Episode 21: The Devil and his grandfather