Русалката от езерото

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Якоб Грим

В приказката на Братя Грим „Русалката от езерото“ се разказва за русалка, която живее в езерото до една воденица. Тя отвлича сина на воденичаря, който й е бил обещан от баща му още при раждането му в замяна на богатство и щастие. Но благодарение на самоотвержената любов на жената на момъка той е спасен от дълбините на езерото и те заживяват в любов и съгласие.

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1857

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

[Amelia Bujar · Rating 3 out of 5]

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The original tale is much better but also darker then the version kids see.

It is different but not that different from what you might remember from first hearing this tale as a kid.

The plot here are very good but also dark which is the mix which I personally like a lot.

The writing style here was very old and you could feel the vibe of old the Europe which was amazing for me.

[April Helms · Rating 4 out of 5]

A story in the style of "parent makes bargain and inadvertently must surrender their child." Here, a once prosperous man has fallen on hard times. He encounters a water spirit, who promises fortune as long as he gives her what has just been born at his house. The father agrees, thinking this will likely be a puppy or kitten. However, he finds out as he comes onto his property that his wife has just given birth to a son. I've read variations of this but this is still an interesting and winding tale that does have a couple of twists.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another story revolving The Nix. This story revolves around true love with a very sweet ending.

[Damian · Rating 5 out of 5]

True love conquers. Many fairy tale tropes and objects are used here. A wife saves her husband from a nix's clutches but they get separated again. They get reunited and the hardship was not in vain.