Brothers Grimm best works. True fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm

In the first edition of 1812 - that is, in the bloodiest and most terrible. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, like Charles Perrault together with the Italian storyteller Giambattista Basile, the plots were not invented, but rewritten folk legends for subsequent generations. The primary sources make your blood run cold: graves, severed heels, sadistic punishments, rape and other “unfairytale” details. AiF.ru has collected original stories that should not be told to children at night.

Cinderella

It is believed that the earliest version of “Cinderella” was invented in Ancient Egypt: while the beautiful prostitute Phodoris was bathing in the river, an eagle stole her sandal and took it to the pharaoh, who admired the small size of the shoes and eventually married the harlot.

The Italian Giambattista Basile, who recorded the collection of folk legends “Tale of Tales,” has it much worse. His Cinderella, or rather Zezolla, is not at all the unfortunate girl we know from Disney cartoons and children's plays. She didn’t want to endure humiliation from her stepmother, so she broke her stepmother’s neck with the lid of the chest, taking her nanny as an accomplice. The nanny immediately came to the rescue and became a second stepmother for the girl; in addition, she had six evil daughters; of course, the girl had no chance of killing them all. A chance saved the day: one day the king saw the girl and fell in love. Zezolla was quickly found by His Majesty's servants, but she managed to escape, dropping - no, not glass slipper! - a rough pianella with a cork sole, such as was worn by the women of Naples. The further scheme is clear: a nationwide search and a wedding. So the stepmother's killer became queen.

Actress Anna Levanova as Cinderella in the play “Cinderella” directed by Ekaterina Polovtseva at the Sovremennik Theater. Photo: RIA Novosti / Sergey Pyatakov

61 years after the Italian version, Charles Perrault released his tale. It was she who became the basis for all “vanilla” modern interpretations. True, in Perrault’s version, the girl is helped not by her godmother, but by her deceased mother: a white bird lives on her grave and grants wishes.

The Brothers Grimm also interpreted the plot of Cinderella in their own way: in their opinion, the poor orphan’s mischievous sisters should have gotten what they deserved. Trying to squeeze into the treasured shoe, one of the sisters cut off her toe, and the second cut off her heel. But the sacrifice was in vain - the prince was warned by the pigeons:

Look, look,
And the shoe is covered in blood...

These same flying warriors of justice eventually pecked out the sisters’ eyes—and that’s where the fairy tale ends.

Little Red Riding Hood

The story of a girl and a hungry wolf has been known in Europe since the 14th century. The contents of the basket varied depending on the location, but the story itself was much more unfortunate for Cinderella. Having killed the grandmother, the wolf not only eats her, but prepares a tasty treat from her body, and a certain drink from her blood. Hidden in bed, he watches as Little Red Riding Hood eagerly devolves her own grandmother. Grandmother's cat tries to warn the girl, but she also dies a terrible death (the wolf throws heavy wooden shoes at her). This apparently does not bother Little Red Riding Hood, and after a hearty dinner she obediently undresses and goes to bed, where the wolf is waiting for her. In most versions, this is where it all ends - they say, serves the stupid girl right!

Illustration in the fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood”. Photo: Public Domain / Gustave Doré

Subsequently, Charles Perrault composed an optimistic ending for this story and added a moral for everyone whom strangers invite into their bed:

Sleeping Beauty

Illustration from the fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty”. Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org / AndreasPraefcke

He promised the girl mountains of gold and again left for his kingdom, where, by the way, his legal wife was waiting for him. The king's wife, having learned about the homewrecker, decided to exterminate her along with her entire brood and at the same time punish her unfaithful husband. She ordered the babies to be killed and made into meat pies for the king, and the princess to be burned. Just before the fire, the beauty’s screams were heard by the king, who came running and burned not her, but the annoying evil queen. And finally, the good news: the twins were not eaten, because the cook turned out to be a normal person and saved the kids by replacing them with lamb.

The defender of maiden honor, Charles Perrault, of course, greatly changed the fairy tale, but could not resist the “moral” at the end of the story. His parting words read:

Snow White

The brothers Grimm filled the fairy tale about Snow White with interesting details that seem wild in our humane times. The first version was published in 1812 and expanded in 1854. The beginning of the fairy tale does not bode well: “One snowy winter day, the queen sits and sews by a window with an ebony frame. By chance she pricks her finger with a needle, drops three drops of blood and thinks: “Oh, if only I had a baby, white as snow, red as blood and black as ebony.” But the truly creepy one here is the witch: she eats (as she thinks) the heart of the murdered Snow White, and then, realizing that she was mistaken, comes up with more and more sophisticated ways to kill her. These include a strangling dress string, a poisonous comb and a poisoned apple, which we know worked. The ending is also interesting: when everything goes well for Snow White, it’s the witch’s turn. As punishment for her sins, she dances in hot iron shoes until she falls dead.

