The Bremen Town Musicians
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The Bremen Town Musicians is a popular German folktale about four aging domestic animals who, facing abandonment, band together to seek a new life as musicians and outwit a band of robbers.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Town Musicians of Bremen | 1 |
| Town Musicians of Bremen statues in Bremen | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
German folktale
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children's story ⓘ folktale ⓘ literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
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The Town Musicians of Bremen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Brothers Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collector |
Jacob Grimm
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Wilhelm Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic fairy tale associated with the city of Bremen ⓘ |
| featuresAntagonistType | robbers ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | domestic animals ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Grimms' Fairy Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
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folk tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Bremen Town Musicians (Soviet animated film)
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The Town Musicians of Bremen (children's picture books) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Town Musicians of Bremen (various stage adaptations) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationTradition | widely illustrated in children's literature ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
animals outwitting humans
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journey to a city ⓘ trickery against robbers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abandonment
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aging ⓘ cooperation ⓘ friendship ⓘ new beginnings ⓘ resourcefulness ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of European folk tales ⓘ |
| influenced | public art in Bremen featuring statues of the four animals ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
cat
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dog ⓘ donkey ⓘ rooster ⓘ |
| moral |
Age does not prevent individuals from finding new purpose.
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Working together can overcome adversity. ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Grimms' Fairy Tales canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
The animals discover a house occupied by robbers in the forest.
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The animals scare away the robbers by standing on each other and making loud noises. ⓘ The animals take over the robbers' house and live there together. ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Four aging domestic animals leave their homes to avoid being killed or abandoned and decide to go to Bremen to become town musicians. ⓘ |
| setting |
Bremen
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a forest house ⓘ |
| symbol | statue of donkey, dog, cat, and rooster standing on each other in Bremen ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Town Musicians of Bremen
this entity surface form:
Town Musicians of Bremen statues in Bremen