Town:
Gaisheim (Gaisheim/Neukirchen, County Amberg or Gaisheim/Moosbach, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 554 “The Grateful Animals”
THE ENCHANTED QUILL
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 044 (“Die verwunschene Krähe”)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 432 “The Prince as Bird”
THE IRON SHOES
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry I, folder 6c, sheet 37; ZA Marburg No. 202 993 (untitled)
Town:
Neukirchen St. Chr. (Neukirchen zu St. Chr./Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 400 “The Man on a Quest for His Lost Wife”
THE WOLVES
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 203 024 (“Die Welfen-Sage”)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 762 “Woman with Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Children”; ATU 765 “The Mother Who Wants to Kill Her Children”
THE FLYING TRUNK
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry VIb, folder 21/8, envelope 1, sheet 15; ZA Marburg No. 202 062 (“Das fliegende Kästchen”)
Informant:
“Eugen”
Tale Type:
ATU 575 “The Prince’s Wings”; KHM 77a “The Carpenter and the Turner”
KING GOLDENLOCKS
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry VI, folder 24b, sheet 23; ZA Marburg No. 202 132 (“König Goldhaar”)
Town:
Katzberg (County Cham)
Tale Type:
ATU 314 “Goldener”; ATU 502 “The Wild Man”; KHM 136 “Iron Hans”
THE BEAUTIFUL SLAVE GIRL
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 203 027 (untitled)
Tale Type:
ATU 505 “The Grateful Dead”
THREE FLOWERS
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 203 528 (untitled)
Town:
Waldmühle b. Neuenhammer (Waldmühle/Pressath, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab or Waldmühle/Hirschau, County Amberg)
Tale Type:
ATU 451 “The Maiden Who Seeks Her Brother”; KHM 3 “Mary’s Child”; KHM 9 “The Twelve Brothers”; KHM 49 “The Six Swans”
THE FIGS
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 294 (“Die Feigen”)
Town:
Tirschenreuth (County Tirschenreuth)
Tale Type:
ATU 554 “The Grateful Animals”; ATU 610 “The Healing Fruits”; KHM 62 “The Queen Bee”; KHM 165 “The Griffin”
THE ENCHANTED MUSKET
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 459 (untitled)
Tale Type:
ATU 314A “The Shepherd and the Three Giants”; ATU 400 “The Man on the Quest for His Lost Wife”; ATU 594* “The Magic Bridle”; ATU 935 “The Prodigal’s Return”
THE THREE ABDUCTED DAUGHTERS
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 992 (“Der Wunderbeutel, das Wunschhütchen und das Wunderhorn”)
Tale Type:
ATU 566 “The Three Magic Objects and the Wonderful Fruits”; ATU 569 “The Knapsack, the Hat and the Horn”; KHM 54 “The Knapsack, the Hat and the Horn”
THE PORTRAIT
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry I, folder 6c, envelope 130 (first part) a. folder 15, envelope 14 (second part); ZA Marburg No. 202 853 (“Brüderlein und Schwesterlein”)
Tale Type:
ATU 403 “The Black and the White Bride”; KHM 135 “The White and the Black Bride”
ASHFEATHERS
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 249 (“Aschenflügel”)
Tale Type:
ATU 510A “Cinderella”; KHM 21 “Cinderella”
TWELVE TORTOISES
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 855 (untitled)
Tale Type:
ATU 312C “The Rescued Bride”; ATU 530 “The Princess on the Glass Mountain”; ATU 814 “The Careless Word Summons the Devil”
THUMBNICKEL
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 046 (“Der Daumen-Nickerl”)
Town:
Parkstein (Parkstein, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 700 “Thumbling”; KHM 37 “Thumbling”; KHM 45 “Thumbling’s Travels”
HANS THE STRONG MAN
Source:
Schönwerth: Sitten und Sagen, II, p. 271-75 (“Der grosse Hans”)
Town:
Oberbernried (Waldthurn, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 650A “Strong John”; ATU 1008 “Lighting the Road”; KHM 90 “The Young Giant”
LOUSEHEAD
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry VII, folder 1, sheet 61; ZA Marburg No. 203 559 (“Die Waldfraun”)
Informant:
“Eugen”
Tale Type:
ATU 314 “Goldener”; KHM 136 “Iron John”
SEVEN WITH ONE BLOW!
