Pied Piper of Hamelin

LC control no.	n 79060220
Descriptive conventions	rda
Uniform title heading	Pied Piper of Hamelin *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Piper of Hameln Pied Piper of Hamlin Hamelner Rattenfängersage Rattenfänger von Hameln
Special note	DESCRIPTIVE USAGE: Heading for the basic story, not to be used as main entry heading; use as an added entry heading with the addition of language according to 25.12; each individual work is entered under its own author or title. SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this tale are entered under the subject heading Pied Piper of Hamelin (Tale)
Found in	Pied Piper of Hamelin. The Pied Piper of Hamlin, 1980: t.p. (Pied Piper of Hamlin) Der Rattenfänger von Hameln, c1984: p. 9, etc. (numerous versions in existence in many countries) Merit student's encycl., c1985 (Pied Piper, a magician in the medieval legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin; some scholars consider the legend to have originated in the Children's Crusade of 1212; several writers have memorably retold the legend, including the Grimm Brothers [probably not true; see below] and Robert Browning) Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (Rattenfänger von Hameln; medieval saga first transmitted in a Lüneburg ms. of 1430-1450; there are today differing opinions as to what historical event inspired the basic tale; lists 7 retellings, of which only Karl Simrock's bears title Rattenfänger von Hameln; no Grimm version listed; bibliography lists works calling the story Hamelner Rattenfängersage)
Not found in	Kinder- und Hausmärchen. English. The complete Brothers Grimm fairy tales, c1981; Kinder- und Hausmärchen. English. The complete Grimm's fairy tales, c1972.