The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs

by Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · first published 1815

"The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs" (German: Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 29). It falls under Aarne–Thompson classification types 461 ("three hairs from the devil"), and 930 ("prophecy that a poor boy will marry a rich girl"). The story was first translated into English as "The Giant and the Three Golden Hairs" to avoid offense, but the devil in the story does indeed act like a folklore giant. Ruth Manning-Sanders included it, as "The Three Golden Hairs of the King of the Cave Giants", in A Book of Giants.

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Genre:

Fairy Tale

Original language:

German

Reader rating:

★ 5.0 / 5 (1 on Open Library)

Year page:

1815