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"Hans my Hedgehog.” The Juniper Tree, and other Tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, translated by Lore Segal, Randall Jarrell, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973, pp. 11-22.

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"Hans my Hedgehog.” The Juniper Tree, and other Tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, translated by Lore Segal, Randall Jarrell, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973, pp. 11-22. Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 03/15/2024 - 13:45

Tale Summary

There was once upon a time a peasant who wished very badly for a child, so badly he would even be happy with a hedgehog. His wife told him that he had cursed them as she bore a child that was hedgehog above and boy below, who was christened as Hans my Hedgehog, and given a straw bed behind the stove. He stayed there for eight years, and all the while the man grew resentful and wished his son would die. One day there was a fair in town and the man asked Hans what he would like brought home from it. He asked for some bagpipes, which he was given, and then requested that his father go to the smithy to shoe his cockerel so that he could ride away from the house and never return. The man was happy with the opportunity to get rid of the boy, and so did as he asked. Hans my Hedgehog took off on the rooster, taking with him pigs and donkeys to tend in the forest. One day, after spending many years there, he met a king who was lost in the woods, and agreed to show him the way back to the castle if only he promised to give him the first thing that came to meet him when he arrived home there. The king, knowing that Hans my Hedgehog could not read, scribbled on a piece of paper that he would not give it to him. When they reached the castle, the king’s daughter ran out to meet them, and he explained to her what had happened and what he wrote on the piece of paper, which she was glad about because she would not go anyway. Hans my Hedgehog continued to tend his animals until one day another king became lost in the woods and asked for directions. He asked this king to promise the same thing, and the agreement was made on paper. When he arrived home his only daughter, a beautiful princess, ran out to meet him, and learned of the agreement he had made, and consented for her father’s sake. Hans my Hedgehog sent word to his father to have all the stables in the village cleared so that he could bring his animals there to be butchered. He was not happy to hear that his son was still alive, but agreed to this and to shod his rooster once more. Hans my Hedgehog made his way to the first kingdom, where everyone was told to kill him on sight, and flew over the mob straight into the king’s window. He demanded his daughter or else he would kill them both. The king consented and Hans my Hedgehog took his bride on a carriage into the woods, where he stripped off her clothes and bloodied her with his spikes for her treachery. He sent her back home because he did not want her, and she lived in shame. He traveled to the second kingdom where he was given a warm welcome and the hand of the princess in marriage. After they were wed, she was afraid to go to bed with him because of his spikes, but he promised she would not be hurt. He had a fire made in the room and requested that four men stand guard, and explained that he would crawl out of his hedgehog skin and the men must rush in to throw it in the fire. They did this when the clock struck eleven, and the curse was broken but his skin was dark and burnt. A physician was sent for who washed him with salves and revealed a beautiful young gentleman. Everyone celebrated the wedding in earnest and Hans my Hedgehog received the entire kingdom from the old king. Several years later, he took his wife to visit his father and revealed himself to him. Happily, they all went back to live in the kingdom forever.

Fairy Tale Title

Hans my Hedgehog

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm, Lore Segal, and Randall Jarrell

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Maurice Sendak

Common Tale Type

Hans my Hedgehog

Tale Classification

ATU 441

Page Range of Tale

pp. 11-22

Full Citation of Tale

"Hans my Hedgehog.” The Juniper Tree, and other Tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, translated by Lore Segal, Randall Jarrell, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973, pp. 11-22.

Original Source of the Tale

The Brothers Grimm

Tale Notes

Tale Audio

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Book Title

The Juniper Tree, and other Tales from Grimm

Book Author/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm, translated by Lore Segal and Randall Jarrell

Illustrator(s)

Maurice Sendak

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Date Published

1973

Decade Published

1970-1979

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

Twenty-seven newly translated fairy tales from Grimm (translated from Kinder- und Hausmärchen) including many old favorites as well as such lesser-known tales as "The Juniper Tree," "Many-Fur," and "Brother Gaily." Illustrated by celebrated children's illustrator Maurice Sendak.

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“Jack my Hedgehog.” The Green Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892, pp. 304-310.

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“Jack my Hedgehog.” The Green Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892, pp. 304-310. Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 12/30/2022 - 09:53

Andrew Lang

Tale Summary

There was once a successful farmer who had everything he wanted in life except for a child. He told people he wanted one so badly, he wouldn’t even care if it were a hedgehog! His wife finally gave birth to a boy, but from the waist up he looked like a hedgehog. They decided to keep him and name him Jack my Hedgehog, but his father grew to resent him and wish that he were dead. When he was eight years old, Jack asked his father to bring him a bagpipe from the market and to have his rooster shod, and then he would leave him forever. His father is delighted for him to go away, so he does these things. Jack goes off riding the rooster and playing the bagpipe, with donkeys and pigs following him. He goes to the forest, where he makes the rooster fly to the top of a tall tree, and looks after his herd for several years as it grows in size. One day, a king who lost his way heard the bagpipe music and came to Jack for directions. Jack agreed to show him the way back to the kingdom if he puts it in writing that he will give him whatever he first meets upon arriving home. The king agreed, only because he intended to trick the hedgehog boy, and wrote and signed a piece of paper saying he promised to give nothing at all to him. When the king arrived back home, his daughter was the first thing he met, and he told her of the strange creature and of his cunning. Sometime later, another king became lost in the wood and asked Jack for directions. This king wrote a promise on a note, that Jack may have the first thing the king met when he got home. The king’s daughter, who was very beautiful, ran out to greet her father when he returned, and so she is the first thing he met. He was sorrowful that he had to give her to Jack my Hedgehog, but she reassured him that she would do it willingly out of her love for her father. Meanwhile, Jack had amassed a huge herd of pigs and alerted his father that he would drive them back into the village so that the townspeople could kill all that they wanted. His father was vexed because he thought his son was dead but was happy to hear that he would leave again as soon as the blacksmith would shoe his rooster. Jack then sets out for the first kingdom, where everyone had been instructed by the king to chase him away. He flies his rooster to the king’s window and demands his daughter under penalty of death. When she is given to him and they have ridden a way together, he ripped off her beautiful clothes and pricked her all over with his bristles. He does this because of her treachery and sent her back to the castle in shame. Then, he set off for the second kingdom, where everyone had been instructed to cheer and welcome him. He married the princess, who was nervous to kiss him that night because of his bristles, but he told her she had nothing to fear. Jack begged the king to put a guard of four men outside his door, and to have them make a big fire; when he went to bed he would take off his hedgehog skin and the men would need to snatch it up and burn it. They did this, and the enchantment was broken. The king bestowed his kingdom to handsome young Jack, who also visited his father and made amends.