Still from the cartoon “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”

The beauty and the Beast

The original source of the tale is neither more nor less ancient greek myth about the beautiful Psyche, whose beauty was envied by everyone, from her older sisters to the goddess Aphrodite. The girl was chained to a rock in the hope of being fed to the monster, but she was miraculously saved by an “invisible creature.” It, of course, was male, because it made Psyche its wife on the condition that she would not torment him with questions. But, of course, female curiosity prevailed, and Psyche learned that her husband was not a monster at all, but a beautiful Cupid. Psyche's husband was offended and flew away, not promising to return. Meanwhile, Psyche's mother-in-law Aphrodite, who was against this marriage from the very beginning, decided to completely harass her daughter-in-law, forcing her to perform various complex tasks: for example, bring golden fleece from mad sheep and water from the river of the dead Styx. But Psyche did everything, and there Cupid returned to the family, and they lived happily ever after. And the stupid, envious sisters rushed off the cliff, vainly hoping that the “invisible spirit” would be found on them too.

Closer to modern history version was writtenGabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuvein 1740. Everything about it is complicated: the Beast is essentially an unfortunate orphan. His father died, and his mother was forced to defend her kingdom from enemies, so she entrusted the upbringing of her son to someone else’s aunt. She turned out to be an evil witch, in addition, she wanted to seduce the boy, and having received a refusal, she turned him into a terrible beast. Beauty also has her own skeletons in her closet: she is in fact not her own, but the adopted daughter of a merchant. Her real father is the king who sinned with the stray good fairy. But an evil witch also lays claim to the king, so it was decided to give the daughter of her rival to the merchant, whose daughter had just died. youngest daughter. Well, a curious fact about Beauty’s sisters: when the beast lets her go to stay with her relatives, the “good” girls deliberately force her to stay in the hope that the monster will go wild and eat her. By the way, this subtle relatable moment is shown in the latest film version of “Beauty and the Beast” withVincent Cassel And Léaille Seydoux.

Still from the movie "Beauty and the Beast"

The first collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm was published in 1812 and was called “Children's and Family Tales.” All works were collected from the German lands and processed to give literary quality and some wonderful magic that children liked. It makes no sense to read all the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm at the same age. The list is long, but not all are good, and not all of them will be useful for small children.

Publication of the first book by the Brothers Grimm

In order to publish their book, the Brothers Grimm had to endure many hardships, events unfolded from a completely unimaginable angle. Having printed the manuscript for the first time, they gave it to their friend. However, it turned out that Clemens Brentano was not their friend at all. Looking at the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm gold mine, he simply disappeared from the sight of his friends and, as they subsequently began to suspect, decided to publish fairy tales in his own name. The manuscript was found many years later, after the death of the authors. It contained 49 fairy tales, unique in their kind, heard from the storyteller of Hesse.

Having survived the betrayal of their best friend, the Brothers Grimm came to their senses and decided to publish the book without any excesses or expenses: illustrations and decorations. So on December 20, 1812, the first book of the authors was published, the first volume already contained 86 works - this is the first time simple people read the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. The list of fairy tales has already increased after 2 years by another 70 children's fairy tales.

Everyone started reading fairy tales!

Absolutely everyone began to read the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, the stories were passed on from mouth to mouth, and gradually the author-storytellers became widely known people, respect and love for whom grew by leaps and bounds. People came to them, helped in whatever way they could, and thanked them for the piece of joy they brought to their beloved children. Inspired by the idea of ​​collecting as many folk works as possible, adding a little magic and educational nuances useful to children, the brothers worked tirelessly until the end of their lives. So, over another 20-odd years, the brothers released no less than 7 editions, with abundant illustrations and high-quality covers for those times.

At all times, both children and adults loved to read the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, although some people did not consider them suitable for young children. Too adult plots and sometimes deep reasoning frightened parents. Therefore, the Brothers Grimm were not lazy and edited some fairy tales, reorienting them towards the youngest children. This is how they came to us. On our website we tried to add fairy tales in the original children's version only in the best translations into Russian.

