Title page of the first volume | |
| Editor | Christoph Martin Wieland |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Johann Rudolph Schellenberg |
| Language | German |
| Genre | fairy tale |
| Publisher | Heinrich Steiner und Compagnie |
| Publication date | 1786–1789 |
| Publication place | Switzerland |
Dschinnistan oder Auserlesene Feen- und Geistermärchen (lit. 'Djinnistan or Selected Fairy and Ghost Tales') is a collection of fairy tales, edited by the German writer Christoph Martin Wieland and published in three volumes in 1786, 1787 and 1789. It contains a mixture of retold traditional stories, translated French literary fairy tales and original works. Of the 19 stories, Wieland was responsible for 13 as either writer or translator. The collection was illustrated by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg.
Written by Christoph Martin Wieland:
Written by Friedrich Hildebrand von Einsiedel:
Written by August Jacob Liebeskind:
Co-written by Wieland and an anonymous author, possibly Caroline von Wolzogen:
"Der Stein der Weisen" was the basis for the opera Der Stein der Weisen (1790). "Lulu oder die Zauberflöte" influenced the operas The Magic Flute (1791), Der Fagottist (1791) and Lulu (1824).
The place name Dschinnistan appears in E. T. A. Hoffmann's Little Zaches called Cinnabar (1819) and Karl May's Ardistan und Dschinnistan (1907–1909).