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Simpleton finds The Golden Goose: illustration by L. Leslie Brooke, 1905
The Golden Goose (: Die goldene Gans) is a
collected by the
(Tale 64).
The hero is the youngest of three brothers, given the nickname Simpleton. His eldest brother is sent into the forest to chop wood, fortified with a rich cake and a bottle of wine. He meets a little gray man who begs a morsel to eat and a swallow of ale but is rebuffed. The eldest brother meets an accident and is taken home. The second brother meets a similar fate. Simpleton, sent out with a biscuit cooked in the ashes of the hearth and soured beer, is generous with the little old man and is rewarded with a golden . The goose has been discovered within the roots of the
chosen by the little gray man and felled by Simpleton.
Simpleton takes the Golden Goose to market.
With the goose under his arm, Simpleton heads for an inn where as soon as his back is turned, the 's daughter attempts to pluck just one of the feathers of pure gold and is stuck fast. Her sister comes to help her and is stuck fast too. The youngest daughter is determined not to be left out of the riches where she ends up stuck to the second. Simpleton makes his way to the castle and each person who attempts to interfere is joined to the unwilling parade ranging from the , his , and two .
In the castle lives the
who has never laughed. But the despondent Princess, sitting by the window and glimpsing the parade staggering after Simpleton and his golden goose, laughs until she cries. Some versions include an additional three trials. Simpleton succeeds in all with the help of his little gold friend and finally wins the princess, living happily ever after.
The hero is the youngest of three brothers, given the nickname "Simpleton". His eldest brother is sent into the forest to chop wood (the Task), fortified with a rich cake and a bottle of wine. He meets a little gray man (the Disguised Helper) who begs a morsel to eat and a swallow of ale but is rebuffed. The eldest brother meets an accident and is taken home. The second brother meets a similar fate. Dummling, sent out with a biscuit cooked in the ashes of the hearth and soured beer, is generous with the little old man and is rewarded with a golden goose (the Fairy Gift).
The goose has been discovered within the roots of the tree chosen by the little gray man and felled by Dummling. Tellers of this tale could not have been aware of the imprisonment of . For archaic Greek spirits within oak trees, see .
With the goose under his arm, Dummling heads for an inn, where, as soon as his back is turned, the innkeeper's daughter attempts to pluck just one of the feathers of pure gold, and is stuck fast (G Justice is Served). Her sister, coming to help her, is stuck fast too. And the youngest (Least of Three), determined not to be left out of the riches, is stuck to the second. Dummling makes his way to the castle, and each person who attempts to interfere is joined to the unwilling parade: the parson, his sexton, and two laborers.
In the castle lives the king with the Princess (the Princess Prize) who has never laughed. But the despondent Princess, sitting by the window and glimpsing the parade staggering after Dummling and his golden goose, laughs until she cries. Dummling, after three more impossible trials including finding a ship that sails on land and sea, sometimes inserted in the tale, in each of which he is assisted by the little gray man, wins the Princess and everyone lives happily ever after.
"The Golden Goose" falls in Aarne-Thompson Type , All Stick Together; the appended episode is of A-T Type , The Land-and-Water Ship.
Folklorist
has pointed out other versions of a Golden Fowl theme:
(); The Golden Mallard (from the
stories of the Buddha's former births); the
A musical version of The Golden Goose, written by Dieter Stegmann and
was presented at the Amphitheater Park , ,
as part of the Brothers Grimm Festival in 2006. It was also featured as an episode of the PC Game
where the goose is 10 times its size and its victims have their bodies completely stuck to the goose rather than falling in a conga line as in the story.
translated by , London: , 1884. e-text
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THE GOLDEN GOOSE
Once upon a time there was a woodcutter called Thaddeus, a
dreamy, foolish-looking lad though good-hearted. One day, his father sent him
to a distant wood to chop down trees. Thaddeus thought that these trees were
a kind he had never seen before.
It was hard work trying to hack through their hard trunks.