And it also happens...

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm seriously influenced attitudes towards fairy-tale creativity, if before them fairy tales were often too simple, then the stories of the brothers can be called a literary innovation, a breakthrough. Subsequently, many people were inspired to find wonderful folk tales and publish them. The authors of the site also decided to make their contribution to the development and entertainment of modern children.

Among other things, let's not forget that the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm appear neither more nor less, but in international fund UNESCO in the section dedicated to memorable, great works. And such a recognition says a lot and cost a lot to the two good storytellers of Grimm.

In 1812, a collection of fairy tales entitled “Children's and Family Tales” was published.

These were fairy tales collected in German lands and literary processed by the brothers Jacob And Wilhelm Grimms. Later the collection was renamed, and to this day it is known as “Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.”

Authors

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)

Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)

The Brothers Grimm were men of rich erudition who had wide circle interests. It is enough just to list the types of their activities to be convinced of this. They studied jurisprudence, lexicography, anthropology, linguistics, philology, mythology; worked as librarians, taught at the university, and also wrote poetry and works for children.

Wilhelm Grimm's office

The brothers were born into the family of the famous lawyer Philip Grimm in Hanau (Hesse). Wilhelm was 13 months younger than Jacob and in poor health. When the eldest of the brothers was 11 years old, their father died, leaving almost no funds. Their mother's sister took the boys into her care and promoted their education. In total, Philip Grimm’s family had 5 sons and a daughter, of which Ludwig Emil Grimm(1790-1863) - German artist and engraver.

Ludwig Emil Grimm. Self-portrait

The brothers were members of the circle of Heidelberg romantics, whose goal was to revive interest in folk culture Germany and its folklore. Heidelberg School of Romanticism oriented artists toward the national past, mythology, and deep religious feeling. Representatives of the school turned to folklore as the “true language” of the people, contributing to their unification.
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm left a famous collection of German fairy tales. Main work the lives of the Brothers Grimm - “German Dictionary”. In fact, this is a comparative historical dictionary of all Germanic languages. But the authors managed to bring it only to the letter “F”, and the dictionary was completed only in the 1970s.

Jacob Grimm gives a lecture in Göttingham (1830). Sketch of Ludwig Emil Grimm

In total, during the writers’ lifetime, the collection of fairy tales went through 7 editions (the last one in 1857). This edition contained 210 fairy tales and legends. All issues were illustrated first by Philipp Groth-Johann and, after his death, by Robert Leinweber.
But the first editions of fairy tales were subject to strong criticism. They were judged to be unsuitable for children's reading both in terms of content and academic information inserts.
Then, in 1825, the Brothers Grimm published the collection Kleine Ausgabe, which included 50 fairy tales that were carefully edited for young readers. The illustrations (7 copper engravings) were created by brother-painter Ludwig Emil Grimm. This children's version of the book went through ten editions between 1825 and 1858.

Preparatory work

Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm began collecting fairy tales in 1807. In search of fairy tales, they traveled through Hesse (in the center of Germany) and then through Westphalia (a historical region in northwestern Germany). The storytellers of fairy tales were the most different people: shepherds, peasants, artisans, innkeepers, etc.

Ludwig Emil Grimm. Portrait of Dorothea Fiemann, folk storyteller, from whose stories the Brothers Grimm wrote down more than 70 fairy tales
According to the words of the peasant woman Dorothea Fimann (1755-1815), the daughter of an innkeeper from the village of Zweren (near Kassel), 21 tales were recorded for the second volume and numerous additions. She was the mother of six children. She owns the fairy tales “The Goose Girl”, “The Lazy Spinner”, “The Devil and His Grandmother”, “Doctor Know-It-All”.

Fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood"

Many tales in the collection are common themes of European folklore and are therefore included in the collections different writers. For example, the fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood”. It was literary adapted by Charles Perrault and later recorded by the Brothers Grimm. The story of a girl deceived by a wolf has been common in France and Italy since the Middle Ages. In the Alpine foothills and Tyrol, the fairy tale has been known since the 14th century. and was especially popular.
In fairy tales from different countries and localities, the contents of the basket varied: in northern Italy, a granddaughter brought fresh fish to her grandmother, in Switzerland - a head of young cheese, in the south of France - a pie and a pot of butter, etc. In Charles Perrault's work, the wolf eats Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. The tale concludes with a moral instructing girls to be wary of seducers.

