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The White and the Black Bride

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Evil woman refuses God's help, prevents the marriage of the stepdaughter with the king - but the story goes further. How?

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 woman was walking across the field with her daughter and stepdaughter to cut fodder. Then the good Lord came to them as a poor man and asked, 'Where does the road lead to the village?' 'If you know it if you want,” said the mother, “look for it yourself,” and the daughter added, “if you are worried that you won’t find it, take a signpost with you.” But the stepdaughter said, “poor man, I will guide you, Come with me." Then God was angry with the mother and daughter, turned his back on them and cursed them so that they should become black as night and ugly as sin. But God was merciful to the poor stepdaughter and went with her, and when they were near the village, he spoke a blessing over them and said, "Choose three things that I will grant you." Then the girl said, "I would like to become as beautiful and pure as the sun;" she was white and fair as day. "Then I want a purse ha ben, which would never be empty:" God also gave it to her, but said, "Don't forget the best." She said, "I wish for the third eternal kingdom of heaven after my death." That was also granted to her, and so she left dear God from her.
When the stepmother came home with her daughter and saw that they were both jet black and ugly, but the stepdaughter was white and beautiful, the wickedness in her heart rose still higher, and she thought of nothing but how they would harm her could. But the stepdaughter had a brother named Reginer whom she loved very much and told him everything that had happened. Now Reginer once said to her, "Dear sister, I want to paint you so that I can constantly see you, because my love for you is so great that I would like to always look at you." see the picture.” He now copied his sister and hung the picture up in his room; but he lived in the king's palace, because he was his coachman. Every day he would stand before it and thank God for the happiness of his dear sister. But now the very king with whom he served had lost his wife, and she was so beautiful that none could be found to resemble her, and the king was deeply saddened. But the court servants noticed that the coachman stood in front of the beautiful picture every day, begrudged him and reported it to the king. So the latter had the picture brought to him, and when he saw that it resembled his deceased wife in every way and was only more beautiful, he fell madly in love with it. He summoned the coachman and asked who the picture represented. The coachman said it was his sister, so the king resolved to take no other than her to wife, gave him carriage and horses and splendid gold clothes, and sent him off to fetch his chosen bride. When Reginer got the message, his sister was happy, but the black woman was jealous of the luck, was angry beyond measure and said to her mother, "What good are all your arts now, since you can't give me such luck after all." "Shut up," said the old woman, "I'll turn it over to you." And with her witchcraft she blinded the coachman's eyes so that he was half blind, and stopped the ears of the white woman so that she was half deaf. Then they got into the carriage, first the bride in the beautiful royal clothes, then the stepmother with her daughter, and Reginer sat on the box to drive. After they had been on the road for a while, the coachman called
"Cover up, my little sister,
that rain doesn't wet you
that the wind does not pollinate you
that you come to the king nicely."
The bride asked, "What does my dear brother say?" "Oh," said the old woman, "he said you should take off your golden dress and give it to your sister." So she took it off and put it on the black woman, who gave her in return a bad gray coat. So they drove on: after a while the brother called again
"Cover up, my little sister,
that rain doesn't wet you
that the wind does not pollinate you
and you come to the king nicely."
The bride asked, "What does my dear brother say?" "Oh," said the old woman, "he said you should take off your gold cap and give it to your sister." sat in her bare hair. So they drove on: again after a while the brother called
"Cover up, my little sister,
that rain doesn't wet you
that the wind does not pollinate you
and you come to the king nicely."
The bride asked, "What does my dear brother say?" "Oh," said the old woman, "he said you would like to take a look out of the carriage." But they were just driving on a bridge over deep water. When the bride got up and bent down out of the carriage, they both pushed her out so that she fell into the middle of the water. As she sank, at the same instant, a snow-white duck rose out of the water and swam down the river. The brother didn't notice anything and drove the car on until they came to the court. So he brought the black woman to the king as his sister and thought she really was it, because it was dull before his eyes and he could see the gold clothes shimmering. The king, seeing the baseless ugliness of his supposed bride, became very angry and ordered the coachman to be thrown into a pit full of vipers and snakes. But the old witch knew how to enchant the king and to blind his eyes with her arts, so that he kept her and her daughter, so that he found her quite tolerable and he actually married her.
One evening, while the black bride was sitting on the king's lap, a white duck swam to the gutter in the kitchen and said to the kitchen boy
"Little boy, light the fire
that I may warm my feathers."
The kitchen boy did that and made her a fire on the hearth: then the duck came and sat down next to it, shook itself and straightened its feathers with its beak. As she sat and enjoyed herself, she asked
"What is my brother Reginer doing?"
The kitchen boy answered
"Is trapped in the pit
in otters and in snakes.”
she continued
"What is the black witch doing in the house?"
The kitchen boy answered
"She's warm
into the king's arm."
said the duck
"God have mercy!"
and swam out the gutter stone.
The following evening she came again and asked the same questions, and the third evening again. The kitchen boy couldn't bring himself to do it any longer, went to the king and discovered everything to him. But the king wanted to see it for himself, went there the next evening, and when the duck stuck his head in through the gutter stone, he took his sword and cut her neck, and she suddenly became the most beautiful girl and resembled him exactly Picture her brother took of her. The king was full of joy; and as she stood there all wet, he had costly clothes brought and clothed her with them. Then she told him how she had been deceived by cunning and deceit, and at last thrown down into the river; and her first request was that her brother be brought out of the serpent's den. And when the king had complied with this request, he went into the chamber where the old witch was sitting and asked, "What does she deserve who does such and such?" and related what had happened. She was so blinded that she noticed nothing and said, "She deserves to be stripped naked and placed in a barrel with nails, and that a horse be harnessed to the barrel and the horse sent all over the world." That all happened her and her black daughter. But the king married the white and beautiful bride and rewarded the faithful brother by making him a rich and respected man.

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