The Sorcerer's Apprentice
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | |
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| Illustration from around 1882 by F. Barth | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 
| Also known as | "Der Zauberlehrling" | 
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 325 (The Sorcerer's Apprentice; The Magician and his Pupil) and ATU 325* (The Apprentice and the Ghosts) | 
| Region | Germany | 
| Published in | "Der Zauberlehrling" (1797), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | 
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (German: "Der Zauberlehrling") is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. The poem is a ballad in 14 stanzas.