The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack
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"The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack" is a German folktale collected by the Brothers Grimm about three magical objects that reward virtue and punish deceit.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
German folktale
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fairy tale ⓘ literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| author | Brothers Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
family relationships
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justice ⓘ punishment of deceit ⓘ retribution ⓘ reward of virtue ⓘ |
| collector | Brothers Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
comeuppance of a trickster
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journey of sons ⓘ magical gifts lost and regained ⓘ magical object ⓘ trickery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| featuresObject |
cudgel in the sack
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gold-ass NERFINISHED ⓘ wishing table ⓘ |
| genre | folk narrative ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
The Little Table, Set Yourself, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack
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The Wishing Table NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
craftsman
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father ⓘ innkeeper ⓘ three sons ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin | German oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasMagicSystemElement |
animal that produces gold
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cudgel that beats wrongdoers ⓘ self-setting table ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeVoice | third-person narrator ⓘ |
| hasTitleInGerman | Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Grimms' Fairy Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| moralLesson |
dishonesty leads to punishment
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greed has consequences ⓘ hard work and skill are rewarded ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | three brothers tale ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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general readers ⓘ |
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