ATU 1640

“Drunk with Love.” The Turnip Princess: and other newly discovered fairy tales, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, New York: Penguin Books, 2015, pp. 132-134.

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 20:17:35 +0000

“Drunk with Love.” The Turnip Princess: and other newly discovered fairy tales, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, New York: Penguin Books, 2015, pp. 132-134. Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 08/06/2023 - 14:17

Franz Xaver von Schönwerth

Tale Summary

There was once a castellan who had never married because he had once dreamed of such a lovely and charming woman that he had never found her equal on earth. One day, while on a journey, he found lodging in a small garden house, and while strolling around came upon a well. On the surface of the water was the image of the woman from his dream. When he walked back to the house he found the beautiful woman standing before him, and he immediately asked for her hand in marriage. She stayed with him through the night, and the next morning told him that his kind was not like hers, but she would remain with him as long as he did not ask her where she came from. They lived happily together for a while and had seven children, but when their youngest boy turned twenty-five, the woman told her husband that she was really a mermaid and that she promised to return her seventh child to the water after twenty-five years passed, as it was the only way to save the other six children. The couple decided to send their son away, and warned him to stay away from the water, but one day he decided to set sail on a ship in order to impress a young girl, and when the waters turned rough he fell in. He found himself in the arms of a beautiful mermaid, and fell under the spell of her beauty. The mermaid told him that his mother would be invited to see him once a month, and he would then be permitted to stick his face above the water. After some time the young man forgot all about his mother, and only thought to visit after his wife gave birth to a boy, but by this time it was no longer allowed. He had seven children, and when the youngest was born he could no longer restrain himself and rose up to the surface. He saw a girl who had just been married and looked exactly like his sister, but learned that she was his sister's daughter. When he stuck his head above water he was recognized, and quickly he disappeared in a pool of blood. One day his mother was strolling through the garden and found his corpse at the fountain. She knew what had happened, and grabbed the body and jumped down the well with it. The young man's wife, the mermaid, was allowed to remain young and beautiful for another three hundred years after she drowned her seventh son.

Fairy Tale Title

Drunk with Love

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Franz Xaver von Schönwerth

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Engelbert Suss

Common Tale Type

Tale Classification

Page Range of Tale

pp. 132-134

Full Citation of Tale

“Drunk with Love.” The Turnip Princess: and other newly discovered fairy tales, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, New York: Penguin Books, 2015, pp. 132-134.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2023

Book Title

The Turnip Princess: and other newly discovered fairy tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Franz Xaver von Schönwerth

Illustrator(s)

Engelbert Suss

Publisher

Penguin Books

Date Published

2015

Decade Published

2010-2019

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

Franz Xaver von Schönwerth traversed the forests, lowlands, and mountains of northern Bavaria to record fairy tales. Most of Schönwerth's work was lost-- until a few years ago, when thirty boxes of manuscripts were uncovered in a German municipal archive. Available for the first time in English, the tales are violent, dark, full of action, and upend the relationship between damsels in distress and their dragon-slaying heroes.

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“Seven with One Blow!.” The Turnip Princess: and other newly discovered fairy tales, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, New York: Penguin Books, 2015, pp. 55-57.

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:15:23 +0000

“Seven with One Blow!.” The Turnip Princess: and other newly discovered fairy tales, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, New York: Penguin Books, 2015, pp. 55-57. Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 08/04/2023 - 16:15

