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Dee L. Ashliman (born January 1, 1938), who writes professionally as D. L. Ashliman, is an American folklorist and writer. He is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Pittsburgh [ 1 ] and is considered to be a leading expert on folklore and fairytales. [ 2 ]
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The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 400, "The Man on a Quest for the Lost Wife": the hero finds a maiden of supernatural origin (e.g., the swan maiden) or rescues a princess from an enchantment; either way, he marries her, but she disappears to another place, and he goes on a long quest after her.
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Dummling, sent out with a biscuit cooked in the ashes of the hearth and soured beer, is generous with the little old man and is rewarded with a golden goose (the Fairy Gift). The goose has been discovered within the roots of the tree chosen by the little gray man and felled by Dummling.
The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 432, "The Prince as Bird". [5] [6] Scholars Jack Zipes and D. L. Ashliman list the tale as a literary predecessor of the tale type. [7] [8] Philologist Gianfranco D'Aronco classified the tale as Italian type 432, The Bird Lover. [9]
The story was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812. Their source was the Hassenpflug family from Hanau. [2] A similar tale, "The Wolf and the Kids", has been told in the Middle East and parts of Europe, and probably originated in the first century.
American folklorist D. L. Ashliman classified the tale in the Aarne-Thompson Index as type AaTh 451, "The Maiden Who Seeks Her Brothers" [4] - thus, "distantly related" to the European tales The Twelve Brothers, The Six Swans and The Seven Ravens. [5]