Illustration for the German version of the fairy tale

Among the Brothers Grimm, woodcutters passing by, hearing the noise, kill the wolf, cut its belly and save the grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood. The Brothers Grimm also has a moral to the tale, but it is of a different kind: it is a warning to naughty children: “Well, now I will never run away from the main road in the forest, I will no longer disobey my mother’s orders.”
In Russia, there is a version by P. N. Polevoy - a complete translation of the version of the brothers Grimm, but the retelling of I. S. Turgenev (1866), in which the motive of violating the ban and some details of the descriptions, is more widespread.

The meaning of "Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm"

Ludwig Emil Grimm. Portrait of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1843)

The influence of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales was enormous; from the very first edition they won the love of readers, despite criticism. Their work inspired them to collect fairy tales and writers from other countries: in Russia it was Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev, in Norway - Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moo, in England - Joseph Jacobs.
V. A. Zhukovsky in 1826 he translated two fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm into Russian for the magazine “Children's Interlocutor” (“Dear Roland and the Clear Flower Maiden” and “The Briar Princess”).
The influence of the plots of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm can be traced in three fairy tales by A. S. Pushkin: “The Tale of dead princess and about the seven heroes" ("Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm), "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" (the tale "About the Fisherman and His Wife" by the Brothers Grimm) and "The Groom" (the tale of the Brothers Grimm "The Robber Bridegroom").

Franz Hüttner. Illustration “The Stepmother and the Poisoned Apple” (from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “Snow White”)

Brothers Grimm's fairy tale "About a Fisherman and His Wife"

One fisherman lives with his wife Ilsebil in a poor shack. One day he catches a flounder in the sea, which turns out to be an enchanted prince; she asks to be released into the sea, which the fisherman does.
Ilzebil asks her husband if he asked for anything in exchange for the fish's freedom, and makes him summon the flounder again to wish for a better home. The magic fish grants this wish.
Soon Ilsebil again sends her husband to demand a stone castle from the flounder, then wants to become a queen, a kaiser (emperor) and a pope. With each fisherman's request for flounder, the sea becomes increasingly gloomy and stormy.
The fish fulfills all her wishes, but when Ilsebil wants to become the Lord God, the flounder returns everything to its previous state - to a miserable shack.
The tale was written down by the Brothers Grimm in the dialect of Vorpommern (a historical region in the south Baltic Sea, located in different eras as part of different states) based on the fairy tale by Philip Otto Runge (German romantic artist).
Apparently, in ancient times, flounder had the functions of a sea deity in Pomerania, so the fairy tale is an echo of mythology. The moral of the tale is presented in the form of a parable: gluttony and excessive demands are punished by the loss of everything.

Illustration by Anna Anderson “Fisherman Talks to Flounder”

The collection “Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm” also includes legends.
Legend- a written legend about any historical events or personalities. Legends explain the origin of natural and cultural phenomena and give their moral assessment. IN in a broad sense A legend is an unreliable narrative about facts of reality.
For example, the legend “Glass of the Mother of God” is the only work from the collection that has never been published in Russian.

Legend “The Glasses of Our Lady”

This legend is included in the second German edition of the book of fairy tales from 1819 as a children's legend. According to a note by the Brothers Grimm, it is recorded from the Westphalian family of Haxthausen from Paderborn (a city in Germany located in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia).
Contents of the legend. One day the cab driver got stuck on the road. There was wine in his cart. Despite all his efforts, he could not move the cart.
At this time, the Mother of God passed by. Seeing the poor man’s futile attempts, she turned to him with the words: “I’m tired and thirsty, pour me a glass of wine, and then I’ll help free your cart.” The driver readily agreed, but he did not have a glass to pour wine into. Then the Mother of God picked a white flower with pink stripes (field bindweed), which looked a little like a glass, and gave it to the cab driver. He filled the flower with wine. The Mother of God took a sip, and at that very moment the cart was freed. The poor man moved on.

Convolvulus flower

Since then, these flowers have been called “the glasses of the Mother of God.”

To all of us early childhood There are known fairy tales about Cinderella, the Sleeping Princess, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood and the musicians from Bremen. Who brought all these characters to life? To say that these tales belong to the Brothers Grimm would be a half-truth. After all, the entire German people created them. What is the contribution of famous storytellers? Who were Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm? The biography of these writers is very interesting. We suggest you familiarize yourself with it in this article.