Tale Summary

There was once a tailor who used his sword to kill some flies that were annoying him. Impressed that he had killed seven at once, he wrote with chalk on his hat: “Seven with One Blow!”. A kitchen boy read the words and rushed to tell his master, a count, about him, and soon the tailor was requested to have an audience with him. The count told him that there were three giants terrorizing his lands, and if he was able to defeat them, he would win the count's castle, his lands, and the hand of his daughter. The tailor was brought into the forest and left to do his work. He was terrified and climbed up a tree to look around, when the giants gathered right beneath him and went to sleep. The tailor dropped a stone on the chest of all three, and they started arguing amongst themselves, until the tallest killed the other two. The tailor climbed down and chopped the heads off of all three and brought the prizes to the count. The count's daughter was insulted at the thought of marrying a tailor so she persuaded her father to send him to the woods again to battle a dangerous unicorn, and again the tailor was left alone in the wilderness. He hid behind a tree, and when the unicorn found him and charged, its horn got stuck in the trunk, and the tailor returned to let everyone know that he had captured it. Still, the woman didn't want anything to do with him, and so the count told the tailor that he must fight his enemies which were making rapid advances on his territory. The tailor chose an old nag from the stables, which went straight for the music playing from the enemy camp. On their way was a field cross, which broke off when the tailor grabbed it, and so the heathen enemies sped off believing that Christ himself was headed towards them. The wedding was finally set, but a servant revealed to the tailor that his bride was planning to kill him on their wedding night. He got in bed with the lady and pretended to be asleep, and when he saw assassins walk into the bedroom, he started mumbling that he had killed seven with one blow, slain three giants, caught a dangerous unicorn and made infidels flee. The assassins were terrified and begged for mercy and the bride asked him to forgive her and promised to love him forever.

Fairy Tale Title

Seven with One Blow!

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Franz Xaver von Schönwerth

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Engelbert Suss

Common Tale Type

The Brave Tailor (Seven with One Stroke)

Tale Classification

ATU 1640

Page Range of Tale

pp. 55-57

Full Citation of Tale

“Seven with One Blow!.” The Turnip Princess: and other newly discovered fairy tales, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, New York: Penguin Books, 2015, pp. 55-57.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2023

Book Title

The Turnip Princess: and other newly discovered fairy tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Franz Xaver von Schönwerth

Illustrator(s)

Engelbert Suss

Publisher

Penguin Books

Date Published

2015

Decade Published

2010-2019

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

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“A Dozen at a Blow.” Europa’s Fairy Book, Joseph Jacobs, New York, London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916, pp. 81-89.

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 23:42:18 +0000

“A Dozen at a Blow.” Europa’s Fairy Book, Joseph Jacobs, New York, London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916, pp. 81-89. Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 04/30/2023 - 17:42

Joseph Jacobs

Tale Summary

There was once a little tailor, who one summer day set aside bread with jam for his lunch. Noticing a number of flies on his lunch, the tailor brought a leather strap down on it, killing twelve instantly. Mighty proud, he stitched a shoulder sash with the words: “A Dozen at One Blow” and set out to do big things, packing some cream cheese and a favorite blackbird. He soon met a giant, who would not accept the little tailor as an equal, until he read his sash. The giant tested him to see if he had the same strength; the giant squeezed a rock so hard water came out and the tailor squeezed his cream cheese until the cream ran out, then the giant threw a stone very far, and the tailor threw his blackbird which flew away. Impressed, the giant invited him to be with the other giants, and on the way the tailor tricked the giant into carrying him by pretending to carry the top half of a tree while the giant carried the trunk. The giants feared he would do them harm, and whispered that they would slay him in the night. The little tailor was suspicious of their low voices, and so put in his bed a bladder full of blood. The giants were stunned to see the little tailor alive and well the next day, having beaten his bed until bloody the night before. He went on his way until he came to the King’s court, where some courtiers noticed the words on his sash and alerted the King. The little tailor was brought before him, and was promised the princess’s hand in marriage along with half the kingdom, if he could slay the wild boar that was terrorizing the land, among other things. The little tailor found the boar and ran into a chapel in the woods, tricked the boar to follow, and trapped him inside. He impressed the King with his story of wrestling the boar, and was then assigned to bringing back the unicorn which had been killing everyone it met. The little tailor found it, dodged it behind trees, and tricked it into piercing a trunk. He dug it out with a hatchet after tying a rope around its neck, and brought it back to the King, who next instructed him to kill two murderous giants. The little tailor found them sleeping and climbed a tree until he was far above them, and from there threw a rock which struck one of them. The injured giant woke the other up angrily, but he denied hitting him and they went back to sleep. Again, the little tailor threw a stone at the first giant, and started an argument between the two until one was dead and the other so injured that he was easily slain. As promised, the little tailor was given half the kingdom and married the princess. One night, she overheard her husband talking in his sleep about sewing, and went to her father distraught that she had really married a tailor. The king sent in a number of soldiers to slay the little tailor as he slept. Hearing them in the room, the little tailor pretended to be talking in his sleep, saying:

