History Literature / TheBlackThiefAndTheKnightOfTheGlen

* TheMunchausen: The thief, up until the last story.
* OldRetainer: The nurse who reveals that the last story is true.

They meet up with the Black Thief, who decides to go with them. When they try to steal the horse, it neighs and rings its bells, so they are caught. The knight decides to boil them all, the three princes in order of age, and then the thief. The thief tells him that he had once been nearer to death than the oldest prince, and escaped; the knight tells him that if that's true, he'll spare the oldest one. The thief recounts the time that he stole gold from witches and they chased him in animal form until they had him treed, whereupon one became iron, another an anvil, the third a hatchet and began cutting down the tree, but the cock crowed, forcing them to flee, and he survived. The knight pardoned the eldest, and stirred up the fire for the next. The thief recounted a time when he had been in even greater danger, having tried to rob a bishop's grave, only to find another thief there and kill him. The guards came and he escaped only by holding up the body to take the bullet and because the guards pushed by to see if there were confederates. So the knight pardoned the next prince and offered to spare the third if the thief had another tale with even more danger. The thief recounted how he had come upon a woman with a baby in the forest and the woman had told him how a giant had kidnapped them both, then ordered her to make a meal of the baby. The thief had killed a wild piglet and she used it instead, cutting off the baby's fingers and stewing them with it to convince the giant. The giant had returned while he was there and the thief had had to hide in the giant's larder of dead bodies, but the giant cut off part of his leg to eat. When the giant had eaten, the thief put a red-hot spit through his only eye, which blinded but did not kill him. The thief fled. The giant threw an enchanted ring at him and it leapt onto his toe and alerted the giant to him, so he cut the toe off and threw it in a pond. The giant followed the ring and drowned.

* CockADoodleDawn: Saves the thief from the witches

* LastRequest: The queen's. It would have protected her sons.

* VoluntaryShapeShifting: The witches use this to chase him.
* WickedStepmother: Traps them into having to steal the horse.

* OurGiantsAreBigger: The giant who is set to cannabilize the baby.

'''''The Black Thief And The Knight Of The Glen''''' is an Irish FairyTale that Creator/AndrewLang included in ''The Red Fairy Book''.

A king promises his dying wife that their three sons will never be under the power of another woman. When he remarries, he hides the sons from the stepmother, but she discovers them and, with a pack of cards she got from a henwife, won a game with the two older that put them in her power. She did not succeed in defeating the youngest, but when she orders the older ones to return with the Knight of the Glen's wild Steed of Bells, or they should lose their heads, he goes with them.

They meet up with the Black Thief, who decides to go with them. When they try to steal the horse, it neighs and rings its bells, so they are caught. The knight decides to boil them all, the three princes in order of age, and then the thief. The thief tells him that he had been nearer to death than the oldest prince, and escape; the knight tells him that if that's true, he'll spare the oldest one. The thief recounts the time that he stole gold from witches, and they chased him in animal form until they had him treed, whereupon one became iron and another an anvil, so that the third made a hatchet, and was cutting down the tree, until the cock crowed, whereupon they had to flee, and he had been within moments of dying. So the knight pardoned the eldest, and stirred up the fire for the next. The thief recounted a time when he had been in even greater danger, having tried to rob a bishop's grave, only to find another thief there, and kill him, but the guards came, and he escaped only by holding up the body to take the bullet, and the guards pushing by to see if there were confederates. So the knight pardoned the next and offered the third if he had another tale with even more danger. The thief recounted how he had come upon a woman with a baby in the forest, and the woman had told him how a giant had kidnapped them both, and ordered her to make a meal of the baby. He had killed a wild piglet, and she used it instead, cutting off the baby's fingers and stewing it with it, to convince the giant, but the giant had returned while he was there, and the thief had had to hide in the giant's larder of dead bodies, and the giant cut off part of his leg to eat. When the giant had eaten, the thief put a red-hot spit through his only eye, which blinded but did not kill him. The thief fled. The giant threw an enchanted ring at him, and it leapt onto his toe and alerted the giant to him, so he cut it off and threw it in the pond, where the giant followed and drowned.

An old woman by the fire told the knight that it was all true, because she had been the woman in that tale, and he had been the baby, which is why his little finger was missing. The knight gratefully pardon the thief as well, and gave them the horse. When they returned to their father's kingdom, the stepmother was so enraged that she threw herself from a tower and died.

* TheStoryteller: Tht thief.

* OurGiantsAreDifferent: The giant who is set to cannabilize the baby.

'''''The Black Thief And The Knight Of The Glen''''' is an Irish FairyTale that AndrewLang included in ''The Red Fairy Book''.

* LastRequest:

* CockADoodleDawn
* DarkIsNotEvil
* FramingDevice
* GraveRobbing
* ImpossibleTask
* LastRequest
* TheMunchausen
* OldRetainer
* OurGiantsAreDifferent
* ThePardon
* ThePromise
* RuleOfThree
* TheStoryteller
* VoluntaryShapeShifting
* WickedStepmother

* OurGiantsAreDifferent.

They meet up with the Black Thief, who decides to go with them. When they try to steal the horse, it neighs and rings its bells, so they are caught. The knight decides to boil them all, the three princes in order of age, and then the thief. The thief tells him that he had been nearer to death than the oldest prince, and escape; the knight tells him that if that's true, he'll spare the oldest one. The thief recounts the time that he stole gold from witches, and they chased him in animal form until they had him treed, whereupon one became iron and another an anvil, so that the third made a hatchet, and was cutting down the tree, until the cock crowed, whereupon they had to flee, and he had been within moments of dying. So the knight pardoned the eldest, and stirred up the fire for the next. The thief recounted a time when he had been in even greater danger, having tried to rob a bishop's grave, only to find another thief there, and kill him, but the guards came, and he escaped only by holding up the body to take the bullet, and the guards pushing by to see if there were confederates. So the knight pardoned the next and offered the third if he had another tale with even more danger. The thief recounted how he had come upon a woman with a baby in the forest, and the woman had told him how a giant had kidnapped them both, and ordered her to make a meal of the baby. He had killed a wild piglet, and she used it instead, cutting off the baby's fingers and stewing it with it, to convince the giant, but the giant had returned while he was there, and the thief had had to hide in the giant's larder of dead bodies.