only confesses to eating the liver when God divides the wages into three parts, including one share for him who had eaten the liver. The Swabian confesses he ate the liver, and takes two parts of the reward.< See also The Devil's Sooty Brother References External links The text of 'Brother Lustig' in the original German (1857) Grimms' Fairy Tales German fairy tales Literary characters introduced in 1812 Fictional tricksters Fictional soldiers ATU 300-399 ATU 750-849