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The Shepherd Boy

folk tale version by the Brothers Grimm
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1168976

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13 properties
Instance of
literary work
Author
Brothers Grimm[1]
Genre
schwank[2]
Language of work or name
German[3]
Publication date
1819[5]
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index
922[11]
Catalog code
KHM 152[4]
Different from
The Shepherd Boy[10]
Has edition or translation
Wikidata item[6]
Main subject
eternity[7]
Narrative motif
recognition because of imperfection of disguise, test of heirship[12][13]
Published in
Grimms' fairy tales[8]
Title
Das Hirtenbüblein[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Shepherd Boy en Grimm's Household Tale No 152 de Das Hirtenbüblein de KHM 152 es El pastor sabio nl Het herdersjongetje tr Küçük Çoban
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Otto Ubbelohde - Das Hirtenbüblein.jpg ↗
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120t9vqn

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  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . books.google.co.uk. books.google.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Beleg Âlt · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation → Wikidata item
    Instance of → literary work
    Image → Otto Ubbelohde - Das Hirtenbüblein.jpg
    Different from → The Shepherd Boy
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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