![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some suggest he was a symbol of hope to the people of Hamelin, which had been attacked by plague he drove the rats from Hamelin, saving the people from the epidemic. There are many contradictory theories about the Pied Piper. The phrase "pied piper" has become a metaphor for a person who attracts a following through charisma or false promises. This version of the story spread as folklore and has appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, and Robert Browning, among others. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service as promised, he retaliates by using his instrument's magical power on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. The legend dates back to the Middle Ages, the earliest references describing a piper, dressed in multicolored (" pied") clothing, who was a rat catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. The Pied Piper of Hamelin ( German: der Rattenfänger von Hameln, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the title character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany. ![]() Postcard "Gruss aus Hameln" featuring the Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1902 ![]()
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