Tale Summary
There once was a mother whose child had been stolen by goblins and replaced by a changeling. Her neighbor advised her to boil water in two eggshells while he was watching, because it would make him laugh, and laughter meant the end for a changeling. She did this and once it began to laugh, it was taken away by the goblins and replaced with the proper child.
Fairy Tale Title
The Goblins
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Brothers Grimm, Lore Segal, and Randall Jarrell
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)
Maurice Sendak
Common Tale Type
Tale Classification
Page Range of Tale
pp. 150-151
Full Citation of Tale
"The Goblins.” The Juniper Tree, and other Tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, translated by Lore Segal, Randall Jarrell, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973, pp. 150-151.
Original Source of the Tale
The Brothers Grimm
Tale Notes
Research and Curation
Kaeli Waggener, 2024
Book Title
The Juniper Tree, and other Tales from Grimm
Book Author/Editor(s)
Brothers Grimm, translated by Lore Segal and Randall Jarrell
Illustrator(s)
Maurice Sendak
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published
1973
Decade Published
1970-1979
Publisher City
New York
Publisher Country
United States
Language
English
Rights
Copyright not evaluated
Digital Copy
Available at the Internet Archive
Book Notes
Twenty-seven newly translated fairy tales from Grimm (translated from Kinder- und Hausmärchen) including many old favorites as well as such lesser-known tales as "The Juniper Tree," "Many-Fur," and "Brother Gaily." Illustrated by celebrated children's illustrator Maurice Sendak.