The Charcoal Burner

For other uses, see Charcoal (disambiguation).

The Charcoal Burner
Folk tale
Name	The Charcoal Burner
Also known as	Kullbrenneren
Aarne–Thompson grouping	1641
Country	Norway
Published in	Norwegian Folktales

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 [1], 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. [2]

See also

• Class satire

References

• Folk Tales on Illnesses and Cures

External links

• Doctor Know-All and other folktales of Aarne-Thompson type 1641
• Illustration at Digitalt Museum by Erik Werenskiold