Childhood and youth

The brothers saw the light in the city of Hanau. Their father was a wealthy lawyer. He had a practice in the city, and also worked as a legal adviser to the Prince of Hanau. The brothers were lucky to have a family. Their mother was affectionate and caring. In addition to them, the family also raised three brothers and a sister, Lotta. Everyone lived in peace and harmony, but brothers of the same age, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, especially loved each other. The boys thought that they life path already defined - happy childhood, lyceum, university law faculty, practice as a judge or notary. However, a different fate awaited them. Jacob, born on January 4, 1785, was the first-born and eldest in the family. And when their father died in 1796, the eleven-year-old boy took upon himself to take care of his mother, younger brothers and sister. However, if there is no education, there is no decent income. Here one cannot overestimate the contribution of the aunt, the mother's sister, who helped financially to enable the two eldest sons - Jacob and Wilhelm, who was born on February 24, 1786 - to graduate from the lyceum in Kassel.

Studies

At first, the biography of the Brothers Grimm did not promise to be particularly interesting. They graduated from the Lyceum and, as befits the sons of a lawyer, entered the University of Marburg. But jurisprudence did not interest the brothers. At the university, they became friends with the teacher Friedrich Karl von Savigny, who aroused the young people's interest in philology and history. Even before receiving his diploma, Jacob traveled with this professor to Paris to help him research ancient manuscripts. Through F. K. von Savigny, the Grimm brothers also met other collectors of folk art - C. Brentano and L. von Arnim. In 1805, Jacob graduated from the university and entered the service of Jerome Bonaparte, moving to Wilhelmshöhe. There he worked until 1809 and received the degree of statistical auditor. In 1815, he was even delegated to the Congress in Vienna as a representative of the Electorate of Kassel. Wilhelm, meanwhile, graduated from the university and received a position as secretary of the library in Kassel.

Biography of the Brothers Grimm: 1816-1829

Despite the fact that Jacob was a good lawyer, and his superiors were pleased with him, he himself did not feel joy from his work. He was somewhat jealous of his younger brother Wilhelm, who was surrounded by books. In 1816, Jacob was offered a professorship at the University of Bonn. This would be an unprecedented career rise for his age - after all, he was only thirty-one. However, he rejected the tempting offer, resigned from service and took a position as a simple librarian in Kassel, where Wilhelm worked as a secretary. From that moment on, as the biography of the Brothers Grimm shows, they were no longer lawyers. Out of duty - and for their own joy - they took up what they loved. While still at university, they began collecting folk tales and legends. And now they went to all corners of the Electorate of Kassel and the Landgraviate of Hesse to collect interesting stories. Wilhelm's marriage (1825) did not affect the brothers' joint work. They continued to collect stories and publish books. This fruitful period in the brothers' lives lasted until 1829, when the library director died. His place, by all rights, should have gone to Jacob. But as a result, it was taken over by a complete stranger. And the indignant brothers resigned.

Creation

Over the years of work in the library, Jacob and Wilhelm collected a huge number of beautiful examples of German folklore. Thus, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are not their own creation. Their author is the German people themselves. And the oral bearers of ancient folklore were ordinary people, mostly women: nannies, wives of ordinary burghers, innkeepers. A certain Dorothea Feeman made a special contribution to filling the books of the Brothers Grimm. She served as a housekeeper in the family of a pharmacist from Kassel. Wilhelm Grimm chose his wife not by chance either. She knew many fairy tales. So, “Table, cover yourself,” “Mistress Blizzard” and “Hansel and Gretel” were recorded from her words. The biography of the Brothers Grimm also mentions the case when the collectors folk epic received some of their stories from retired dragoon Johann Krause in exchange for old clothes.

Editions

Folklore collectors published their first book in 1812. They entitled it “Children's and Family Tales.” It is noteworthy that in this publication the Brothers Grimm provided links to where they heard this or that legend. These notes show the geography of Jacob and Wilhelm's travels: they visited Zweren, Hesse, and the Maine regions. Then the brothers published a second book, “Old Germanic Forests.” And in 1826 the collection “Irish folk tales" Now in Kassel, in the Brothers Grimm Museum, all their fairy tales are collected. They have been translated into one hundred and sixty languages ​​of the world. And in 2005, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm were included in the UNESCO international register under the heading “Memory of the World”.

Scientific research

In 1830, the brothers entered the service of the University Library of Göttingen. And ten years later, when Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia ascended the throne, the Grimm brothers moved to Berlin. They became members of the Academy of Sciences. Their research concerned Germanic linguistics. Towards the end of their lives, the brothers began compiling an etymological “German Dictionary”. But Wilhelm died on December 16, 1859, while work was underway on words starting with the letter D. His older brother Jacob died four years later (09/20/1863), at the table, describing the meaning of Frucht. Work on this dictionary was completed only in 1961.

