Modern interpretations Ī musical version of The Golden Goose, written by Dieter Stegmann and Alexander S. Ashliman has pointed out other versions of a Golden Fowl theme: The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs ( Aesop) The Golden Mallard (from the Jataka stories of the Buddha's former births) the Huma bird (Persia). Simpleton succeeds in all with the help of his little old friend and finally wins the princess's hand in marriage.įolklorist D. Some versions include an additional three trials: finding someone who can eat a mountain of bread find someone who can drink all the wine in the kingdom and find a ship that can sail on both land and sea. The despondent Princess, sitting by the window and glimpsing the parade staggering after Simpleton and his golden goose, bursts out laughing.
The king offers the hand of the princess to anyone who succeeds in making her laugh. In the castle lives the King with the Princess who has never smiled or laughed.
Simpleton makes his way to the castle and each person who attempts to interfere is joined to the unwilling parade ranging from the innkeeper, parson, his sexton, two laborers, some village children, village girls, etc. The youngest daughter is determined not to be left out of the riches, grabs the sisters aprons and she ends up stuck to the second. Her sister comes to help her and is stuck fast too. With the goose under his arm, he heads for an inn where as soon as his back is turned, the innkeeper's daughter attempts to pluck just one of the feathers of pure gold and is stuck fast. Simpleton takes The Golden Goose to market. For his act of generosity, Simpleton is rewarded with a golden goose he discovers within the roots of a tree he cut down chosen by the little gray man. Simpleton, sent out with a burned biscuit cooked in the ashes of the hearth and soured beer, is generous with the little old man, who turns the biscuit and beer into a proper cake and fine wine. The second brother meets a similar fate when he injures his foot. The eldest brother later injures his arm falling into a tree and is taken home. He meets a little gray man who begs a morsel to eat and a swallow of wine but is rebuffed. His eldest brother is sent into the forest to chop wood, fortified with a rich cake and a bottle of wine. In the Brothers Grimm version, the hero is the youngest of three brothers, given the nickname Simpleton as he is not handsome or strong like his brothers. " The Golden Goose" ( German: Die goldene Gans) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 64). Simpleton finds The Golden Goose: illustration by L.
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