The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story

by Gordon Hall Gerould

J. W. Wolf, Deutsche Hausmärchen, 1858, pp. 243–250, contributed by W. von Plönnies. Summary by Simrock, pp. 46–51, by Köhler, Or. und Occ. iii. 98, and by Sepp, p. 683. Cited by Hippe, p. 165.

Simrock II.

W. von Plönnies in Zts. f. deutsche Myth. ii. 373–377. From the Odenwald. Summary by Simrock, pp. 51–54. See Hippe, p. 165. This is the story analyzed by Sepp, p. 688 f., though he also refers to Wolf’s and Zingerle’s tales.

Simrock III.

E. Meier, Deutsche Volksmärchen aus Schwaben, 1852, no. 42. pp. 143–153. Summarized by Simrock, pp. 54–58, Köhler, Or. und Occ. iii. 99, and Sepp, pp. 686 f. See Hippe, p. 165.

Simrock IV.

H. Pröhle, Kinder- und Volksmärchen, 1853, pp. 239–246. Summary by Simrock, pp. 58–62. See Hippe, p. 165.

Simrock V.

Simrock, pp. 62–65, contributed by Zingerle, who afterwards printed it in the Zts. f. deutsche Myth. ii. 367 ff., in Sagen, Märchen und Gebräuche aus Tirol, 1859, pp. 444 f., and in Kinder- und Hausmärchen aus Tirol, 2nd ed., 1870, pp. 261–267. Analyzed without mention of source by Sepp, pp. 687 f. See Hippe, p. 165.

Simrock VI.