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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were German writers, academics, linguists and researches living in the XVIII century. Their passion was to collect folklore tales and write fairytales on the basis of these stories. Their first book of fairytales Children’s and Household Tales was published in 1812. Brothers...

The Town Musicians of Bremen is a folktale created by the Brothers Grimm. Despite the title, the characters never actually arrived in Bremen. The tale was made into cartoons and theatre plays many times. In Bremen there is even a statue of the main characters, which is regarded as a symbol of the...

"Old Hildebrand" is a story by brothers Grimm. Hildebrand was a peasant, who lived with his wife. The parson of the village and the peasant woman wanted to spend a day together. The parson advised the woman to pretend to be ill. After that, he would say in his sermon that persons, who had...

A prince once decided to travel around the world with his servant. In a big forest, they couldn’t find a place to spend a night. Then they saw a girl near some little house. The girl advised them not to stay in the house, as her stepmother didn’t like strangers. But they slept there. The maiden...

King Thrushbeard is a fairy tale collection written by German brothers, academics, linguists, and cultural researchers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, tale number 52. A beautiful but spoiled princess rudely criticizes her suitors because she is too proud. She is impressed by the last suitor, a young King...

We proudly present you one of the most beautiful tales by Grimm brothers The Old Woman in the Wood. The original story was told to Brothers Grimm in Paderborn in July 1813 by the family Haxthausen. When poor servant girl travelled with master’s family through the forest they were attacked by robbers....

The Three Green Twigs is a German fairy tale collected by German brothers, academics, linguists, and cultural researchers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm under number 206 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. They were among the best-known storytellers of folk tales, and popularized stories such as "Cinderella",...

The Brothers Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm were German academics, linguists and authors specializing in collecting and publishing folklore. The stories “Cinderella”, “The Frog Prince”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, “Snow White” and others are popular all across the globe. Three tailors wanted to test...

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were german folklorists who lived in the 18th-19th centuries. They are mostly famous for collecting and publishing fairy-tales. Nowadays it's hard to find a person who hasn't heard about Cinderella, Rapunzel or Snow White! The beginning of 'The Golden Goose' is quite typical...

Brothers Grimm are esteemed as collectors of fairy tales. Meanwhile their activity covered different areas - the Scandinavian mythology and history of the right, collecting of the German folklore. The brothers published many compositions, and their collection "Children's and Household Tales"...

Brothers Grimm were born in Giessen: Jacob - on January 4, 1785, Wilhelm - on February 24, 1786. Since 1804 brothers have became interested in fairy tales and folklore. "Clever Elsie" is a fairy tale by brothers Grimm. A man wanted to give his daughter who was called Clever Elsie in marriage....

The Brothers Grimm (or Die Brüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers but first af all the best-known storytellers of folk tales, and popularized stories such as "Cinderella" ("Aschenputtel"),...

The Four Clever Brothers is a fairy tale collection written by German brothers, academics, linguists, and cultural researchers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm in 1905. A poor old father sands his 4 sons to learn professions. Each one of them met a man and was persuaded to learn the profession of the man whom...

Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm started to write fairy tales in 1807 while travelling in Hessia and Westphalia. Their first collection of fairy tales came out in 1812. Brothers Grimm's works had a huge influence on further children writers. Their tales are appreciated by children all over the world....