Our page contains all the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. Fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm list - This full meeting all works. This list also includes fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, fairy tales about animals, and new fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm. The world of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm is amazing and magical, filled with a plot of good and evil. The best fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm can be read on the pages of our website. Reading fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm online is very exciting and comfortable.

Fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm list

1. (Der Froschk?nig oder der eiserne Heinrich)
2. (Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft)
3. Child of Mary (Marienkind)
4. The Tale of the One Who Went to Learn from Fear (M?rchen von einem, der auszog das F?rchten zu lernen)
5. The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats (Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Gei?lein)
6. Faithful Johannes (Der treue Johannes)
7. Successful trade / Profitable business (Der gute Handel)
8. The Extraordinary Musician / The Eccentric Musician (Der wunderliche Spielmann)
9. Twelve Brothers (Die zw?lf Br?der)
10. The Ragged Rabble (Das Lumpengesindel)
11. Brother and Sister (Br?derchen und Schwesterchen)
12. Rapunzel (Bell)
13. Three men in the forest / Three little forest men (Die drei M?nnlein im Walde)
14. Three spinners (Die drei Spinnerinnen)
15. Hansel and Gretel
16. Three snake leaves (Die drei Schlangenbl?tter)
17. White snake (Die weisse Schlange)
18. Straw, coal and bean (Strohhalm, Kohle und Bohne)
19. About a fisherman and his wife (Vom Fischer und seiner Frau)
20. The Brave Little Tailor (Das tapfere Schneiderlein)
21. Cinderella (Aschenputtel)
22. Riddle (Das R?tsel)
23. About the mouse, the bird and the fried sausage (Von dem M?uschen, V?gelchen und der Bratwurst)
24. Mrs. Blizzard (Frau Holle)
25. The Seven Ravens (Die sieben Raben)
26. Little Red Riding Hood (Rotk?ppchen)
27. The Bremen Town Musicians(Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten)
28. The Singing Bone (Der singende Knochen)
29. The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs (Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren)
30. Louse and flea beetle (L?uschen und Fl?hchen)
31. The Girl Without Arms (Das M?dchen ohne H?nde)
32. Intelligent Hans / Clever Hans (Der gescheite Hans)
33. Three languages ​​(Die drei Sprachen)
34. Smart Elsa (Die kluge Else)
35. The Tailor in Paradise (Der Schneider im Himmel)
36. Set yourself a table, a golden donkey and a club from a sack (Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Kn?ppel aus dem Sack)
37. Thumb Boy (Daumesdick)
38. The Wedding of the Lady Fox (Die Hochzeit der Frau F?chsin)
39. Brownies (Die Wichtelm?nner)
40. The Robber Groom (Der Rüberbrüutigam)
41. Mr. Korbes
42. Mr Godfather (Der Herr Gevatter)
43. Mrs. Trude / Frau Trude
44. Death of the godfather / Death in the godfathers (Der Gevatter Tod)
45. Thumb Boy's Journey (Daumerlings Wanderschaft)
46. Strange Bird (Fitchers Vogel)
47. About the Enchanted Tree (Von dem Machandelboom)
48. Old Sultan (Der alte Sultan)
49. Six swans (Die sechs Schw?ne)
50. Briar Rose / Sleeping Beauty (Dornr?schen)
51. Foundling / Foundbird (Fundevogel)
52. King Thrushbeard (K?nig Drosselbart)
53. Snow Maiden / Snow White (Schneewittchen)
54. Knapsack, hat and horn (Der Ranzen, das H?tlein und das H?rnlein)
55. Junk (Rumpelstilzchen)
56. Dear Roland (Der liebste Roland)
57. Golden Bird (Der goldene Vogel)
58. The Dog and the Sparrow / The Dog and the Sparrow (Der Hund und der Sperling)
59. Frieder and Katherlieschen
60. Two Brothers (Die zwei Br?der)
61. Little Man (Das B?rle)
62. Queen Bee / Queen Bee (Die Bienenk?nigin)
63. Three feathers (Die drei Federn)
64. Golden Goose (Die goldene Gans)
65. Variegated Pelt (Allerleirauh)
66. Bunny's Bride/Hare's Bride (H?sichenbraut)
67. Twelve Hunters (Die zw?lf J?ger)
68. The Thief and His Teacher (De Gaudeif un sien Meester)
69. Jorinda and Joringel
70. Three lucky ones / Three lucky ones
71. Six of us will go around the whole world / Six of us, we will go around the whole world (Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt)
72. The Wolf and the Man (Der Wolf und der Mensch)
73. The Wolf and the Fox (Der Wolf und der Fuchs)
74. The Fox and the Lady Godmother (Der Fuchs und die Frau Gevatterin)
75. The Fox and the Cat (Der Fuchs und die Katze)
76. Carnation (Die Nelke)
77. Resourceful Gretel (Die kluge Gretel)
78. Old grandfather and granddaughter (Der alte Gro?vater und der Enkel)
79. The Little Mermaid / Ondine (Die Wassernixe)
80. About the death of a chicken (Von dem Tode des H?hnchens)
81. Brother Veselchak (Bruder Lustig)
82. Hansl the Player (De Spielhansl)
83. Lucky Hans (Hans im Gl?ck)
84. Hans gets married (Hans heiratet)
85. Golden Children (Die Goldkinder)
