Dorothea Viehmann was a German storyteller. Her stories were an important source for the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. Most of Dorothea Viehmann's tales were published in the second volume of Grimms' Fairy Tales.
Dorothea Viehmann, contemporary portrait by Ludwig Emil Grimm, a brother of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm
Home of Dorothea Viehmann in Niederzwehren, where she lived between 1787 and 1798
"How Six Made Their Way in the World" is a Grimms' fairy tale about an ex-soldier and his five companions with special abilities who through their feats obtain all of the king's wealth. It is classed as ATU type 513 A, or the "Six Go through the Whole World" type.
The Runner with his leg off. —E. H. Wehnert (1853)
The servant who is able to shoot with extreme precision.
The strongman servant carries away all the king's wealth.