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Using primary German-language sources, Altmann has gleaned a wonderful assortment of authentic tales to enchant and educate audiences of all ages. The stories are organized in four sections: Animal stories, Comic tales, Fairy tales, and Local legends. Background information on the stories, a description of German life during the 19th century, color photographs, a pronunciation guide for German terms, and traditional German recipes are included. All grade levels. Many people are familiar with the German tales of the Brothers Grimm, but usually in the sugar-coated versions of picture books and Hollywood cartoons. In this book you'll discover some other sides to German folklore. Using primary German-language sources, Altmann has gleaned a wonderful assortment of authentic tales to enchant and educate audiences of all ages. This collection includes many favorite German tales, such as Rapunzel, Snow White, Rumpelstilkskin, Hansel and Gretel, and The Bremen Town Musicians; as well as more obscure tales such as The Seven Swabians and The Master Thief. There are tales for all kinds of listeners and readers—more than 80 stories in all, including tales that may shock you or make your hair stand on end, as well as those that will intrigue or amuse. The stories are organized in four sections: Animal stories (Tiergeschichten, largely fables), Comic tales (Schwanke, which range from the silly to the outrageous), Fairy tales (Zaubermarchen, or wonder tales), Local legends (Sagen, which include stories of ghosts and goblins, and religious legends). Background information and tale type information on the stories, a description of German life during the 19th century, color photos, a pronunciation guide for German terms, and traditional German recipes make this a wonderful resource for introducing audiences to German culture and traditions.

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Acknowledgments Introduction The German World of the Folktales Opening Tale The Golden Key / Der goldene Schlüssel Tiergeschichten (Animal Tales) The Hare and the Hedgehog / Der Hase und der Igel The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage / Von dem Mäuschen, Vögelchen, und der Bratwurst The Bremen Town Musicians / Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten A Cat and a Mouse Keep House / Katz und Maus in Gesellschaft The Kinglet and the Bear / Der Zaunkönig und der Bär The Fox and the Horse / Der Fuchs und das Pferd The Fox and the Cat / Der Fuchs und die Katze The Wolf and the Fox / Der Wolf und der Fuchs The Wolf and the Man / Der Wolf und der Mensch The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids / Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geislein Schwänke (Comic Tales) Hans in Luck / Hans im Glück The Seven Swabians / Die sieben Schwaben The Peasant's Wise Daughter / Die Kluge Bauerntochter Clever Else / Die kluge Else Clever Gretel / Das kluge Gretel Clever Folk / Die klugen Leute The Master Thief / Der Meisterdieb The Three Lazybones / Die drei Faulen The Post-horn / Das Posthorn All Lies / Ein Lügen-Märchen Till Eulenspiegel First Story Second Story Third Story Fourth Story Eighth Story Ninth Story Twenty-Sixth Story Twenty-Seventh Story Twenty-Eighth Story Forty-Eighth Story The End of Till Eulenspiegel: How Eulenspiegel Was Buried. Zaubermärchen (Fairy Tales) Hansel and Gretel / Hänsel und Grethel Aschenputtel The Golden Goose / Die goldene Gans Brier Rose / Dornröschen The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs / Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren The Shoemaker and the Elves / Die Wichtelmänner The Fisherman and His Wife / Von dem Fischer un syner Fru Frau Holle The Frog King / Der Froschkönig The Queen and the Frog / De Koenigin un de Pogg The Rosemaiden / Das Rosenmädchen The Goosegirl / Die Gänsemagd The House in the Forest / Das Waldhaus The Poor Miller Boy and the Little Cat / Der arme Müllerbursch und das Kätzchen The Moon / Der Mond Rapunzel Little Red Cap / Rotkäppchen Rumpelstiltskin / Rumpelstilzchen The Three Spinners / Die drei Spinnerinnen The Seven Ravens / Die sieben Raben The Six Swans / Die sechs Schwäne Snow White / Sneewittchen Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle / Spindel, Weberschiffchen und Nadel Table Set Yourself, Donkey Stretch Yourself, Stick Jump Out of the Sack / Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel, und Knüppel aus dem Sack The Three Little Men in the Woods / Die drei Männlein im Walde The Brave Little Tailor / Das tapfere Schneiderlein Starsilver / Die Sterntaler Sagen (Local Legends) The Little Woodwife on the Cart Shaft / Das Waldweibchen auf der Wagendeichsel How a Poor Old Woman Got a Lot of Linen and Lost It Again / Wie ein armes Mütterchen zu vieler Wäsche kam und dieselbe wieder verlor The Ratcatcher of Hameln / Der Rattenfänger von Hameln The Mouse Lake / Maussee The Golem The Death of the Golem The Little Old Woman / Das alte Mütterchen The Twelve Apostles / Die zwölf Apostel The Two Mothers / Die zwei Mütter Frau Holle Frau Holle's Pond / Frau Hollen Teich Holle's Eve / Der Holleabend Frau Holle's House / Die Wohnung der Frau Holle The Devil's Chapel / Des Teufels Kapelle The Little Stone Man / Das steinerne Männlein Mr. Stone-Old / Herr Steinalt The Casting of Two Great Bells at Breslau / Der Glockenguß zu Breslau The Buried Bell / Glocke Vergraben The Poor Folks' Bell / Die Armenglocke Doctor Faust / Doktor Faust The Wartburg: Five Legends The Origin of the Wartburg Why Graf Ludwig Was Called the Springer The Singers' War The Roses Doctor Luther at the Wartburg Hitler and Mussolini / Hitler und Mussolini The Waterman as the Keeper of Souls / Der Wassermann als Seelenhüter The Nix and the Midwife / Der Nix holt die Wehmutter The Klabautermann The Elves / Die Wichtelmänner The Haalghost / Der Haalgeist The Egg-layers / Die Eierleger The Buttermaiden in Zerbst / Die Butterjungfer in Zerbst The Donkey with the Bagpipe / Der Esel als Dudelsackpfeifer The Tailor and the Flood / Der Schneider und die Sündflut The Origin of the Pretzel / Brezel Pumpernickel The Pear Tree in the Churchyard in Ribbeck / Der Birnbaum auf dem Kirchhofe zu Ribbeck Closing Tale The Narrow Bridge / Die schmale Brücke Recipes Dumplings (Knödel or Klöße) Pancakes Game: Hare (Rabbit), Venison, and Wild Boar Cabbage and Sauerkraut Other Favorites Sayings Pronunciations List of Works Cited Index

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