Fyrtøjet
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- Fyrtøjet
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- Short Story
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- Danish
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"The Tinderbox" (Danish: Fyrtøjet) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a soldier who acquires a magic tinderbox capable of summoning three powerful dogs to do his bidding. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is sentenced to death but cunningly summons the dogs to save his life.
In the Aarne-Thompson tale index, "The Tinderbox" is type 562: The Spirit in the Blue Light. Other tales of this type include The Three Dogs and The Blue Light.
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Literary fairy tale first published on 8.05.1835.Last modified: 2024-01-22 (revision #170287)
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- Fyrtøjet was written by Hans Christian Andersen(Danish writer)
- Fyrtøjet has translation Das Feuerzeug(Eva-Maria Blühm translation)
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