Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Literature / OneEyeTwoEyesThreeEyes

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: After the death of the goat, the wise woman advises Two-Eyes to bury its heart. From the goat's heart a silver tree with golden fruits sprouts, which only Two-Eyes can pluck. Doing so nets her the prince and the ticket out of her deplorable situation.

to:

* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: After the death of the goat, the wise woman advises Two-Eyes to bury its heart. From the goat's heart a silver tree with silver leaves and golden fruits sprouts, which only Two-Eyes can pluck. Doing so nets her the prince and the ticket out of her deplorable situation.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: After the death of the goat, the wise woman advises Two-Eyes to bury its heart. From the goat's heart a silver tree with golden fruits sprouts, which only Two-Eyes can pluck. Doing so nets her the prince and the ticket out of her deplorable situation.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* LostInTranslation: Two Eye's helper is described as a "White Woman," usually rendered a "Wise Woman" in English. This doesn't just mean a lady who knows a thing or two. The Grimm Brothers usually censored references to fairies, rewriting references to them as "White Women," Germanic light elves likely based off the Dutch Witte Wieven. This was because the Grimms wanted their stories to be as authentically as "German" as possible and thought "fairies" were too "French."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: The wicked mother isn't mentioned in the epilogue. This is often taken to imply she died off-screen.

to:

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: The wicked mother isn't mentioned in the epilogue.epilogue when the sisters come begging because they've fallen on hard times. This is often taken to imply she died off-screen.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* FailedASpotCheck: When Two-Eyes starts showing signs of better health and esteem, her mother has One-Eye spy on her to see what she is up to. Two-Eyes enchants her single eye so she falls asleep and she cannot see her summon food with a spell. The mother then sends Three-Eyes to spy on her and Two-Eyes tries the same spell... but only enchants two of her eyes, so Three-Eyes sees everything with her third.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* CinderellaCircumstances: Two-Eyes is constantly mistreated by her mother and sisters:

to:

* CinderellaCircumstances: CinderellaPlot: Two-Eyes is constantly mistreated by her mother and sisters:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* MiddleChildSyndrome: One Eye is the eldest, Two Eyes is the middle daughter, and Three Eyes is the youngest. Because Two Eyes was similar to the common people, the evil mother mistreated her.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* EvilMatriarch: The mother cannot stand her second daughter because she has two eyes. It is a rare instance where the villainous biological mother isn't rewritten as a WickedStepmother.

to:

* EvilMatriarch: The mother cannot stand her second daughter because she has two eyes. So, she strikes and insults Two-Eyes, forces her to wear rags and eat leftovers. Tellingly, Two-Eyes eventually forgives her sisters but not her mother. It is a rare instance where the villainous biological mother isn't rewritten as a WickedStepmother.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


"On-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes" (German: ''Einäuglein, Zweiäuglein und Dreiäuglein'') is a fairy tale collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm and included in their collection ''Children's and Household Tales'' (''Kinder- und Hausmärchen''). The tale is classified as a Aarne-Thompson-Uther Type 511.

to:

"On-Eye, "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes" (German: ''Einäuglein, Zweiäuglein und Dreiäuglein'') is a fairy tale FairyTale collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm and included in their collection ''Children's and Household Tales'' (''Kinder- und Hausmärchen''). The tale is classified as a Aarne-Thompson-Uther Type 511.

Added: 1513

Changed: 1397

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


"One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes" is a fairy tale collected by the Creator/BrothersGrimm. A woman has three daughters, each named after the number of eyes they have. Two-Eyes, being the most normal of her sisters, is mistreated by her family, but her KnightInShiningArmor might not be too far off.

!!This story provides examples of:
* CinderellaCircumstances: Two-Eyes
* CompositeCharacter / DecompositeCharacter: In Russia, Two-Eyes is just as evil as her sisters, and an orphan living with the family is the heroine. The Russian version also cuts the FairyGodmother and has the helpful animal, here a cow, advise the heroine.

to:

"One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes" [[quoteright:316:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oneeyetwoeyesthreeeyes.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:316:The Wise Woman comforts Two-Eyes. Illustration by Hermann Vogel.]]

"On-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes" (German: ''Einäuglein, Zweiäuglein und Dreiäuglein'')
is a fairy tale collected by the Creator/BrothersGrimm. Creator/TheBrothersGrimm and included in their collection ''Children's and Household Tales'' (''Kinder- und Hausmärchen''). The tale is classified as a Aarne-Thompson-Uther Type 511.

