Brothers Grimm

Brother and Sister is a well known European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of Children's and Household Tales. It is alternatively known as Little Sister and Little Brother or (in the Grimm's version) Brüderchen und Schwesterchen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brother and Sister"

The Golden Goose (Die goldene Gans) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (Tale 64). Several elements in its narrative structure follow formulaic elements in the methodology that was formulated by Antti Aarne and his translator Stith Thompson (the Aarne-Thompson method) and by the earlier, more generalized method of Vladimir Propp, who used Russian folk tales ** . Other familiar irreducible narrative myth elements (" mythemes") will be quickly recognized. ...more on Wikipedia about "Golden Goose"

Hansel and Gretel ( German: Hänsel und Gretel) is a German fairy tale, collected by the Brothers Grimm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hansel and Gretel"

King Thrushbeard is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. ...more on Wikipedia about "King Thrushbeard"

Little Red Riding Hood ( German: Rotkäppchen; lit. translation: 'little red cap') is a folktale that has changed much in its history. It may be a children's story, but it contains within it themes of sexual intercourse, violence and even cannibalism. The tale makes the clearest contrast between the safe world of the village and the dangers of the forest, conventional antitheses that are essentially medieval, though no versions are as old as that. ...more on Wikipedia about "Little Red Riding Hood"

Mother Hulda is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. It was originally known as Frau Holle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mother Hulda"

Rapunzel is a fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rapunzel"

Snow White (or Snow-White, and in German, Schneewittchen) is the title character of a well known fairy tale known from many places in Europe, the most known version being the one collected by the Brothers Grimm. The German version features elements such as the mirror and the seven dwarfs. In non-German versions the dwarfs are generally robbers, while the talking mirror is a dialog with the sun or moon. In a version from Albania, collected by Johann Georg von Hahn and published in Griechische und albanesische Märchen. Gesammelt, übersetz und erläutert (1864), the main character lives with 40 dragons. The sleep is caused by a ring. The start of the story also has an interesting twist in that a teacher urges the heroine to kill her own mother so that the teacher can take her place. The origin of the tale is debated; it is likely no older than the Middle Ages. Many scholars think it originated somewhere in Asia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Snow White"

The Blue Light is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Blue Light"

The Elves and the Shoemaker, or conversely The Shoemaker and the Elves, (German Der Schuhmacher und die Heinzelmännchen) is an often copied and remade story about a poor shoemaker who receives help from Heinzelmännchen (more correctly brownies, but translated as elves by the first translator). ...more on Wikipedia about "The Elves and the Shoemaker"

The Fisherman and His Wife is a story by the Brothers Grimm. Its theme is similar to that of The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish, an 1835 poem by Aleksandr Pushkin. The story was narrated by Meryl Streep and Jodie Foster in a 1989 short film ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "The Fisherman and His Wife"

The Frog King (German: Der Froschkönig), also known as The Frog Prince, is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version. In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a frog, who magically transforms into a handsome prince. Although in modern versions the transformation is invariably triggered by the princess kissing the frog, in the original Grimm version of the story, the frog's spell was broken when the princess threw it against a wall in disgust. In other early versions it was sufficient for the frog to spend the night on the princess's pillow. Some variations of the story have used a toad instead of a frog, but with the same storyline. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Frog Prince (story)"

The Goose Girl is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, The Goose Girl has been recorded as Tale no. 89. The story uses the false bride plot with a good-hearted princess being seized by her maid and turned into a common goose girl. It was first published in 1815 as no. 3 in vol. 2 of the first edition of their Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales -- Grimms' Fairy Tales). It was translated by Margaret Hunt in 1884. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Goose Girl"

The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a folk tale, among others written down by the Brothers Grimm. It tells about a disaster in the town of Hamelin, Germany, that supposedly occurred on June 26, 1284. In that year a man came to Hamelin claiming to be a rat-catcher. The people of Hamelin promised him payment for killing the rats. So the man took a pipe, attracted the rats by his music and made them follow him to the Weser river, where they all drowned. Despite this success the people reneged on their promise and did not pay the rat-catcher. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"

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The Raven is a story by the Brothers Grimm. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Raven (Brothers Grimm)"

One day a good King was hunting in a great wood, and he chased the game so eagerly that none of his courtiers nor attendants could follow him. When evening came on he stood still and looked round him, and he saw that he had quite lost himself. He sought a way out, but could find none. Then he saw an old woman with a shaking head coming towards him, but did not know she was a witch. "Good woman,"' he said to her, "can you not show me the way out of the wood? "Oh, certainly, good King," she replied, "I can quite well do that, but on one condition, which if you do not fulfill, you will never get out of the wood, and will die of hunger." "What is the condition?" asked the King. "I have a daughter," said the old woman, "who is so beautiful that she has not her equal in the world, and is well fitted to be your wife. If you will make her your queen, I will show you the way out of the wood." The King in his anguish of mind consented, and the old woman led him to her little house where her daughter was sitting by the fire. She received the King as if she were expecting him, and he saw that she was certainly very beautiful; but she did not please him, and he could not look at her without a secret feeling of horror. As soon as he had lifted the maiden onto his horse, the old woman showed him the way out of the wood. And when the King reached his palace, the wedding was celebrated. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Six Swans"

The Twelve Dancing Princesses is a popular fairy tale originally published by the Brothers Grimm in Children's and Household Tales. It was retold in Walter de la Mare's Told Again and Tales Told Again. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Twelve Dancing Princesses"

The Town Musicians of Bremen ( German Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, also translated as the Bremen Town Musicians) is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Town Musicians of Bremen"

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