Ганс - мой ежик

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Якоб Гримм

Сказка «Ганс – мой ежик» - о злоключениях получеловека-полуежа, что жил в лесу и пас скот. Он оказал услугу одному королю, но тот не спешил благодарить и поплатился за свою жадность. Зато другой король от слова своего не отказался, за что Ганс, получеловек-полуеж, превратился в доброго молодца и женился на его дочери.

Genres: Short Stories, Fantasy, Classics

8 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1815

About the author

German philologist and folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1822 formulated Grimm's Law, the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812-1815).

Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.

This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his Deutsche Mythologie .

Adapted from Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

داستان صد و هشتم از همخوانی برادران گریم
دوست دارم بدونم چه فعل و انفعالاتی تو مغزشون صورت می‌گرفته که میگفتن خب بیاید براتون داستان خانمی رو تعریف کنم که نیمچه جوجه‌تیغی به دنیا آورد و اون جوجه‌تیغی رفت شاه شد.:)))
ولی جالب بود هی خوندنی یاد کاراکتر ویچر(دونی) میوفتادم.

[R.J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

As I read this, it reminded me of The Witcher. Sometime later, I realized (or read somewhere) that it was actually the inspiration for one of the Witcher stories, which makes sense why I really liked it.
It’s weird, captivating, and certainly a conversation piece!

[Genevieve · Rating 5 out of 5]

A story of keeping your promise. Of love and honor and acceptance. A great story one I have never even heard of but a touching story.

[sierra!! · Rating 4 out of 5]

i am going to name my firstborn son hans the hedgehog

[Damian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This isn't a review of the Kindle edition but a general version.

This gets an extra point from me just for bringing back the father because Hans was able to forgive him.

The beginning is like a family movie where a couple wishes to have a child and then get what they bargained for with a twist. They have to accommodate for Hans the Hedgehog but begin to hate him which fits the fairy tale style. We get a couple Kings and princesses in this story; it goes well for one but not the other.

Be nice to people no matter how different they look and be true to your word.

[April Helms · Rating 3 out of 5]

A man wishes for a son, and vows he'd even choose a hedgehog for his son. He eventually gets his wish-- a son comes to him who is half hedgehog, half human. Eventually the son, called Hans, makes his way into the world, much to the relief of his parents. Story was a bit hard to follow at times, and one scene was quite brutal. Still, a decent story about how keeping promises will bring rewards.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rather funny and humorous story of the son of a king who was born as a hedgehog and went out into the world to seek new adventures.

[Phil Dibble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hedging the Hog

The story of life and the rewards of acceptance. Acceptance of self amid the foibles of a hostile society. Wonderful parable

[Natalie Brandy]

Read for context while reading the book Disfigured. Wack

[gracebookster]

(uni)

[Alien Bookreader · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is like “The Ugly Duckling” but it’s a boy and he’s a hedgehog. (An ugly hedgehog, who gets ostracized by his family at birth). He eventually solves the problem by shedding his hedgehog skin and getting the kingdom’s best doctors to anoint him and turn him into a beautiful man. This is after he stabs his first wife with his quills.

Luckily he gets remarried and doesn’t stab his second wife.
I’m not really sure what the moral of the story is. To go and pursue your dreams even if you’re an outcast? Find someone who will not reject you? Stab the ones who do?

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

While a glorious but standard Grimm tale, the ending had me a little divided on how I feel.

[Luke Shea · Rating 4 out of 5]

fairy tales are weird

[Andy Hickman · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Hans-My-Hedgehog" by Jacob Grimm
Fairy-tale echoing of Beauty & Beast. **
"Then his wife had a baby, and the top half was a hedgehog and the bottom half a boy."