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"Thumbling," published in German as "Daumesdick" (literally, "Thumb-thick"), is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1819 (KHM 37). The Grimms included another, similar story, "Thumbling's Travels". Both stories are related to the English Tom Thumb and often share its title when translated into English.
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- Author
- Henry Fielding
- First published
- 1730
- Editions
- 34
- Subjects
- English literature, English drama (Tragedy)
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Key facts
- Folk tale.Folk_Tale_Name
- Thumbling
- Folk tale.Aarne Thompson Grouping
- ATU 700 ("Tom Thumb")
- Folk tale.Country
- Germany
- Folk tale.Published_In
- ''Grimm's Fairy Tales''
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- Aardige sprookjes ill 08 Klein Duimpje.jpg
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- Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index
- 700
- publication date
- 1819-00-00
- Commons category
- Thumbling
- title
- O pequeno polegar
- catalog code
- KHM 37
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"Thumbling," published in German as "Daumesdick" (literally, "Thumb-thick"), is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1819 (KHM 37). The Grimms included another, similar story, "Thumbling's Travels". Both stories are related to the English Tom Thumb and often share its title when translated into English.
It is categorized as Aarne-Thompson type 700 ("Tom Thumb") and also contains an episode of type 41 ("Overeating in the Pantry").