Goethe's "Der Zauberlehrling" is well known in the German-speaking world. The poem concludes with the old sorcerer's statement that only a master should invoke powerful spirits. When all seems lost, the old sorcerer returns and quickly breaks the spell. At this increased pace, the entire room quickly begins to flood. The apprentice splits the broom in two with an axe, but each piece becomes a whole broom that takes up a pail and continues fetching water, now at twice the speed. The floor is soon awash with water, and the apprentice realizes that he cannot stop the broom because he does not know the magic required to do so. Tired of fetching water by pail, the apprentice enchants a broom to do the work for him, using magic in which he is not fully trained. The poem begins as an old sorcerer departs his workshop, leaving his apprentice with chores to perform. " The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (German: "Der Zauberlehrling") is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. "Der Zauberlehrling" (1797), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Illustration from around 1882 by F. Barth ĪTU 325 (The Sorcerer's Apprentice The Magician and his Pupil) and ATU 325* (The Apprentice and the Ghosts)
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