The Charcoal Burner

The Charcoal Burner
Folk tale
Name The Charcoal Burner
Also known as Kullbrenneren
Data
Aarne-Thompson grouping 1641
Country Norway
Published in Norwegian Folktales
For other uses, see Charcoal (disambiguation).

The Charcoal Burner is a Norwegian fairy tale, collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe.

Published in the book Norwegian Folk Tales 1 (1990) ISBN 82-09-10598-1

It is similar to the Grimm Brothers tale known as Doctor Know-all , and is classified as Aarne-Thompson Type 1641, "Being in the right place at the right time". Another tale of this type is Almondseed and Almondella.

Plot summary

A charcoal burner becomes a parson by means of various tricks.

Unintentionally he detects some thieves in the king's castle, gains a prophetic reputation in the church, passes a test set by the king, and predicts the queen's having twins.

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