Sweating after all his efforts, he had barely sat down against a sawn-off
trunk to have a meal, when a strange old man with a white beard popped out
from behind a bush and asked him for a bite to eat. Kindly Thaddeus gave him
some bread and cheese and together they cheerily drank a flask of wine.
"Of all the woodcutters that have tried to fell these trees, you're the first
one who has been nice to me," said the old man, stuttering, perhaps after all
the wine. "You deserve a reward. If you cut down that tree in the center of
the wood, you'll find that all the others will fall down by themselves. Have a
look in its roots where there's a gift for you! You see, I'm the Wizard of the
Not particularly surprised, Thaddeus did as he was told, and in a flash, his
work was done. From the roots of the tree the Wizard had pointed towards, the
woodcutter took a golden goose. Slipping the bird under his arm, Thaddeus set
off homewards. Now, it may have been too much wine, or maybe the fact he was
new to these parts, but the fact remains that Thaddeus lost his way. At dead
of night, he reached a strange village. A tavern was still open, so the
woodcutter went in.
"Something to eat for myself and for the Golden Goose that the Wizard of the
Woods gave me," he ordered the innkeeper's daughter. "That's a bite for me and
a bite for you," he said, sharing his food with the goose across the table.
The innkeeper's other two daughters came to stare at the strange sight, then
all three dared ask: "Why are you so kind to a goose?"
"This is a magic goose," replied Thaddeus, "and worth a fortune. I shall stay
the night here and I need a secure room, for I don't want to be robbed."
However, during the night, one of the sisters was persuaded to steal at least
one goose feather.
"If it's a magic bird, then one of its feathers will be precious too!" But the
second her hand touched the goose's tail, it stuck fast, and nothing would
unstick it. In a low voice, she called her sisters, but when they tried to
pull her free, they too stuck fast. A little later, Thaddeus woke, not at all
surprised to see the three sisters, ashamed at being discovered, stuck to the
golden goose.
"How can we get free?" they wailed. But the woodcutter coolly replied:
"I have to leave with my goose. Too bad for you if you're stuck to her. You'll
just have to come too!" And when the innkeeper saw the strange little
procession trip past, he shouted "What's up?" and grabbed the last sister by
the arm. It was the worst thing he could have done! For he too found himself
attached to the tail of the little group. The same fate awaited a nosy village
woman, the plump curate and the baker who had placed a hand on the curate's
shoulder as he rushed past. Last of all came a guard who had tried to stop the
procession. People laughed as Thaddeus and his row of followers went by, and
crowds soon flocked the roads.
Close to the village where Thaddeus had spent the night stood the Royal Palace.
Though rich and powerful, the King had a great sorrow: his only daughter
suffered from a strange illness that no doctor had been able to cure. She was
always sad and unhappy. The King had once proclaimed that the man who
succeeded in making his daughter laugh would be granted her hand in marriage.
But so far, nobody had so much as brought a smile to the Princess's lips.
As it so happened, the Princess chose that day to drive through the village
square, just as the woodcutter with the goose under his arm, solemnly marched
by with his line of unwilling followers. When she heard the people chuckle,
the Princess raised the carriage curtains. The minute she set eyes on the
amazing sight, she burst into peals of laughter.
Everyone was amazed to hear the Princess laugh for the first time. She stepped
down from the carriage for a closer look at the golden goose and that's how
she got stuck to the baker! Laughing and chattering, the procession headed
towards the palace, with the crowds at their heels. When the King saw his
daughter in fits of laughter, he could hardly believe it.
"How amazing! How amazing!" he said.
But in spite of all the mirth, it was a serious situation. That is, until a
large man with a tall peaked hat and a white beard stepped forward and snapped
his fingers three times. Suddenly, Thaddeus and the others all became unstuck.
The woodcutter was about to thank the Wizard of the Woods, for it could be
none other, but he had vanished into thin air. And that's how the simple
woodcutter, Thaddeus, found himself married to the King's daughter.