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The Seven Ravens

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7 brothers become ravens and flee. Sister gets bone key to save them, loses it, sacrifices finger - redeems them

Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich
Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft
Marienkind
Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen
Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein
Der treue Johannes
Der gute Handel
Der wunderliche Spielmann
Die zwölf Brüder
Das Lumpengesindel
Brüderchen und Schwesterchen
Rapunzel
Die drei Männlein im Walde
Die drei Spinnerinnen
Hänsel und Gretel
Die drei Schlangenblätter
Die weiße Schlange
Strohhalm, Kohle und Bohne
Von dem Fischer und seiner Frau
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
Aschenputtel
Das Rätsel
Von dem Mäuschen, Vögelchen und der Bratwurst
Frau Holle
Die sieben Raben
Rotkäppchen
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
Der singende Knochen
Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren
Läuschen und Flöhchen
Das Mädchen ohne Hände
Der gescheite Hans
Die drei Sprachen
Die kluge Else
Der Schneider im Himmel
Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack
Daumesdick
Die Hochzeit der Frau Füchsin
Die Wichtelmänner
Der Räuberbräutigam
Herr Korbes
Der Herr Gevatter
Frau Trude
Der Gevatter Tod
Daumerlings Wanderschaft
Fitchers Vogel
Von dem Machandelboom
Der alte Sultan
Die sechs Schwäne
Dornröschen
Fundevogel
König Drosselbart
Schneewittchen
Der Ranzen, das Hütlein und das Hörnlein
Rumpelstilzchen
Der liebste Roland
Der goldene Vogel
Der Hund und der Sperling
Der Frieder und das Katherlieschen
Die zwei Brüder
Das Bürle
Die Bienenkönigin
Die drei Federn
Die goldene Gans
Allerleirauh
Häsichenbraut
Die zwölf Jäger
Von dem Sommer- und Wintergarten
Jorinde und Joringel
Die drei Glückskinder
Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt
Der Wolf und der Mensch
Der Wolf und der Fuchs
Der Fuchs und die Frau Gevatterin
Der Fuchs und die Katze
Die Nelke
Das kluge Gretel
Der alte Großvater und der Enkel
Die Wassernixe
Von dem Tode des Hühnchens
Bruder Lustig
Der Spielhansl
Hans im Glück
Hans heiratet
Die Goldkinder
Der Fuchs und die Gänse
Der Arme und der Reiche
Das singende, springende Löweneckerchen
Die Gänsemagd
Der junge Riese
Das Erdmännchen
Der König vom goldenen Berg
Die Rabe
Die kluge Bauerntochter
Der alte Hildebrand
Die drei Vögelchen
Das Wasser des Lebens
Doktor Allwissend
Der Geist im Glas
Des Teufels rußiger Bruder
Der Bärenhäuter
Der Zaunkönig und der Bär
Der süße Brei
Die klugen Leute
Märchen von der Unke
Der arme Müllerbursch und das Kätzchen
Die beiden Wanderer
Hans mein Igel
Das Totenhemdchen
Der Jude im Dorn
Der gelernte Jäger
Der Dreschflegel vom Himmel
Die beiden Königskinder
Vom klugen Schneiderlein
Die klare Sonne bringts an den Tag
Das blaue Licht
Das eigensinnige Kind
Die drei Feldscherer
Die sieben Schwaben
Die drei Handwerksburschen
Der Königssohn, der sich vor nichts fürchtet
Der Krautesel
Die Alte im Wald
Die drei Brüder
Der Teufel und seine Großmutter
Ferdinand getreu und Ferdinand ungetreu
Der Eisenofen
Die faule Spinnerin
Die vier kunstreichen Brüder
Einäuglein, Zweiäuglein und Dreiäuglein
Die schöne Katrinelje und Pif Paf Poltrie
Der Fuchs und das Pferd
Die zertanzten Schuhe
Die sechs Diener
Die weiße und die schwarze Braut
Der Eisenhans
Die drei schwarzen Prinzessinnen
Knoist und seine drei Söhne
Das Mädchen von Brakel
Das Hausgesinde
Das Lämmchen und Fischchen
Simeliberg
Auf Reisen gehen
Das Eselein
Der undankbare Sohn
Die Rübe
Das junggeglühte Männlein
Des Herrn und des Teufels Getier
Der Hahnenbalken
Die alte Bettelfrau
Die drei Faulen
Das Hirtenbüblein
Die Sterntaler
Der gestohlene Heller
Die Brautschau
Die Schlickerlinge
Der Sperling und seine vier Kinder
Das Märchen vom Schlaraffenland
Das Dietmarsische Lügenmärchen
Rätselmärchen
Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot
Der kluge Knecht
Der gläserne Sarg
Der faule Heinz
Der Vogel Greif
Der starke Hans
Das Bürle im Himmel
Die hagere Liese
Das Waldhaus
Lieb und Leid teilen
Der Zaunkönig
Die Scholle
Rohrdommel und Wiedehopf
Die Eule
Der Mond
Die Lebenszeit
Die Boten des Todes
Meister Pfriem
Die Gänsehirtin am Brunnen
Die ungleichen Kinder Evas
Die Nixe im Teich
Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes
Der Riese und der Schneider
Der Nagel
Der arme Junge im Grab
Die wahre Braut
Der Hase und der Igel
Spindel, Weberschiffchen und Nadel
Der Bauer und der Teufel
Die Brosamen auf dem Tisch
Das Meerhäschen
Der Meisterdieb
Der Trommler
Die Kornähre
Der Grabhügel
Oll Rinkrank
Die Kristallkugel
Jungfrau Maleen
Die Stiefel von Büffelleder
Der goldene Schlüssel

