The Singing Bone

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The Singing Bone is a dark Brothers Grimm fairy tale in which the murder of a younger brother is revealed when his bones are fashioned into a musical instrument that sings of the crime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fairy tale ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
alternateTitle Der singende Knochen ⓘ
linked to: The Singing Bone
author Brothers Grimm ⓘ
classification Aarne–Thompson–Uther type 780 ⓘ
collection Grimms' Fairy Tales ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
creator Jacob Grimm ⓘ
Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
featuresCharacter boar ⓘ
king ⓘ
older brother ⓘ
younger brother ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Kinder- und Hausmärchen ⓘ
genre dark fairy tale ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Singing Bone (literary retellings) ⓘ
linked to: The Singing Bone

The Singing Bone (operatic adaptations) ⓘ
hasTheme envy ⓘ
fratricide ⓘ
justice ⓘ
murder revealed ⓘ
moral crime will eventually be revealed ⓘ
envy and greed lead to ruin ⓘ
motif murder revealed by a musical instrument ⓘ
reward for slaying a monster ⓘ
singing bone ⓘ
narrativeForm prose ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
partOf German folklore ⓘ
plotSummary An older brother murders his younger brother after they hunt a dangerous boar, and the crime is later revealed when the younger brother's bones are made into a musical instrument that sings of the murder. ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ

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Brothers Grimm fairy tales → includesWork → The Singing Bone ⓘ
R. Austin Freeman → hasBibliographyItem → The Singing Bone ⓘ
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm → includesAdaptationOf → The Singing Bone ⓘ
The Singing Bone → hasAdaptation → The Singing Bone (literary retellings) ⓘ
linked to: The Singing Bone
The Singing Bone → alternateTitle → Der singende Knochen ⓘ
linked to: The Singing Bone