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 203 020 (“Sieben auf einen Schlag”)
Town:
Radwaschen (Pleystein, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 1640 “The Brave Tailor”; KHM 20 “The Brave Little Tailor”
THE BURNING TROUGH
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 963 (“Des Bauern 3 Töchter”)
Tale Type:
ATU 425 “The Search for the Lost Husband”; ATU 425B “Son of the Witch”; KHM 127 “The Iron Oven”
THE KING’S BODYGUARD
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 247 (“Der Leibhusar”)
Tale Type:
ATU 461 “Three Hairs from the Devil’s Beard”; KHM 29 “The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs”
THE SCORNED PRINCESS
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 992 (“Der Wunderbeutel, das Wunschhütchen und das Wunderhorn”)
Tale Type:
ATU 566 “The Three Magic Objects and the Wonderful Fruits”; ATU 569 “The Knapsack, the Hat and the Horn”; KHM 54 “The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn”
THE TALKING BIRD, THE SINGING TREE, AND THE SPARKLING STREAM
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 290 (“Die armen Königskinder”)
Town:
Tirschenreuth (County Tirschenreuth)
Tale Type:
ATU 707 “The Three Golden Children”
THE WEASEL
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 203 489 (“Das Wieserl”)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 444* “Enchanted Prince Disenchanted”; ATU 554 “The Grateful Animals”
THE KNIGHT’S SASH
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 258 (“Hans mit der Löwin”)
Town:
Neukirchen St. Chr. (Neukirchen zu St. Chr./Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 590 “The Faithless Mother”; KHM 121 “The Prince Who Feared Nothing”
THE GIRL AND THE COW
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 203 000 (“Die Prinzessin und die Kuh”)
Tale Type:
ATU 444* “Enchanted Prince Disenchanted”
THE CALL OF THE SHEPHERD
’S HORN
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 064 (“Die Prinzessin und die Kuh”)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 444* “Enchanted Prince Disenchanted”
THE MARK OF THE DOG, PIG, AND CAT
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 203 205 (untitled)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 707 “The Three Golden Children”; KHM 3 “Mary’s Child”
THE THREE-LEGGED GOATS
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 137 (“Märchen”)
Town:
“Kulm” (Town unknown)
Tale Type:
ATU 400 “The Man on a Quest for His Lost Wife”
THE TRAVELING ANIMALS
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 338 (“Die wandernden Thiere”)
Town:
Tirschenreuth (County Tirschenreuth)
Tale Type:
ATU 130 “The Animals in Night Quarters”; KHM 27 “The Bremen Town Musicians”
THE SNAKE’S TREASURE
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 287 (“Die weiße Frau”)
Town:
Tirschenreuth (County Tirschenreuth)
Tale Type:
ATU 760*** “Salvation in the Cradle”
THE SNAKE SISTER
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry VI, folder 24b, sheet 1; ZA Marburg No. 202 111 (“Die Kaufmannskinder”)
Town:
Waldau (Vohenstrauß, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 403 “The Black and the White Bride”; KHM 135 “The White and the Black Bride”
“FOLLOW ME, JODEL!”
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry I, folder 6c, sheet 33; ZA Marburg No. 202 991 (“Jodl, rutsch mir nach”)
Tale Type:
ATU 402 “The Animal Bride”; KHM 63 “The Three Feathers”; KHM 106 “The Poor Miller’s Son and the Cat”
THE TOAD BRIDE
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 203 600 (“Kröte”)
Tale Type:
ATU 402 “The Animal Bride”; KHM 63 “The Three Feathers”; KHM 106 “The Poor Miller’s Son and the Cat”
PRINCE DUNG BEETLE
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry IVb, folder 21/8, envelope 1, sheet 12; ZA Marburg No. 202 053 (“Prinz Roßzwifl”)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 444* “Enchanted Prince Disenchanted”
THE THREE SPINDLES
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry VI, folder 8, envelope 2, sheet 6; ZA Marburg No. 202 415 (“Hulzfral”)
Town:
Seitenthal (Seitenthal/Speinshart, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
THE LITTLE FLAX FLOWER
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 203 079 (“Das Holzfräulein”)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Secondary Literature:
Lüthi, M.: Belohnung, Lohn. In: EM 2, col. 92–99
WOODPECKER
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry I, folder 1 No. 15, sheet 23, p. 6 (“Windspecht”)
Secondary Literature:
Blum, E.: Geschicklichkeitsproben. In: EM 5, col. 1131-34; Horn, K.: Fleiß und Faulheit. In: EM 4, col. 1266–67
THE RED SILK RIBBON
Source:
Schönwerth: Sitten und Sagen, II, p. 219–25 (untitled)
Town:
Dimpfl (Dimpfl/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 316 “The Nix of the Mill-Pond”; ATU 554 “The Grateful Animals”; KHM 181 “The Nixie in the Pond”
TWELVE BRIDES
Source:
Schönwerth: Sitten und Sagen, II, p. 203–6 (untitled)
THE HOWLING OF THE WIND
Source:
Schönwerth: Sitten und Sagen, II, p. 194–95 (untitled)
Town:
Dimpfl (Dimpfl/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 425E “The Enchanted Husband Sings Lullaby”
HANS DUDELDEE
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry I, folder 6c, sheet 32; ZA Marburg No. 202 990 (“Hans Dudlde”)
Tale Type:
ATU 303A “Brothers Seek Sisters as Wives”; ATU 554 “The Grateful Animals”; ATU 922 “The Shepherd Substituting for the Clergyman Answers the King’s Questions”; KHM 62 “The Queen Bee”; KHM 152 “The Shepherd Boy”
THE BELT AND THE NECKLACE
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry VI, folder 24b, envelope 1, sheet 2; ZA Marburg No. 202 068 (“Die Wasserfrauen”)
Town:
Vilseck (County Amberg-Sulzbach)
Secondary Literature:
Horn, K.: Schön und häßlich. In: EM 12, col. 153–61
DRUNK WITH LOVE
Source:
Schönwerth: Sitten und Sagen, II, p. 200–3 (“Der Wasserfräulein Liebe”)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
ANNA MAYALA
Source:
Schönwerth: Sitten und Sagen, II, p. 213–19 (untitled)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
IN THE JAWS OF THE MERMAN
Source:
Schönwerth: Sitten und Sagen, II, p. 177–78 (untitled)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Secondary Literature:
EM “Wassergeister” (in prep.)
