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The Tinder Box

87 statements
15 feature instances
7 referencing feature instances

The Tinder Box	type	TVTItem
The Tinder Box	label	The Tinder Box
The Tinder Box	page	TheTinderBox
The Tinder Box	comment	A Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale published in May 1835 about a soldier who becomes king.A young soldier meets an old witch who promises him as much money as he can carry, if only he will retrieve her tinderbox from inside an oak tree. The soldier goes down and finds three dogs (one large, one huge, and one gigantic), each guarding a chest of copper, silver, and gold, respectively. He stuffs his clothing with gold, but his suspicions are roused when the witch demands the tinderbox and nothing else. She won't tell him what she wants with it, even upon threat of beheading, so he kills her, takes the gold and the tinderbox, and goes into town, where he lives like a lord until the money is gone. On the verge of bankruptcy, the soldier discovers the secret of the tinderbox: it can summon the three dogs, who will obey him and bring him money from their respective coffers.Hearing rumors that the kingdom's princess is surpassingly beautiful, he sends a dog to fetch her from the copper palace in which she is imprisoned (the King and Queen have heard a prophecy that she will marry a mere common soldier and are having none of that). She is indeed lovely, and he steals a kiss before sending her back. He sends for her again the following night. The King and Queen discover that someone has been spiriting the Princess away, and eventually trace her path back to the soldier's house. He is promptly arrested and sentenced to hanging.The soldier bribes a boy to run to his apartment and bring him the tinderbox. When he's brought to the gallows, he asks for one last smoke, and uses the tinderbox to summon all three dogs. The dogs throw the judges and councillors so high into the air that they are killed when they hit the ground. The King is unmoved by this, so the dogs do the same to him and the Queen. The people proclaim the soldier to be the king, and he marries the princess, who is only too pleased to be free of the copper palace.This story is available online here.
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The Tinder Box / int_11c754d8	type	Trail of Bread Crumbs
The Tinder Box / int_11c754d8	comment	Trail of Bread Crumbs: The leaking sack of flour or grain used to find the soldier's apartment.
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The Tinder Box / int_13d6db18	type	One Last Smoke
The Tinder Box / int_13d6db18	comment	One Last Smoke: Exploited. The soldier banks on the King granting him a last request. It allows him to turn the tables on the King.
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The Tinder Box / int_30b6f084	type	Canis Major
The Tinder Box / int_30b6f084	comment	Canis Major: The three dogs. The smallest has eyes the size of teacups, the middle one has eyes the size of millstones, and the largest has eyes as big as the circumference of a tower. Now think about the size of a dog proportional to the size of its eyes.
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The Tinder Box / int_678b0fa9	type	Fair-Weather Friend
The Tinder Box / int_678b0fa9	comment	Fair-Weather Friend: When he becomes rich the first time, the soldier gets many "friends" who quickly abandon him after his money is gone.
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The Tinder Box / int_6ca84a8f	type	Treasure Room
The Tinder Box / int_6ca84a8f	comment	Treasure Room: The rooms under the tree where the chests of coins are kept.
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The Tinder Box / int_8c41d6e9	type	Nameless Narrative
The Tinder Box / int_8c41d6e9	comment	Nameless Narrative: We never find out the soldier's name. Or anybody's name, for that matter...
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The Tinder Box / int_9ac6b0c1	type	Sociopathic Hero
The Tinder Box / int_9ac6b0c1	comment	Sociopathic Hero: The soldier murders the witch for not telling him how the box works, kidnaps a princess, and certainly doesn't seem too bothered when his dogs tear apart an entire courtroom and two monarchs. While the witch is debatable, the monarchs and the courtroom were most definitely Jerkass Victims as they tried to hang him for secretly meeting and courting the princess. Except in one version, where the king cheated the soldier out of his pay and he retaliates by beating the princess and making her do maid service each night.
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The Tinder Box / int_a836a9b5	type	Character Witness
The Tinder Box / int_a836a9b5	comment	Character Witness: While in prison, the soldier catches the attention of a boy and recruits him to retrieve the tinderbox from his room at the inn, which he later uses to escape. The boy does this for him, because he remembers the soldier buying food for his family when they were impoverished.
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The Tinder Box / int_b9085a47	type	Summon Magic
The Tinder Box / int_b9085a47	comment	Summon Magic: Strike the tinderbox once for the dog that guards copper pennies, twice for the dog that guards silver coins, and three times for the guardian of the gold.
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The Tinder Box / int_c41668cd	type	Needle in a Stack of Needles
The Tinder Box / int_c41668cd	comment	Needle in a Stack of Needles: The chalk on the door trick, which is a Shout-Out to Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
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The Tinder Box / int_dd608502	type	HellHound
The Tinder Box / int_dd608502	comment	Hell Hound: Three of them. Not explicitly demonic, but certainly supernatural.
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The Tinder Box / int_e542d80a	type	Gonk
The Tinder Box / int_e542d80a	comment	Gonk: The witch is described as a very ugly woman, with her "lower lip dangled right down on her chest".
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The Tinder Box / int_fc451ba4	type	Follow the Leader
The Tinder Box / int_fc451ba4	comment	Follow the Leader: In a way. The story is traditional, and is a Danish take on Aladdin. The tinderbox replaces the lamp, the dogs replace the djinni, and the old hag replaces the old wizard.
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The Tinder Box / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
The Tinder Box / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: The tale mentions the soldier shared his money with poor people when he became rich.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

TheTinderbox	sameAs	The Tinder Box
The Tinder Box	hasFeature	Character Witness / int_7371d70f
The Tinder Box	hasFeature	Gold–Silver–Copper Standard / int_73715eef
The Tinder Box	hasFeature	Last Request / int_73715eef
The Tinder Box	hasFeature	Needle in a Stack of Needles / int_73715eef
The Tinder Box	hasFeature	One Last Smoke / int_73715eef
The Tinder Box	hasFeature	Trail of Bread Crumbs / int_73715eef

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