- Piper of Hamelin
- German folk tale from the middle ages
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Piper of Hamelin
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin — is a legend about the abduction of many children from the town of Hamelin ( Hameln ), Germany. Famous versions of the legend are given by the Brothers Grimm and, in English, by Robert Browning.PlotIn 1284, while the town of Hamelin was suffering… … Wikipedia
Pied Piper of Hamelin — a poem (1842) by Robert Browning. It tells the story of an old European legend about a man who gets rid of all the rats in the German town of Hamelin by playing his pipe. The rats follow the music and the piper leads them out of the town. When… … Universalium
Pied Piper of Hamelin — noun the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning • Syn: ↑Pied Piper • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character … Useful english dictionary
Hamelin — Infobox German Location German name= Hameln image photo=Hameln Panorama 3 2006 small.jpg image caption=Panorama of Hamelin Art = Town Wappen = StadtwappenHameln.png lat deg = 52 |lat min = 06 |lat sec = 11 lon deg = 9 |lon min = 21 |lon sec = 36… … Wikipedia
Piper — NOTOC Piper can mean: People First names* Piper Laurie, an American actress, born Rosetta Jacobs * Piper Perabo, an American movie actress who starred in Coyote Ugly urnames* Adrian Piper * Ailsa Piper, Australian TV actress * Billie Piper * Carl … Wikipedia
Hamelin (Allemagne) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hamelin. Hamelin … Wikipédia en Français
Hamelin — City in Germany (in German, Hameln), source of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Hamelin — [hä′məlnham′ə lin] city in NW Germany, in the state of Lower Saxony: pop. 56,000: see also PIED PIPER (sense 1): Ger. name Hameln [hä′məln] * * * … Universalium
Hamelin — [hä′məlnham′ə lin] city in NW Germany, in the state of Lower Saxony: pop. 56,000: see also PIED PIPER (sense 1): Ger. name Hameln [hä′məln] … English World dictionary
PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN — the hero of an old German legend, had come to a German town, offered to clear it of the rats which infested it for a sum of money, but after executing his task was unrewarded, upon which he blew a blast on his magic pipe, the sound of which… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
