The Elves and the Shoemaker (short story)

German: Die Wichtelmanner
Also Known As: The Shoemaker for Whom They Did Work

Author: Wilhelm Grimm

Type: Fairy Tale

Found in: Grimms' Fairy Tales

The Elves and the Shoemaker is the first of three fairy tales included as entry 39 in Grimm's Fairy Tales under the title Die Wichtelmanner. - AsNotedIn

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Kassel, DE, Hesse In Kassel, Henriette D Wild tells the Brothers Grimm three tales about the Wichtelmannern, the Elf men.

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Y/M/D		Association	Description	Place	Locale	Food	Event
1812/12/20	Wilhelm Grimm	Author	"The Elves and the Shoemaker" is included in the first edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales.

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Particulars for The Elves and the Shoemaker (short story):
Season	Christmas	the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, late December in the Western Church
Art Type	Fairy Tale	a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands
Narrative Arts	Fiction	prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Narrative Arts	Narrative	an account of connected events
Narrative Arts	Prose	ordinary written language

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Grimms Fairy Tale ID:	KHM 39.1
Original Language:	German

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