The Maid of Brakel
| The Maid of Brakel | |
|---|---|
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Maid of Brakel |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | 1476A |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Grimms' Fairy Tales |
"The Maid of Brakel" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimms' Fairy Tales, tale number 115.[1]
It is Aarne-Thompson type 1476A, Praying to the Statue's Mother.[2]
The story is set in Brakel, Germany.
Synopsis
[edit]A chapel held a statue of Saint Anne and the Virgin Mary as a child. An unmarried woman prayed to Saint Anne that she might wed a man. A clerk, who heard her, said she would not have him. The woman took it to be the child Mary and scolded her, because she was talking to her mother.
Notes
[edit]Saint Anne was the patron saint of unmarried women, particularly because of the legend that she had been married three times.
References
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- ^ Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, Household Tales, "The Maid of Brakel"
- ^ D.L. Ashliman, "The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)"
External links
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