| All-Kinds-of-Fur | |
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,_p._281.jpg) Allerleirauh is discovered by the king. Illustration by Henry Justice Ford (1892). | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | All-Kinds-of-Fur |
| Also known as | Thousandfurs |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 510B (Unnatural Love; The Dress of Gold, of Silver, of Stars) |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Grimms' Fairy Tales |
| Related | Cap O' Rushes Donkeyskin Catskin Little Cat Skin The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter The She-Bear Mossycoat Tattercoats The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress Katie Woodencloak The Bear The Princess in the Suit of Leather |
"Allerleirauh" (English: "All-Kinds-of-Fur", sometimes translated as "Thousandfurs") is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, it has been recorded as Tale no. 65.[1] Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book.[2]
It is Aarne–Thompson folktale type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include "Cap O' Rushes", "Donkeyskin", "Catskin", "Little Cat Skin", "The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter", "The She-Bear", "Mossycoat", "Tattercoats", "The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress", "Katie Woodencloak", "The Bear" and "The Princess in the Suit of Leather".[3] Indeed, some English translators of "Allerleirauh" titled that story "Catskin" despite the differences between the German and English tales.[4]
- ^ Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, "Allerleirauh Archived 2014-11-15 at the Wayback Machine", Household Tales
- ^ Andrew Lang, "Allerleirauh; or, The Many-Furred Creature Archived 2020-02-24 at the Wayback Machine", The Green Fairy Book
- ^ Heidi Anne Heiner, "Tales Similar to Donkeyskin Archived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine"
- ^ Anne Wilson, Traditional Romance and Tale, p 53, D.S. Brewer, Rowman & Littlefield, Ipswitch, 1976, ISBN 0-87471-905-4