The Peasant's Wise Daughter

Fairy Tales

The Peasant's Wise Daughter, also known as The Peasant's Clever Daughter or The Clever Lass, is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. It appears as tale number 94 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. Classified as Aarne-Thompson type 875, “The Clever Farmgirl”, it belongs to a widespread European tale type centered on witty exchanges. The story also spread into Bohemia.

Collectors: Brothers Grimm
Tale type: Aarne-Thompson type 875, “The Clever Farmgirl”
Czech collection: Included by Božena Němcová in 1846

Sources and credits

Article: The Peasant's Wise Daughter (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q138848
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Illustration: By Robert Anning Bell. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia Commons
Robert Anning Bell, Title: Grimm's Household Tales, 1912. Brothers Grimm, Marian Edwardes (translator), R. Anning Bell (illustrations) Scan: copy at New York Public Library, obtained from IA.org grimmshouseholdt00grim Adjusttment: Conversion to PNG, greyscale, B&W point adjust, crop to content
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