| The Blue Light | |
|---|---|
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Blue Light |
| Also known as | Das blaue Licht |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 562 (The Spirit in the Blue Light) |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Grimms' Fairy Tales |
The Blue Light is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a soldier who finds a magical object that provides him a supernatural helper. Many of the features from Hans Christian Andersen's later work The Tinderbox and from the story of Aladdin and his magic lamp originate with this version. Other tales of this type include The Three Dogs and The Tinderbox.[1]