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The Brothers Grimm (German: die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of folktales, popularizing stories such as "Cinderella" ("Aschenputtel"), "The Frog Prince" ("Der Froschkönig"), "Hansel and Gretel" ("Hänsel und Gretel"), "Town Musicians of Bremen" ("Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten"), "Little Red Riding Hood" ("Rotkäppchen"), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" ("Rumpelstilzchen"), "Sleeping Beauty" ("Dornröschen"), and "Snow White" ("Schneewittchen"). Their first collection of folktales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was first published in 1812.
The Brothers Grimm spent their formative years in the town of Hanau in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. Their father's death in 1796 (when Jacob was 11 and Wilhelm 10) caused great poverty for the family and affected the brothers many years after. Both brothers attended the University of Marburg, where they developed a curiosity about German folklore, which grew into a lifelong dedication to collecting German folktales.
The rise of Romanticism in 19th-century Europe revived interest in traditional folk stories, which to the Brothers Grimm represented a pure form of national literature and culture. With the goal of researching a scholarly treatise on folktales, they established a methodology for collecting and recording folk stories that became the basis for folklore studies. Between 1812 and 1857 their first collection was revised and republished many times, growing from 86 stories to more than 200. In addition to writing and modifying folktales, the brothers wrote collections of well-respected Germanic and Scandinavian mythologies, and in 1838 they began writing a definitive German dictionary (Deutsches Wörterbuch), which they were unable to finish.
The popularity of the Grimms' collected folktales has endured. They are available in more than 100 translations and have been adapted by renowned filmmakers, including Lotte Reiniger and Walt Disney, in films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In the mid-20th century, Nazi Germany weaponized the tales for propaganda; later in the 20th century, psychologists such as Bruno Bettelheim reaffirmed the work's value despite the sexuality, cruelty, and violence in some of the tales' original versions, which were eventually censored by the Grimms themselves.
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The Brothers Grimm were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors.
Last modified: 2020-10-07 (revision #30633)
Editions
Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
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Das Wunderbare ist das Wahre: Mit alten Scherenschnitten | Paperback | 3-451-07684-5 | 1978 |
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- Brüder Grimm is the subject of An Jakob und Wilhelm Grimm: 1. Februar 1851
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Hahnenbalken
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die sechs Diener
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Eisenofen
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Eisenhans
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Shepherd Boy
- Brüder Grimm wrote Gambling Hansel
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die zwei Brüder
- Brüder Grimm wrote Lean Lisa
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Willow-Wren
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Zaunkönig
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Drummer
- Brüder Grimm wrote Jungfrau Maleen
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Young Giant
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Nagel
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die Haselrute
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Gnome
- Brüder Grimm wrote Doctor Knowall
- Brüder Grimm wrote Clever Elsie
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Beam
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die Wassernixe
- Brüder Grimm wrote Marienkind
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Master-Thief
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Sea-Hare
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Seven Ravens
- Brüder Grimm wrote Donkey Cabbages
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Grabhügel
- Brüder Grimm wrote Up Reisen gohn
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Nail
- Brüder Grimm wrote Our Lady’s Child
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Golden Goose
- Brüder Grimm wrote Das Meerhäschen
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Trommler
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Star-Money
- Brüder Grimm wrote Hans mein Igel
- Brüder Grimm wrote Godfather Death
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Wilful Child
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die sieben Raben
- Brüder Grimm wrote Clever Hans
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Turnip
- Brüder Grimm wrote Bruder Lustig
- Brüder Grimm wrote Simeliberg
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der junge Riese
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die Alte im Wald
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die goldene Gans
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Glass Coffin
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Vogel Greif
- Brüder Grimm wrote De Spielhansl
- Brüder Grimm wrote Odds and Ends
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Six Servants
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Wise Servant
- Brüder Grimm wrote Dat Erdmänneken
- Brüder Grimm wrote Fitchers Vogel
- Brüder Grimm wrote Aschenputtel
- Brüder Grimm wrote King Thrushbeard
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Juniper-Tree
- Brüder Grimm has/had a member Jacob Grimm
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Pink
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der kluge Knecht
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die wahre Braut
- Brüder Grimm wrote A Riddling Tale
- Brüder Grimm wrote Old Sultan
- Brüder Grimm wrote Oll Rinkrank
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die Gänsemagd
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Gute Handel
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die kluge Else
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Ear of Corn
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die drei Federn
- Brüder Grimm wrote Das blaue Licht
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der alte Sultan
- Brüder Grimm wrote Hans heiratet
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die Brautschau
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Grave-Mound
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Singing Bone
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Iron Stove
- Brüder Grimm wrote Das Hausgesinde
- Brüder Grimm wrote Rumpelstilzchen
- Brüder Grimm has/had a member Wilhelm Grimm
- Brüder Grimm wrote Mother Holle
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die Kornähre
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die Goldkinder
- Brüder Grimm wrote Rumpelstiltskin
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Jude im Dorn
- Brüder Grimm wrote Rapunzel(German)
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Krautesel
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die klugen Leute
- Brüder Grimm wrote Bärenhäuter
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der starke Hans
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Gevatter Tod
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Aged Mother
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Owl
- Brüder Grimm wrote Daumesdick
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die drei Faulen
- Brüder Grimm wrote Maid Maleen
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Sole
- Brüder Grimm wrote God’s Food
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die Nelke
- Brüder Grimm wrote Rotkäppchen
- Brüder Grimm wrote Sweet Porridge
- Brüder Grimm wrote Little Redcap
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die drei Brüder
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Goose-Girl
- Brüder Grimm wrote Iron John
- Brüder Grimm wrote Das Bürle
- Brüder Grimm wrote Simeli Mountain
- Brüder Grimm wrote Das Waldhaus
- Brüder Grimm wrote Meister Pfriem
- Brüder Grimm wrote Gottes Speise
- Brüder Grimm wrote Iron Hans
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Griffin
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der süße Brei
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der Meisterdieb
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Mongoose
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Blue Light
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Crystal Ball
- Brüder Grimm wrote Frau Holle
- Brüder Grimm wrote Old Rinkrank
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Six Swans
- Brüder Grimm wrote Bearskin
- Brüder Grimm wrote Old Hildebrand
- Brüder Grimm wrote Das kluge Gretel
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Good Bargain
- Brüder Grimm wrote Häsichenbraut
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Lazy Spinner
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Riddle
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Queen Bee
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Two Brothers
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die Scholle
- Brüder Grimm wrote Rätselmärchen
- Brüder Grimm wrote Brother Lustig
- Brüder Grimm wrote Der faule Heinz
- Brüder Grimm wrote Thumbling
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Elves
- Brüder Grimm wrote Wise Folks
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die zwölf Jäger
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Hare’s Bride
- Brüder Grimm wrote Faithful John
- Brüder Grimm wrote Clever Grethel
- Brüder Grimm wrote The White Snake
- Brüder Grimm wrote Fitcher’s Bird
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die hagere Liese
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die zwölf Brüder
- Brüder Grimm wrote Hans Married
- Brüder Grimm wrote Die Rübe
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Water-Nix
- Brüder Grimm wrote Dornröschen
- Brüder Grimm wrote Hans in Luck
- Brüder Grimm wrote Strong Hans
- Brüder Grimm wrote The Hazel-Branch
- Brüder Grimm wrote Lazy Harry
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