“I have killed a dozen at a blow; I have slain two giants; I have caught a wild boar by his bristles, and captured a unicorn alive. Show me the man that I need fear.”

The soldiers were frightened and refused to try to harm him. The princess reconsidered, and her and the little tailor lived together happily ever afterwards.

Fairy Tale Title

A Dozen at a Blow

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Joseph Jacobs

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

John D. Batten

Common Tale Type

The Brave Little Tailor

Tale Classification

ATU 1640

Page Range of Tale

81-89

Full Citation of Tale

“A Dozen at a Blow.” Europa’s Fairy Book, Joseph Jacobs, New York, London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916, pp. 81-89.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2023

Book Title

Europa's Fairy Book

Book Author/Editor(s)

Joseph Jacobs

Illustrator(s)

John D. Batten

Publisher

G. P. Putnam's sons, The Knickerbocker Press

Date Published

1916

Decade Published

1910-1919

Publisher City

New York
London

Publisher Country

United States
United Kingdom

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

None

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“The Brave Little Tailor, or Seven at One Stroke.” Grimm’s Household Fairy Tales, translated by Ella Boldey, with illustrations by R. André, New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890, pp. 91-96.

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:42:24 +0000

“The Brave Little Tailor, or Seven at One Stroke.” Grimm’s Household Fairy Tales, translated by Ella Boldey, with illustrations by R. André, New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890, pp. 91-96. Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 08/30/2021 - 12:42

Brothers Grimm

Tale Summary

A tailor sits at home and while making a vest kills seven flies at once with a cloth. Impressed by his actions he makes a belt saying, “seven at one stroke” and leaves for the city to make money on his accomplishment. While travelling, he runs into an ogre; when the ogre sees the tailor’s belt, he makes him prove his strength with multiple tasks. The tailor uses his wit to trick the ogre into thinking that he does the tasks. After leaving the ogre, he comes upon a kingdom where the king tells the tailor that if he can complete three tasks, he may have the princess’s hand in marriage and half the king’s wealth. The first task is to kill giants, the second is to catch a unicorn, and the third is to catch a wild boar. When marrying the princess, she realizes he is not a great soldier, but a tailor and tells her father to kill him. When the tailor overhears this, he devises a plan to stay alive and keeps his marriage and his fortune.

Fairy Tale Title

The Brave Little Tailor, or Seven at One Stroke

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Richard André

Common Tale Type

The Brave Tailor (Seven with One Stroke)

Tale Classification

ATU 1640

Page Range of Tale

pp. 91-96

Full Citation of Tale

Brothers Grimm. “The Brave Little Tailor, or Seven at One Stroke.” Grimm’s Household Fairy Tales, translated by Ella Boldey, with illustrations by R. André, New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890, pp. 91-96.

Original Source of the Tale

Brothers Grimm

Tale Notes

In this edition of the Grimm’s fairy tales, there are two detailed, black and white illustrations of giants depicted as very large, normal humans, not monstrous beings. However, they act like monstrous giants by eating sheep and living in a cave. There is also an illustration of the tailor catching a unicorn.

Research and Curation

Brooke Stricker, 2020

Book Title

Grimm's Household Fairy Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm

Illustrator(s)

Richard André

Publisher

McLoughlin Bros.

Date Published

1890

Decade Published

1890-1899

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the University of Florida's Digital Library

Book Notes

None

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