THE KING’S RING
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 050 (“Die drey Riesen und die drey Jäger”)
Tale Type:
ATU 304 “The Dangerous Night-Watch”; KHM 111 “The Skillful Huntsman”
THE THREE GOLDEN CROWNS
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 985 (“Die drey Königstöchter”)
Tale Type:
ATU 301 “The Three Stolen Princesses”; KHM 91 “The Gnome”; KHM 166 “Strong Hans”
NINE BAGS OF GOLD
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 199 (untitled)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
TWO BROTHERS
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry I, folder 6c, sheet 51-52; ZA Marburg No. 202 255 (“Das Hexenschloß im Walde”)
Tale Type:
ATU 303 “The Twins or Blood-Brothers”; KHM 60 “The Two Brothers”
TRICKING THE WITCH
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 256 (“Die drei Königtöchter”)
Tale Type:
ATU 313 “The Magic Flight”; KHM 51 “Foundling-Bird”; KHM 113 “The Two Kings’ Children”
THE ENCHANTED FIDDLE
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry I, folder 6c, sheet 87-88; ZA Marburg No. 202 691 (“Die Zaubergeige” and “Von einem Knaben, dem seine Mutter wünscht, dem Teufel zu dienen”)
Tale Type:
ATU 475 “The Man as Heater of Hell’s Kettle”; ATU 592 “The Dance Among Thorns”; KHM 100 “The Devil’s Sooty Brother”
THE DEVIL AND THE FISHERMAN
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 577 (untitled)
Tale Type:
ATU 400 “The Man on a Quest for His Lost Wife”
THE EXPERT HUNTER
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 958 (“Hans und die Riesen”)
Town:
Neukirchen (Neukirchen b. Hl. Blut, County Cham; Neukirchen-Balbini, County Schwandorf; Neukirchen, County Schwandorf; Neukirchen/Hemau, County Regensburg or Neukirchen b. Sulzbach-Rosenberg, County Amberg)
Tale Type:
ATU 304 “The Dangerous Night-Watch”; KHM 111 “The Skillful Huntsman”
A POT OF GOLD IN THE OVEN
Source:
Schönwerth: Compound entry I, folder 15, sheet 31; ZA Marburg No. 203 080 (“Der Landsknecht mit dem Schatz”)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 1381 “The Talkative Wife and the Discovered Treasure”
CONTESTS WITH THE DEVIL
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 854 (untitled)
Tale Type:
ATU 820 “The Devil as Substitute for Day Laborer at Mowing”; ATU 1063 “Throwing a Club”; ATU 1084 “Screaming or Whistling Contest”
WOUD AND FREID
Source:
Schönwerth: Sitten und Sagen, II, p. 312–14 (untitled)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 590 “The Faithless Mother”
THE MOUSE CATCHER, OR THE BOY AND THE BEETLE
Source:
ZA Marburg 202 765 (untitled) and 202 241 (“Der Knabe mit dem Käfer”)
Secondary Literature:
Uther, H.-J.: Rattenfänger von Hameln. In: EM 11, col. 300-7
PEARL TEARS
Source:
Schönwerth: Sitten und Sagen, III, p. 311–17 (“Von A. L. Frauen”)
Town:
Neuenhammer (Neuenhammer/Georgenberg, County Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab)
Tale Type:
ATU 710 “Our Lady’s Child”
FLOUR FOR SNOW
Source:
Schönwerth: Sitten und Sagen, II, p. 137–39 (untitled)
Tale Type:
ATU 759 “Angel and Hermit”
HOYDEL
Source:
ZA Marburg No. 202 229 (“Der Höydl”)
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