A man had seven sons and still no little daughter, as much as he wished for it; finally his wife gave him good hope for a child again, and when it was born, it was also a girl. The joy was great, but the child was slender and small, and because of its weakness should have the emergency baptism. The father sent one of the boys hurriedly to the spring to fetch baptismal water: the other six ran along and because everyone wanted to be the first to draw, the jug fell into the well. There they stood and did not know what to do, and none dared to go home. When they still did not come back, the father became impatient and said "surely they have forgotten it again about a game, the godless boys. He was afraid that the girl would have to pass away without being baptized, and in anger he called out "I wanted the boys all to become ravens. No sooner was the word uttered than he heard a whirring in the air above his head, looked up and saw seven coal-black ravens flying up and away.

The parents could not take back the imprecation, and as sad as they were about the loss of their seven sons, they were comforted to some extent by their lovely little daughter, who soon regained her strength and became more beautiful with each passing day. For a long time she did not even know that she had brothers and sisters, for her parents were careful not to mention them, until one day she heard people talking about her, saying that the girl was beautiful, but that she was really to blame for the misfortune of her seven brothers. Then she became very sad, went to her father and mother and asked if she had any brothers and where they had got to. Now the parents could no longer keep the secret, but they said that it was heaven's doom and that his birth was only the innocent cause. Only the girl made a daily conscience out of it and believed she had to redeem her brothers and sisters again. She had no rest until she secretly set out into the wide world to find her brothers somewhere and to free them, at any cost. He took nothing with him but a ring from his parents as a souvenir, a loaf of bread for hunger, a jug of water for thirst, and a small chair for fatigue.

Now it went always to, far, far to the end of the world. Then it came to the sun, but it was too hot and terrible, and ate the little children. It hurried away and ran to the moon, but it was too cold and also horrible and evil, and when it noticed the child, it said, "I smell, I smell human flesh. Then the child left quickly and came to the stars, which were friendly and good to him, and each sat on his own special chair. But the morning star stood up and gave him a little leg and said, "If you don't have the little leg, you can't unlock the glass mountain, and in the glass mountain there are your brothers."

The girl took the leg, wrapped it in a little cloth, and went away again until she came to the glass mountain. The gate was closed and she wanted to take the leg out, but when she opened the cloth, it was empty and she had lost the gift of the good stars. What should he do now? He wanted to save his brothers and had no key to the glass mountain. The good little sister took a knife, cut off a little finger, stuck it into the gate and happily opened it. When he had entered, a little dwarf came to meet him and said, "My child, what are you looking for?" "I am looking for my brothers, the seven ravens," he answered. The dwarf said "the master ravens are not at home, but if you want to wait here until they come, then come in." Then the little dwarf carried in the food of the ravens on seven little plates and in seven little cups, and from each little plate the little sister ate a morsel, and from each little cup she drank a sip; but into the last little cup she dropped the ringlet which she had taken with her.

Suddenly he heard a whirring in the air and a gun, and the little dwarf said, "Now the ravens are coming home. There they came, wanted to eat and drink, and looked for their little plates and cups. Then one after the other said, "Who has eaten from my little plate? who has drunk from my little cup? that was a man's mouth." And as the seventh came to the bottom of the cup, the ringlet rolled toward him. Then he looked at it and saw that it was a ring of his father and mother, and said, "God grant that our little sister were there, so we would be redeemed." When the girl, who was standing behind the door listening, heard the wish, she came out, and all the ravens regained their human form. They kissed and kissed each other and went home happily.

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