86. The Fox and the Geese (Der Fuchs und die G?nse)
87. The poor man and the rich man (Der Arme und der Reiche)
88. The whining and leaping lion lark (Das singende springende L?weneckerchen)
89. Goose house (Die G?nsemagd)
90. The Young Giant (Der junge Riese)
91. Underground Man (Dat Erdm?nneken)
92. The King from the Golden Mountain (Der K?nig vom goldenen Berg)
93. Crow (Die Rabe)
94. The Clever Daughter of a Peasant (Die kluge Bauerntochter)
95. Three birds (De drei V?gelkens)
96. Living Water (Das Wasser des Lebens)
97. Doctor Allwissend
98. The Spirit in a Bottle (Der Geist im Glas)
99. The devil's grimy brother (Des Teufels ru?iger Bruder)
100. The Bugbear (Der B?renh?uter)
101. The Kinglet and the Bear (Der Zaunk?nig und der B?r)
102. Smart people (Die klugen Leute)
103. Tales of already / M?rchen von der Unke (M?rchen von der Unke)
104. The poor farmhand at the mill and the cat (Der arme M?llersbursch und das K?tzchen)
105. Two Wanderers (Die beiden Wanderer)
106. Hans is my hedgehog (Hans mein Igel)
107. Small Shroud (Das Totenhemdchen)
108. The Jew in the Thorn Bush (Der Jude im Dorn)
109. The learned huntsman (Der gelernte J?ger)
110. The Flail from Heaven / The Flail from Heaven (Der Dreschflegel vom Himmel)
111. Two Royal Children (De beiden K?nigeskinner)
112. About the resourceful little tailor (Vom klugen Schneiderlein)
113. The clear sun will reveal the whole truth (Die klare Sonne bringt’s an den Tag)
114. Blue candle (Das blaue Licht)
115. Three paramedics (Die drei Feldscherer)
116. The Seven Brave Men (Die sieben Schwaben)
117. Three apprentices (Die drei Handwerksburschen)
118. The king's son, who was not afraid of anything (Der K?nigssohn, der sich vor nichts f?rchtete)
119. Were-Donkey (Der Krautesel)
120. The Old Lady in the Forest (Die Alte im Wald)
121. Three Brothers (Die drei Br?der)
122. The Devil and His Grandmother (Der Teufel und seine Gro?mutter)
123. Ferenand the Faithful and Ferenand the Unfaithful (Ferenand getr? und Ferenand ungetr?)
124. Iron stove (Der Eisenofen)
125. The lazy spinner (Die faule spinnerin)
126. The Four Skillful Brothers (Die vier kunstreichen Br?der)
127. One-Eyed, Two-Eyed and Three-Eyed (Ein?uglein, Zwei?uglein und Drei?uglein)
128. Beautiful Katrinel and Nif-Nasr-Podtri (Die sch?ne Katrinelje und Pif Paf Poltrie)
129. The Fox and the Horse (Der Fuchs und das Pferd)
130. Shoes trampled in dancing (Die zertanzten Schuhe)
131. Six Servants (Die sechs Diener)
132. White and black brides (Die wei?e und die schwarze Braut)
133. Iron Hans (Der Eisenhans)
134. Three Black Princesses (De drei schwatten Prinzessinnen)
135. Lamb and Fish (Das L?mmchen und Fischchen)
136. Mount Simeliberg
137. On the way (Up Reisen gohn)
138. Donkey (Das Eselein)
139. The Ungrateful Son (Der undankbare Sohn)
140. Turnip (Die R?be)
141. The Newly Forged Man (Das junggegl?hte M?nnlein)
142. Cock's Log (Der Hahnenbalken)
143. The Old Beggar Woman (Die alte Bettelfrau)
144. Three Lazy Men (Die drei Faulen)
145. The Twelve Lazy Servants (Die zw?lf faulen Knechte)
146. The Shepherd Boy (Das Hirtenb?blein)
147. Thaler stars (Die Sterntaler)
148. The Hidden Heller (Der gestohlene Heller)
149. Bride (Die Brautschau)
150. Garbage (Die Schlickerlinge)
151. Sparrow and his four children (Der Sperling und seine vier Kinder)
152. The Tale of an Unprecedented Land (Das M?rchen vom Schlaraffenland)
153. Dietmar's fairy tale (Das dietmarsische L?genm?rchen)
154. Tale-riddle (R?tselm?rchen)
155. Snow White and Little Red (Schneewei?chen und Rosenrot)
156. The Clever Servant (Der kluge Knecht)
157. Glass coffin (Der gl?serne Sarg)
158. Lazy Heinz (Der faule Heinz)
159. Bird vulture (Der Vogel Greif)
160. Mighty Hans (Der starke Hans)
161. Skinny Lisa (Die hagere Liese)
162. Forest House (Das Waldhaus)
163. Joy and sorrow in half (Lieb und Leid teilen)
164. Kinglet (Der Zaunk?nig)
165. Flounder (Die Scholle)
166. Bittern and Hoopoe (Rohrdommel und Wiedehopf)
167. Owl (Die Eule)
168. Lifetime (Die Lebenszeit)
169. Harbingers of Death (Die Boten des Todes)
170. Goose house at the well (Die G?nsehirtin am Brunnen)
171. The Unequal Children of Eve (Die ungleichen Kinder Evas)
172. The Mermaid in the Pond (Die Nixe im Teich)
173. Gifts from Little People (Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes)
174. The Giant and the Tailor (Der Riese und der Schneider)
175. Nail (Der Nagel)
176. The poor boy in the grave (Der arme Junge im Grab)
177. The Real Bride (Die wahre Braut)
178. The Hare and the Hedgehog (Der Hase und der Igel)
179. Spindle, weaving shuttle and needle (Spindel, Weberschiffchen und Nadel)
180. The Man and the Devil (Der Bauer und der Teufel)
181. Guinea pig (Das Meerh?schen)
182. The Master Thief (Der Meisterdieb)
183. Drummer (Der Trommler)
184. Ear of bread (Die Korn?hre)
185. Grave Hill (Der Grabh?gel)
186. Old Rinkrank
187. Crystal ball (Die Kristallkugel)
188. Maid Maleen (Jungfrau Maleen)
189. Buffalo Boot (Der Stiefel von B?ffelleder)
190. The Golden Key (Der goldene Schl?ssel)

