The soldier is not able to follow them, but he perceives a lion and a fox with a cloak and a pair of boots, which have the property of carrying any one who wears them whithersoever he wishes to be. The three maidens walk till they come to a lake where three tall giants are standing, each of whom takes one of the maidens on his back, and carries her through the lake to a castle of copper. At night he steals through the secret passage after them (he has not yet got the cloak which makes him invisible). Twelve have been hanged already, when the soldier presents himself as the thirteenth. Whosover can discover the cause of this, is to have the youngest to wife, but if he is not able to find it out, must lose his life. There are only three princesses whose shoes are every morning found in holes. The incident of the soldier fastening a sponge beneath his chin into which he lets the sleeping-drink run down, is taken from another story from Paderborn, which has also the following variations. I have included the Grimms' notes to the tale as translated by Margaret Hunt followed by SurLaLune's textual annotations.įrom Münster.
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