The Golden Key (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
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| The Golden Key | |
|---|---|
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Golden Key |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 2250 |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Grimms' Fairy Tales |
"The Golden Key" (German: Der goldene Schlüssel) is a fairy tale (of type 2250 on the Aarne and Thompson Index), which is in place 200 of Grimms' Fairy Tales.
A poor boy gathering wood with a sleigh wants to warm himself by a fire and finds a small golden key beneath the snow; then he finds a small iron box in the ground. The text ends with the statement that the reader now has to wait until he has unlocked it.
