Fitcher's Bird
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"Fitcher's Bird" (German: Fitchers Vogel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 46.[1][2]
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![]() Illustration to Fitcher's Bird by John B. Gruelle(?) (1914?) | |
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Name | Fitcher's Bird |
Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 311 (The Heroine Rescues Herself and Her Sisters) |
Country | Germany |
Published in | Grimms' Fairy Tales |
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It is Aarne-Thompson type 311, the heroine rescues herself and her sisters.[3] Another tale of this type is How the Devil Married Three Sisters.[4][5] The Brothers Grimm noted its close similarity to the Norwegian The Old Dame and Her Hen,[6] also grouped in this tale type.
The tale also features the motifs of the "Forbidden chamber" and a bloodied item that betrays the bride peeking in that chamber against strict orders, and as such bears resemblance to the Bluebeard type tales (which are type AT 312).[5][7][8]