German fairy tale
"The Beam " (German: Der Hahnenbalken ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale 149.[ 1] Aarne-Thompson type 987, False Magician Exposed by Clever Girl, with an episode like type 1290, A Fool Mistakes a Flax Field for a Lake.[ 2]
Synopsis
A magician shows a rooster carrying a beam. A girl carrying a four-leafed clover realizes and declares that it is just a straw, not a beam. When she marries, the magician enchants her to think she sees a stream and then breaks it after she has hiked up her skirts to cross.
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Works Notable
"Allerleirauh " "The Beam " "Bearskin " "The Brave Little Tailor " "The Bright Sun Brings It to Light " "Brother and Sister " "Brother Lustig " "Cat and Mouse in Partnership " "Cinderella " "Clever Elsie " "Clever Hans " "Clever Gretel " "The Clever Little Tailor " "Death's Messengers " "The Devil's Sooty Brother " "The Devil and his Grandmother " "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs " "Doctor Know-all " "The Dog and the Sparrow " "The Donkey " "Donkey Cabbages " "The Elves and the Shoemaker " "Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie " "Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful " "The Fisherman and His Wife " "Fitcher's Bird " "The Flail from Heaven " "Foundling-Bird " "The Four Skillful Brothers " "The Fox and the Cat " "The Fox and the Geese " "Frederick and Catherine " "The Frog Prince " "Gambling Hansel " "The Girl Without Hands " "The Gnome " "Going a Traveling " "The Gold-Children " "The Godfather " "Godfather Death " "The Golden Bird " "The Golden Goose " "The Good Bargain " "The Goose Girl " "The Goose-Girl at the Well " "The Grave Mound " "Hans in Luck " "Hans My Hedgehog " "Hansel and Gretel " "The Hare's Bride " "Herr Korbes " "How Six Made Their Way in the World " "The Hurds "The Hut in the Forest " "Iron John " "The Iron Stove " "The Jew Among Thorns " "Jorinde and Joringel " "The Juniper Tree " "The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn " "The King of the Golden Mountain " "King Thrushbeard " "The Lambkin and the Little Fish " "The Lazy Spinner " "The Little Peasant " "Little Red Riding Hood " "Looking for a Bride " "The Louse and the Flea " "The Maid of Brakel " "Mary's Child " "Mother Trudy " "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage " "Mother Holle " "Old Hildebrand " "Old Sultan " "The Old Man and his Grandson " "The Old Woman in the Wood " "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes " "The Pack of Ragamuffins " "The Peasant's Wise Daughter "Pied Piper of Hamelin " "The Pink " "The Queen Bee " "Rapunzel " "The Raven " "The Riddle " "The Robber Bridegroom " "Rumpelstiltskin " "The Seven Ravens " "The Seven Swabians " "The Shroud " "The Singing, Springing Lark " "The Singing Bone " "The Six Servants " "The Six Swans " "Sleeping Beauty " "Snow White " "Snow-White and Rose-Red " "The Spirit in the Bottle " "The Star Money " "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was " "The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean " "Sweet Porridge " "Sweetheart Roland " "The Tailor in Heaven " "The Thief and His Master " "The Three Apprentices " "The Three Army Surgeons " "The Three Feathers " "The Three Languages " "The Three Little Birds " "The Three Little Men in the Wood " "The Three Snake-Leaves " "The Three Spinners " "The Twelve Idle Servants " "The Two Kings' Children " "The Water Nixie " "Thumbling " "Thumbling's Travels " "Town Musicians of Bremen " "Trusty John " "The Turnip " "The Twelve Brothers " "The Twelve Dancing Princesses " "The Twelve Huntsmen " "The Two Brothers " "The Water of Life " "The Wedding of Mrs. Fox " "The White Bride and the Black One " "The White Snake " "The Willful Child " "The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack " "The Wolf and the Fox " "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats " "The Wonderful Musician " Other
