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The Twelve Huntsme

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Princess is taken fiance; with11 others she disguises herself and works for him, is recognized by him and they marry.

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

Once upon a time there was a king's son who had a bride and loved her very much. As he sat with her and was quite happy, the news came that his father was sick and dying and demanded to see him before his end. Then he said to his beloved 'I must now go away and must leave you, so I will give you a ring in memory of me. When I am king, I will come back and fetch you home'. Then he rode away, and when he arrived at his father's, he was deathly ill and close to death. He said to him, 'Dearest son, I wanted to see you once more before my end, promise me to marry you according to my will,' and named to him a certain king's daughter who was to become his wife. The son was so sad that he did not even think about it, but said, "Yes, dear father, whatever your will is, it shall be done," and then the king closed his eyes and died.

When the son was proclaimed king and the mourning period had passed, he had to keep the promise he had made to his father and had the king's daughter courted, and she was promised to him. When his first bride heard this, she was so grieved at his unfaithfulness that she almost died. Then her father said to her, 'My dearest child, why are you so sad? whatever you wish for, you shall have. She thought about it for a moment, then she said, "Dear father, I wish for eleven girls who are completely like me in appearance and growth. The king said, "If it is possible, your wish shall be granted," and he searched throughout his kingdom until eleven virgins were found, completely like his daughter in appearance and stature.

When they came to the king's daughter, she had twelve hunter's dresses made, one like the other, and the eleven virgins had to put on the hunter's dresses, and she herself put on the twelfth. Then she took leave of her father and rode away with them to the court of her former bridegroom, whom she loved so much. There she inquired if he needed hunters and if he would not take them all together into his service. The king looked at them and did not recognize them, but because they were such beautiful people, he said yes, he would gladly take them; and there they were, the king's twelve hunters.

The king, however, had a lion, which was a strange animal, for he knew everything that was hidden and secret. It happened that one evening he said to the king, 'You mean you have twelve hunters there?' 'Yes,' said the king, 'twelve hunters there are. The lion continued, "You are wrong, there are twelve girls. The king answered, 'That is no longer true, how will you prove it to me?' 'Oh, just scatter peas in your antechamber,' the lion answered, 'and you will see. Men have a firm step, when they walk over peas, none of them move, but girls, they trip and traipse and shuffle, and the peas roll.' The king was pleased with the advice and had the peas scattered.

But there was a servant of the king, who was good to the hunters, and when he heard that they were to be put to the test, he went and told them everything again, and said 'the lion wants to make the king believe that you are girls'. Then the king's daughter thanked him, and said to her maidens, "Do yourselves violence, and tread firmly on the peas. When the king called the twelve hunters to him the next morning and they came into the antechamber where the peas were lying, they stepped so firmly on them and had such a sure, strong gait that not even one rolled or moved. Then they went away again, and the king said to the lion, "You have lied to me, they walk like men. The lion answered, "They knew that they would be put to the test, and they did violence to themselves. Let twelve spinning wheels be brought into the antechamber, and they will come here and rejoice, and no man does that. The king liked the advice and had the spinning wheels placed in the antechamber.

But the servant, who was honest with the hunters, went and discovered the plot. Then the king's daughter, when they were alone, said to her eleven girls, "Do violence to yourselves and do not look around for the spinning wheels. When the king called his twelve hunters the next morning, they came through the antechamber and did not look at the spinning wheels. Then the king said again to the lion, "You have lied to me, they are men, for they have not looked at the spinning wheels. The lion answered, "They knew that they would be put to the test, and they did violence to themselves. But the king would no longer believe the lion.

The twelve hunters constantly followed the king to the hunt, and he liked them the longer. Now it happened that once when they were hunting, news came that the king's bride was coming. When the right bride heard this, it hurt her so much that her heart almost fell off and she fainted on the ground. The king thought something had happened to his dear hunter, ran to help him, and took off his glove. Then he saw the ring that he had given to his first bride, and when he looked into her face, he recognized her. His heart was so moved that he kissed her, and when she opened her eyes, he said, "You are mine and I am yours, and no man in the world can change that. But to the other bride he sent a messenger and asked her to return to her kingdom, for he already had a wife, and whoever had found an old key did not need the new one. Thereupon the wedding was celebrated, and the lion came again in grace, because he had told the truth.

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