The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs

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German fairy tale Grimms' Fairy Tale folk tale literary fairy tale

"The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs" is a German folk fairy tale about a boy fated to marry a king’s daughter who must outwit the Devil by obtaining three golden hairs from his head, popularized by the Brothers Grimm.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs canonical	2
Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren	1
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs of Gold	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9244186 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
Context triple: [Brothers Grimm fairy tales, includesWork, The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs]

A. My Brother the Devil
My Brother the Devil is a British coming-of-age crime drama film that follows two British-Egyptian brothers navigating gang culture, identity, and sexuality in East London.
B. The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
C. Devil’s Spoke
"Devil’s Spoke" is a dark, folk-influenced song by British singer-songwriter Laura Marling from her album *I Speak Because I Can*.
D. The Devil Dancer
The Devil Dancer is a 1927 silent adventure film, noted for its exotic setting and cinematography, on which George Barnes served as a prominent cinematographer.
E. A Devil Is Waiting
A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
Target entity description: "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs" is a German folk fairy tale about a boy fated to marry a king’s daughter who must outwit the Devil by obtaining three golden hairs from his head, popularized by the Brothers Grimm.

A. My Brother the Devil
My Brother the Devil is a British coming-of-age crime drama film that follows two British-Egyptian brothers navigating gang culture, identity, and sexuality in East London.
B. The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
C. Devil’s Spoke
"Devil’s Spoke" is a dark, folk-influenced song by British singer-songwriter Laura Marling from her album *I Speak Because I Can*.
D. The Devil Dancer
The Devil Dancer is a 1927 silent adventure film, noted for its exotic setting and cinematography, on which George Barnes served as a prominent cinematographer.
E. A Devil Is Waiting
A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German fairy tale ⓘ Grimms' Fairy Tale ⓘ folk tale ⓘ literary fairy tale ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren ⓘ linked to: The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs of Gold ⓘ linked to: The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
author	Brothers Grimm ⓘ
centralQuest	obtaining three golden hairs from the Devil ⓘ
collectedFrom	oral tradition ⓘ
collector	Jacob Grimm ⓘ Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
featuresCharacter	a king ⓘ a poor boy ⓘ a princess ⓘ the Devil ⓘ
featuresMotif	child of destiny ⓘ greedy monarch punished ⓘ journey to the underworld ⓘ magical hair ⓘ prophecy of future greatness ⓘ riddle-like questions ⓘ tasks set by a king ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	Kinder- und Hausmärchen ⓘ linked to: Children's and Household Tales
genre	fairy tale ⓘ fantasy literature ⓘ folk literature ⓘ
hasInfluenced	adaptations in children’s literature ⓘ illustrated fairy-tale editions ⓘ theatrical adaptations ⓘ
includesSetting	royal court ⓘ the Devil's realm ⓘ
intendedAudience	children ⓘ
literaryTradition	German Romantic-era folklore collection ⓘ
moral	attempts to thwart destiny are futile ⓘ greed and cruelty are punished ⓘ
narrativeResolution	the boy marries the king's daughter ⓘ the king is outwitted ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
partOf	Grimms' Fairy Tales collection ⓘ linked to: Brothers Grimm fairy tales
taleType	ATU 461 ⓘ
taleTypeSystem	Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index ⓘ
theme	cunning and cleverness ⓘ divine or supernatural providence ⓘ fate and destiny ⓘ triumph of the lowly over the powerful ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brothers Grimm fairy tales → includesWork → The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs ⓘ

Children's and Household Tales → hasPart → The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs ⓘ

The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs → alsoKnownAs → Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren ⓘ

linked to: The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs

The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs → alsoKnownAs → The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs of Gold ⓘ