Herr Korbes
{{Short description|German fairy tale}}
"Herr Korbes" (German for "Mr. Korbes") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 41.Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, Household Tales, [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/41herrkorbes.html "Herr Korbes"] They found it in both the district of the Main (from Jeanette Hassenpflug) and Hesse (from Lisette Wild).
It is Aarne-Thompson type 210, The Traveling Animals and the Wicked Man.D. L. Ashliman, "[http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimmtales.html The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)"] Another tale of this type is the Grimms' The Pack of Ragamuffins.D. L. Ashliman, "[http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm041.html Herr Korbes]"
Synopsis
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A cock and a hen go to Herr Korbes's house in a carriage drawn by mice. Along the way, they pick up a cat, millstone, an egg, a duck, a pin, and a needle. Herr Korbes is not at home; they go in and when he returns, they attack and kill him.{{Cite book|last=Grimm|first=Jacob|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y9tLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA214|title=Kinder und hausmärchen: gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm|date=1857|publisher=Dieterich|language=de}}
Variants
In their third edition, the Grimms added a sentence to the end, that Korbes must have been a wicked man.
References
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