The Robber Bridegroom

E114758
German fairy tale fairy tale literary fairy tale

The Robber Bridegroom is a dark Grimm Brothers fairy tale about a young woman who discovers her seemingly charming fiancé is actually a murderous bandit.

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The Robber Bridegroom canonical 3
The Robber Bridegroom (revival) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German fairy tale ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ
literary fairy tale ⓘ
adaptedAs stage adaptations ⓘ
ATUType ATU 955 ⓘ
author The Brothers Grimm ⓘ
surface form: Brothers Grimm
collection Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
collector Jacob Grimm ⓘ
Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
featuresCharacter band of robbers ⓘ
murderous bridegroom ⓘ
young woman bride ⓘ
firstPublication 1812 ⓘ
genre dark fantasy ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
horror ⓘ
includedIn Kinder- und Hausmärchen, first edition ⓘ
influenceOn later dark fairy-tale retellings ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th century ⓘ
moral appearances can be deceptive ⓘ
caution in choosing a spouse ⓘ
motif forbidden chamber ⓘ
serial killer bridegroom ⓘ
token of proof of crime ⓘ
witnessing a secret crime ⓘ
narrativeTheme cannibalism ⓘ
deception ⓘ
female agency ⓘ
forced marriage ⓘ
murder ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
plotElement a severed finger with a ring becomes evidence ⓘ
the heroine reveals the crimes at the wedding feast ⓘ
the heroine visits the bridegroom’s house in the forest ⓘ
the heroine witnesses the robbers murdering a young woman ⓘ
plotSummary A young woman discovers that her bridegroom is a murderous robber who kills and dismembers women. ⓘ
similarTo Bluebeard ⓘ
Mr. Fox ⓘ
surface form: Mr Fox
taleTypeSystem Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index ⓘ
surface form: Aarne–Thompson–Uther classification
tone dark ⓘ
gruesome ⓘ
violenceDepicted cannibalism ⓘ
dismemberment ⓘ
murder ⓘ

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The Robber Bride → basedOn → The Robber Bridegroom ⓘ
Brothers Grimm fairy tales → includesWork → The Robber Bridegroom ⓘ
Donald Saddler → notableWork → The Robber Bridegroom ⓘ
Alex Timbers → notableWork → The Robber Bridegroom ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Robber Bridegroom (revival)