Fairy Tale Title

Jack my Hedgehog

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Andrew Lang

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

H. J. Ford

Common Tale Type

ATU 441

Tale Classification

Hans my Hedgehog

Page Range of Tale

pp. 304-310

Full Citation of Tale

“Jack my Hedgehog.” The Green Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892, pp. 304-310.

Original Source of the Tale

Adapted from "Hans my Hedgehog," a story collected by the Brothers Grimm.

Tale Notes

When Jack’s hedgehog skin is burned, he is described as being completely black all over, as if he was burnt. When they wash him, they reveal white skin, and he is then described as a handsome young man.

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Book Title

The Green Fairy Book

Book Author/Editor(s)

Andrew Lang

Illustrator(s)

H. J. Ford

Publisher

Longmans, Green, and Co.

Date Published

1892

Decade Published

1890-1899

Publisher City

London

Publisher Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

This is a 1st edition of Lang’s The Green Fairy Book. Green hardback with a gold dragon on the cover. Has the name Betty written in it as well as Montgomery and Kendal.

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“Second Night, First Fable.” The Nights of Straparola, Straparola, Giovanni Francesco, translated by Waters, W.G. (William George), London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1894, pp. 55-65.

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“Second Night, First Fable.” The Nights of Straparola, Straparola, Giovanni Francesco, translated by Waters, W.G. (William George), London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1894, pp. 55-65. Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 09/07/2022 - 14:21

Giovanni Francesco Straparola Edward Robert Hughes

Tale Summary

Gaelotto, noble King of Anglia, and his wife Ersilia are unable to conceive. The queen falls asleep in her garden and is visited by three faeries, who cast spells on her, making it so that she will conceive, that her son will be virtuous, but that he will have the skin of a pig until he has married three times. The prince is born a pig, and as he grows older asks his mother for a wife. The queen sends for a certain poor woman with three beautiful daughters and arranges a marriage with the eldest. The girl is disgusted by the prince and after the wedding resolves to herself to kill him in his sleep; the pig overhears this and kills her instead. Still wanting a wife, he begs his mother for another of the daughters, and she meets the same fate. The youngest daughter, Meldina, humbly consents to marriage when the prince begs again for a wife, and treats him courteously despite his filth. The pig loves her, and soon after their marriage reveals a secret: how he can take off his pig skin to become a handsome man. Meldina gives birth to a human boy, and tells her secret to the queen, inviting her and the king to witness their son that night. Upon seeing his human form, his parents are overjoyed, and the king gives up his throne to him.

Fairy Tale Title

Second Night, First Fable

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Giovanni Francesco Straparola

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Edward Robert Hughes

All Nights of Straparola Illustrations

Common Tale Type

Tale Classification

Page Range of Tale

pp. 55-65

Full Citation of Tale

“Second Night, First Fable.” The Nights of Straparola, Straparola, Giovanni Francesco, translated by Waters, W.G. (William George), London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1894, pp. 55-65.

Original Source of the Tale

Giovanni Francesco Straparola

Tale Notes

Isabella tells this tale, and her enigma is:

"I prithee, sir, to give to me,

What never did belong to thee,

Or ever will, what though thy span

Of life exceed the wont of man.

Dream not this treasure to attain;

Thy longing will be all in vain;

But if you deem me such a prize,

And pine for me with loving eyes,

Give me this boon, my wish fulfil,

For you can grant it if you will."

The solution is that a man never possesses a husband, but can easily give one to a lady.

Fiordiana calls on Signor Molino to tell a tale.

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Book Title

The Nights of Straparola

Book Author/Editor(s)

Giovanni Francesco Straparola

Illustrator(s)

Edward Robert Hughes

Publisher

Lawrence and Bullen

Date Published

1894

Decade Published

1890-1899

Publisher City

London

Publisher Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

This book is a collection of stories that are structured under a ‘frame tale,’ or overarching narrative. After the departure of Milan’s ruler amongst unrest, a party is held on the Island of Murano, with his daughter and her 10 court ladies taking turns to tell stories over the course of 13 nights. Each night 5 ladies will sing before narrating a tale on an agreed-upon theme, offering a pastime and a way to stimulate the wit.

Notes on narrators

Lodovica; admired for her beautiful eyes

Vicenza; possessing beauty and good manners

Lionora; kindly and courteous despite her haughty appearance

Alteria; devoted in service

Lauretta; disdainful and seductive

Eritrea; petite and beautiful

Cateruzza (surnamed Brunetta); graceful, loving, alluring

Arianna; young but grave, virtuous, and well-spoken

Isabella; highly gifted and witty

Fiordiana; Intelligent and willing

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