The time limit is three years, three months, and three days, and in that time, he buys a house and his fame spreads the king asks him to lend him money, and that is how the promise to marry is brought about. In "Don Giovanni de la Fortuna", Don Giovanni is not a soldier he squandered the fortune his father left him and met the devil while begging. The story is similar to other AT-361 tales like the Swiss "The Devil as Partner", the Austrian "Hell's Gatekeeper", the Russian "Never-Wash", the Sicilian "Don Giovanni de la Fortuna", or the Philippine "The Reward of Kindness". That night, the devil knocked on the door to tell Bearskin that he had gotten two souls for the price of one. Upon realizing who he was and what they gave up, one sister hanged herself in rage and the other drowned herself. She drank it and realized that he was her bridegroom. The two older sisters ran off to dress splendidly, and Bearskin dropped his half of the ring into a wine cup and gave it to his bride. He told the old man that he would marry one of his daughters. Clean and with his money, he dressed himself as a fine gentleman and went to the old man's house, where the older sisters served him, and his bride (dressed in black) showed no reaction to him. The devil warns Bearskin not to push his luck as he has already won their bargain and disappears. Bearskin then demands that the devil say the Lord's prayer. The devil then proceeds to bathe Bearskin, clip his nails and cut his hair until he is as good as new. Her sisters ridiculed her at length.Īt the end of the seven years, Bearskin found the devil again and demanded he fulfill his promise. Bearskin gave her half a ring and promised to return in three years. The youngest one agreed to fulfill her father's promise. The middle one said he was worse than a bear that had tried to pass itself off as human.
The oldest ran away, screaming, from the sight. The old man said that he would marry him to one of his daughters in gratitude. Bearskin paid the innkeeper and gave the old man a purse of gold as well.ġ909 illustration by Otto Ubbelohde which depicts the Devil thanking Bearskin for his help
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In the fourth year, he heard an old man lamenting and persuaded him to tell his tale: he had lost all his money, did not know how to provide for his daughters and could not pay the innkeeper, so he would be sent to jail. After several years, he grew so revolting that he had to pay heavily to get any shelter.
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The desperate soldier agreed and the devil gave him the green coat telling him he would find its pockets always full of limitless money and then a bearskin, telling him that he must sleep in it and would be known as Bearskin because of it.īearskin set out, and gave much money to the poor that they would pray for him, to live out the seven years. If he died during the time, the devil would have him. At the end, if he survived, he would be rich and free. Synopsis Ī man was a soldier, but when war ended, his parents were dead, and his brothers had no place for him.Ī green-coated man with a cloven hoof appeared to him and offered to make him rich if he would for seven years not cut his hair, clip his nails, bathe, or pray, and wear a coat and cloak that he would give him. Their story is based on the version collected by the von Haxthausen family, and on the tale "Vom Ursprung des Namens Bärnhäuter", first published in 1670 by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. 15, under the title "Der Teufel Grünrock" (English: 'Devil Greenjacket'), and substantially revised in the 5th edition of the book.
The modern version of tale was originally published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen vol.
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