The Brave Little Tailor
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The Brave Little Tailor is a classic fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm and later adapted by Disney, about a clever tailor who uses his wits and exaggerated boasts to overcome seemingly impossible challenges.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
animated short film
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fairy tale → folk tale → literary work → |
| ATUType |
ATU 1640
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| audience |
children
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| basedOn |
The Brave Little Tailor
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| centralTheme |
deception
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social advancement → wit over strength → |
| classificationSystem |
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index
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| collectedIn |
Grimms' Fairy Tales
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| collector |
Brothers Grimm
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Jacob Grimm → Wilhelm Grimm → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
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| culturalImpact |
influenced later trickster hero stories
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widely anthologized in children's literature → |
| featuresCharacter |
Mickey Mouse
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| featuresProtagonist |
tailor
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| firstPublicationCentury |
19th century
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| firstPublishedIn |
Kinder- und Hausmärchen
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| genre |
fairy tale
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| hasAdaptation |
Brave Little Tailor (1938 film)
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Mickey Mouse short "Brave Little Tailor" → children's picture books → radio plays → stage adaptations → television episodes → |
| language |
German
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| literaryTradition |
European folklore
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| moral |
boasting can have unintended consequences
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intelligence can overcome physical power → |
| narrativePerspective |
third-person
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| originalTitle |
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
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| plotElement |
tailor becomes a king or nobleman
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tailor captures a unicorn → tailor captures a wild boar → tailor defeats giants by trickery → tailor embroiders "Seven at one blow" on his belt → tailor is mistaken for a mighty warrior → tailor kills seven flies with one blow → tailor marries a princess → |
| producer |
Walt Disney Productions
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| protagonistCharacteristic |
boastful
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clever → resourceful → |
| setting |
medieval kingdom
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| title |
The Brave Little Tailor
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Brave Little Tailor (1938 film)
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The Robber Bride ("Grimms' Fairy Tales") → |
basedOn |
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Jack Kinney
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notableWork |
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The Brave Little Tailor
("Das tapfere Schneiderlein")
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originalTitle |
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The Brave Little Tailor
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title |
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Noel Langley
("The Valiant Little Tailor (screenplay)")
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wrote |