A woman has three daughters, each named after the number of eyes they have. Two-Eyes, being the most normal of her sisters, is mistreated by her family, but her KnightInShiningArmor might not be too far off.

The tale is in the public domain and can be read in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200221220256/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/130onetwothreeyes.html SurLaLune]], [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52521/52521-h/52521-h.htm#hdr_46 Project Gutenberg]], [[https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/one_eye_two_eyes_and_three_eyes here]] and [[https://www.worldoftales.com/fairy_tales/Brothers_Grimm/Margaret_Hunt/One-Eye,_Two-Eyes,_and_Three-Eyes.html#gsc.tab=0 here]].

----
!!This story tale provides examples of:
* CinderellaCircumstances: Two-Eyes
* CompositeCharacter / DecompositeCharacter:
AdaptationalVillainy: In Russia, a Russian version, Two-Eyes is just as evil as her sisters, and an orphan living with the family is the heroine. heroine.
* AdaptedOut:
**
The Russian version also cuts the FairyGodmother and has the helpful animal, here a cow, advise the heroine.



* CinderellaCircumstances: Two-Eyes is constantly mistreated by her mother and sisters:
-->Now, as Two-Eyes saw just as other human beings did, her sisters and her mother could not endure her. They said to her, "You, with your two eyes, are no better than common folk. You do not belong to us!"\\
They pushed her about, and threw old clothes to her, and gave her nothing to eat but what they left, and did everything that they could to make her unhappy.



* EvilMatriarch: The mother is a rare time the villainous biological mother isn't easily rewritten as a WickedStepmother, probably due to the naming convention of the the three sisters.
* FairyGodmother: The fairy who advises Two-Eyes

to:

* EvilMatriarch: The mother cannot stand her second daughter because she has two eyes. It is a rare time instance where the villainous biological mother isn't easily rewritten as a WickedStepmother, probably due to the naming convention of the the three sisters.
WickedStepmother.
* FairyGodmother: The A fairy who advises Two-Eyes-also called a Wise Woman- teaches Two-Eyes one spell to summon food.



* KnightInShiningArmor: Two-Eyes' eventual husband.
* YoungestChildWins: Averted. Two-Eyes is the middle daughter.

to:

* KnightInShiningArmor: Two-Eyes' eventual husband.
A knight takes Two-Eyes away from her evil family and marries her.
* NoNameGiven: Neither the evil mother nor the kind knight are given names.
* YoungestChildWins: Averted. Two-Eyes is the middle daughter.daughter.

----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* CompositeCharacter/DecompositeCharacter: In Russia, Two-Eyes is just as evil as her sisters, and an orphan living with the family is the heroine. The Russian version also cuts the FairyGodmother and has the helpful animal, here a cow, advise the heroine.

to:

* CompositeCharacter/DecompositeCharacter: CompositeCharacter / DecompositeCharacter: In Russia, Two-Eyes is just as evil as her sisters, and an orphan living with the family is the heroine. The Russian version also cuts the FairyGodmother and has the helpful animal, here a cow, advise the heroine.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* CompositeCharacter/DecompositeCharacter: In Russia, Two-Eyes is just as evil as her sisters, and an orphan living with the family is the heroine. The Russian version also cuts the FairyGodmother and has the helpful animal, here a cow, advise the heroine.
** Some versions cut out the mother and just have the two sisters mistreat Two-Eyes.


Added DiffLines:

* FairyGodmother: The fairy who advises Two-Eyes
* GenderFlip: A Chinese version exists where "One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes" are boys. The FairyGodmother equivalent is also a man. The evil mother is the same, however.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

"One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes" is a fairy tale collected by the Creator/BrothersGrimm. A woman has three daughters, each named after the number of eyes they have. Two-Eyes, being the most normal of her sisters, is mistreated by her family, but her KnightInShiningArmor might not be too far off.

!!This story provides examples of:
* CinderellaCircumstances: Two-Eyes
* EasilyForgiven: Two-Eyes graciously forgives her sisters after her marriage to the knight.
* EvilMatriarch: The mother is a rare time the villainous biological mother isn't easily rewritten as a WickedStepmother, probably due to the naming convention of the the three sisters.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: The wicked mother isn't mentioned in the epilogue. This is often taken to imply she died off-screen.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Two-Eyes' eventual husband.
* YoungestChildWins: Averted. Two-Eyes is the middle daughter.

Top