The Beam (fairy tale)

"The Beam" (German: Der Hahnenbalken) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale 149.[1] It is Aarne-Thompson type 987, False Magician Exposed by Clever Girl, with an episode like type 1290, A Fool Mistakes a Flax Field for a Lake.[2]

The Beam
Folk tale
NameThe Beam
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 987; ATU 1290
CountryGermany
Published inGrimms' Fairy Tales

Synopsis

A magician shows a rooster carrying a beam. A girl carrying a four-leafed clover realizes and declares that it is just a straw, not a beam. When she marries, the magician enchants her to think she sees a stream and then breaks it after she has hiked up her skirts to cross.

References

  1. Jacob and Wilheim Grimm. "The Beam". Household Tales. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  2. D. L. Ashliman, "The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales"
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