The Truth About Hansel and Gretel
The Truth About Hansel and Gretel (
Summary
According to the book, Ossegg determined that the fairytale,
In reality, Ossegg did not exist and the details of the story were fabricated by Traxler. Vanessa Joosen has called the book a "fictive nonfictional text," which "carries the features of a nonfictional text but consciously misleads the reader."[5]
In popular culture
Despite its fictional nature, the hoax convinced many in Germany at the time,[1][2][5] and continues to have some traction.[6][7][8]
In 1987, a one-hour twenty-two minute movie, Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel, loosely based on the novel, was released in Germany.[9][10]
In the 1980s, in another area neighboring the Spessart Forest, German pharmacist Karlheinz Bartels published a joking theory that Snow White was based on a real person named Maria Sophia Margarethe Catharina, Baroness von und zu Erthal. The theory was primarily inspired by Traxler's book.[11]
In October 2021, Tim Harford released the episode "The Truth About Hansel and Gretel" of his podcast Cautionary Tales about Traxler's satire.[12]
References
- ^ ISBN 0814322085– via google.ca.
- ^ a b SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany (7 July 1964). "HÄNSEL UND GRETEL: Mit falschem Bart". spiegel.de.
- ^ Smith, Jack. "A Grim Discovery" Los Angeles Times November 19, 1974, page F1.
- ^ Jack Zipes, The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World, Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, p. 241.]
- ^ ISBN 978-0814334522– via google.ca.
- ^ Ogden, Valerie. The True Stories Behind Classic Fairy Tales. The Huffington Post. Updated 01/05/2015. [1]
- ^ Culver, Anke A. Wanted for murder: Haensel and Gretel - Behind the classic Christmas-season fairy tale is a gruesome true story of entrepreneurial greed. [2]
- ^ Lane, Rebecca. Silver Petticoat Review. October 29, 2014
- ^ "Ossegg oder die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel (1987) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Ossegg oder die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel".
- ^ Wolfgang, Vorwerk (2015). "Das 'Lohrer Schneewittchen': Zur Fabulologie eines Märchens" (PDF). Paremiology, Folklore, Language, and Literature: 491–503.
- ^ "The Truth About Hansel and Gretel". 22 October 2021.
Sources
- https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/die-angebliche-hexe-war-eine-baeckerin.950.de.html?dram:article_id=135436 (in German)
- https://www.filmdienst.de/film/details/1211/ossegg-oder-die-wahrheit-uber-hansel-und-gretel (in German)