The Brothers Grimm were born into the family of an official in the city of Hanau (Hanau). Their father was first a lawyer in Hanau, and then worked legal issues from the Prince of Ganau. The elder brother, Jacob Grimm (01/04/1785 - 09/20/1863), was born on January 4, 1785, and the younger brother - Wilhelm Grimm (02/24/1786 - 12/16/1859) - on February 24, 1786. As linguists, they were one of the founders of scientific German studies and compiled the etymological “German Dictionary” (in fact, all-German). The publication of the German Dictionary, which began in 1852, was completed only in 1961, but has since been regularly revised.

From early childhood, the Brothers Grimm were united by a friendship that lasted until their death. After the death of their father, in 1796, they had to go into the care of their aunt on their mother’s side and only thanks to her, they graduated from the educational institution. Perhaps it was precisely being left without parents early that rallied them into fraternal bonds for the rest of their lives.

The Brothers Grimm were always distinguished by their desire to study, they even entered the University of Marburg to study law, following the example of their father. But fate decreed otherwise and she truly found her calling in the study of literature.

The most famous fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are “The Town Musicians of Bremen”, “Tom Thumb”, “The Brave Tailor”, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm list will provide you with a complete collection of all fairy tales. Each of us worried about the difficult fate of the boys, left alone in the forest, looking for their way home. And “smart Elsa” - all the girls wanted to be like her.