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