| The Charcoal Burner | |
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| Folk tale | |
| Name: | The Charcoal Burner |
| AKA: | Kullbrenneren |
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| Aarne-Thompson Grouping: | 1641 |
| Country: | Norway |
| Published in: | Norwegian Folktales |
For other uses, see Charcoal (disambiguation).
The Charcoal Burner is a Norwegian fairy tale, collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe.
Published in the book Norwegian Folk Tales 1 (1990) ISBN 82-09-10598-1
It is similar to the Grimm Brothers tale known as Doctor Know-all [1], and is classified as Aarne-Thompson Type 1641, "Being in the right place at the right time". Another tale of this type is Almondseed and Almondella.
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Plot summary [edit]
A charcoal burner becomes a parson by means of various tricks.
Unintentionally he detects some thieves in the king's castle, gains a prophetic reputation in the church, passes a test set by the king, and predicts the queen's having twins. [2]
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External links [edit]
- Doctor Know-All and other folktales of Aarne-Thompson type 1641
- Illustration at Digitalt Museum by Erik Werenskiold
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