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Title:
Der Bärenhäuter?Der Baerenhaeuter
Title Record # 1605594
Authors: Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
Date: 1843-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series:
KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)

Series Number: 101
Webpages: Wikipedia-DE
Language: German
Synopsis: A discharged soldier, homeless and destitute, agrees to a deal with the Devil. For seven years he must wear the pelt of a bear, and neither bathe, shave, cut his hair or nails, nor sleep in a bed. If he dies during the seven years, he will lose his soul, but if he survives he will be the wealthiest man in the world.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1815 Der Teufel Grünrock [as by
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
]
1843 Der Bärenhäuter [as by
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
]
Year Language Title
1836From the July 23rd, 1836 edition of Tales of All Nations; or, Popular Legends and Romances (no.24). Originally published in the section 'Lays and Legends of Germany' Vo.II of Lays and Legends of Various Nations (1834- George Cowie). Translated by William J. Thoms.
English The Green Robe [as by uncredited]
1853Translated by anonymous (from the anonymously translated 1853 edition)
English Bearskin [as by Brothers Grimm]
1897Translated by Margaret Hunt
English Bearskin [as by Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Carl Grimm]
1928 English Bearskin [as by The Brothers Grimm]
1944 English Bearskin [as by Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm]
1976From Devils, Devils, Devils (1976- Franklin Watts), edited by Helen Hoke. Actually a translation of the original (1815) version of the Brothers Grimm tale 'Bearskin' first published in 'Lays and Legends of Germany- Part 2' of Lays and Legends of Various Nations (1834- George Cowie). Translated by William J. Thoms.
English The Green Robe [as by William J. Thoms (in error)]
2004 English Bearskin [as by Brothers Grimm]
2014Translated by Jack Zipes
English The Devil in the Green Coat
2020Translated by Monteiro Lobato
Portuguese Pele de urso

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Vol. 2) 1815-00-00
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
Realschulbuchhandlung     xvi+
297
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Vol. 2) 1819-00-00
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
G. Reimer     lxxii+
308
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Vol. 2) 1819-00-00
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
G. Reimer     lxxii+
308
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Tales of All Nations, July 23, 1836 1836-07-23 ed. Editors of Tales of All Nations W. Strange  
-/1?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Vol. 2) 1837-00-00
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
Dieterichische Buchhandlung     vi+
385
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Vol. 2) 1840-00-00
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
Dieterichische Buchhandlung     vi+
417
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Vol. 2) 1843-00-00
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
Dieterichische Buchhandlung     vi+
523
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Tales of All Nations; or, Popular Legends and Romances 1848-00-00 ed. uncredited T. Allman     380
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Vol. 2) 1850-00-00
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
Dieterichische Buchhandlung     vi+
562
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Vol. 2) 1857-00-00
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
Dieterichische Buchhandlung     vi+
483
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Bearskin 1928-00-00 The Brothers Grimm P. F. Volland (Volland Fairy Books)     [36]
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
chap Marie Honoré Myers  
Folk Tales of All Nations 1931-00-00 ed. F. H. Lee George G. Harrap & Co.     xix+
947
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Kinder- und Hausmärchen 1941-00-00
Brüder Grimm?Brueder Grimm
Elwertsche Verlagsbuchhandlung     xvi+
368+
380+
328
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Devils, Devils, Devils 1976-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Franklin Watts 0-531-01140-2
$6.90?$: US dollar
211
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carol Barker  
Favorite Folktales from Around the World 1986-00-00 ed. Jane Yolen Pantheon Books (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) 0-394-75188-4
$18.00?$: US dollar
498
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Philippe Weisbecker  
Selected Tales 2004-00-00 Brothers Grimm Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 0-14-044401-7   429
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Vincent Burgeon  
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 2013-09-19 Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Wilhelm Carl Grimm Race Point Publishing (Knickerbocker Classics) 978-1-937994-31-0
$30.00?$: US dollar
xxx+
642
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition 2014-10-05 Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm Princeton University Press 978-0-691-16059-7
$35.00?$: US dollar
568
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition 2014-10-19 Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm Princeton University Press 978-1-4008-5189-8
$35.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition 2014-12-23 Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm Audible Studios      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll  
Selected Tales 2015-07-02 Brothers Grimm Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 978-0-241-24505-7
£3.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Vincent Burgeon  
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition 2016-09-13 Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm Princeton University Press 978-0-691-17322-1
$19.95?$: US dollar
568
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
O livro de ouro dos contos de fadas 2020-04-08 ed. Monteiro Lobato Nova Fronteira  
R$49.90?R$: Brazilian real
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
O livro de ouro dos contos de fadas 2020-07-31 ed. Monteiro Lobato Nova Fronteira 978-85-209-4469-1
R$74.90?R$: Brazilian real
336
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Folk Tales of All Nations date unknown ed. F. H. Lee Tudor Publishing Company     xix+
947
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition date unknown Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm Audible Studios      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
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