Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976) wrote four fairy tales for his later wife, the student Helene Feldmann from Essen, and included them in letters from the years 1916 and 1917. This period coincides with Bultmann's engagement to Helene and his appointment as an extraordinary professor of New Testament studies in Breslau. The stories include Klumpe-Dumpe, who fell down the stairs and still won the princess, the fairy tale of laughter, the dream fairy tale, and the fairy tale of the golden fleece. Rudolf Bultmann is undoubtedly one of the most significant Protestant theologians of the 20th century. It is widely known that he was a person of diverse interests and talents. However, the fact that the great demythologizer himself wrote fairy tales may come as a surprise at first glance. In Bultmann's literary estate at the University Library of Tübingen, there are d.