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EspañolTHE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
'''The Elves and the Shoemaker''', or conversely '''The Shoemaker and the Elves''' is an often copied and remade story about a poor shoemaker who receives help from brownies.
The original story is the first of three fairy tales, contained as entry 39 in the German Grimm's Fairy Tales under the common title "Die Wichtelmänner". In her translation of 1884 Margaret Hunt chose '''The Elves''' as title for these three stories.[1]
The theme is a well-known one throughout European folklore. There are many warning stories about what should happen if the recipient of faerie help should offer clothes to his or her benefactor. According to the tales, pixies and faeries alike consider clothing to be a form of bondage, and see any kind offers or new clothes as a way to enslave the faerie.
1. "Household Tales by brothers Grimm" at gutenberg.org
★ SurLaLune's Annotated Elves and the Shoemaker
★ Shoe Maker and the Elves: With modern illustrations
The original story is the first of three fairy tales, contained as entry 39 in the German Grimm's Fairy Tales under the common title "Die Wichtelmänner". In her translation of 1884 Margaret Hunt chose '''The Elves''' as title for these three stories.[1]
The theme is a well-known one throughout European folklore. There are many warning stories about what should happen if the recipient of faerie help should offer clothes to his or her benefactor. According to the tales, pixies and faeries alike consider clothing to be a form of bondage, and see any kind offers or new clothes as a way to enslave the faerie.
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References
1. "Household Tales by brothers Grimm" at gutenberg.org
External links
★ SurLaLune's Annotated Elves and the Shoemaker
★ Shoe Maker and the Elves: With modern illustrations
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