Reading Notes: Ashliman, Part A

 Bibliography: Dan Ashliman's Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales

Cat And Mouse In Partnership

               There was a male cat and a female mouse who lived together and put away a pot of fat to store in the church. They wanted to save it for winter. The cat ate the fat without the mouse, and when the mouse called him on it, he at her too, as it is ‘the way of the world’.

 

The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids

               A wolf swallowed six young goats whole, and the seventh told the mother what had happened. The mother and the youngest came upon the sleeping wolf and cut open his stomach, freeing her children. She then put rocks in his stomach and sewed it back up, and when the wolf went to get a drink, he drowned.

 

The Seven Ravens

               A father wished his sons would turn into ravens, so they did. His last child, a daughter. The sister eventually freed her brothers from the curse.

 

Little Red Cap

               Little Red Riding Hood

 

The Singing Bone

               There were two brothers. The youngest succeeded in the task that would gain him a princesses’ hand in marriage, but the older brother killed him and stole it. One day, a shepherd came across his bone, and it sung what had happened to him. The older brother was sewn into a sack and drowned alive.

 

The Elves

               The Shoemaker and the Elves

 

Herr Korbes

               Through an astounding series of events, Herr Korbes, who surely must have been a very wicked man, dies.

 

Old Sultan

               A farmer is going to shoot his dog, so a wolf, cat, and boar help him out.

 

Rumpelstiltskin

               The story of Rumpelstiltskin, and a girl who could not spin wheat into gold.



                                                      Rumpelstiltskin

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