Brandner Kaspar

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Brandner Kaspar is a legendary Bavarian folk character, an old marksman who famously cheats death and negotiates for more time on earth in a popular tale adapted into plays and films.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bavarian folk character
fictional character
legendary character
adaptedAs film
stage play
television adaptation
theatre production
appearsIn Bavarian folk tale
audience Bavarian theatre-goers
general public
culturalRegion Alpine region NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance part of Bavarian popular culture
well-known figure in German-speaking regions
genre fantasy
folk tale
humorous tale
regional literature
hasCharacteristic old
hasMotive desire to keep living
hasOccupation marksman
rifleman
hasOrigin Bavaria NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
keyPlotElement card game with Death
drinking with Death
languageOfOrigin Bavarian dialect
German
medium cinema
oral tradition
stage
television
written literature
moralOrMessage acceptance of death
value of earthly life
narrativeTheme bargain with death
fear of dying
rural Bavarian life
notableFor cheating death
negotiating for more time on earth
portrayedAs cunning
down-to-earth
stubborn
relationshipWith Death
setting rural Bavaria
timePeriodOfStory 19th century

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