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Title page of the first edition. Deutsche Sagen ("German Legends") is a publication by the Brothers Grimm, appearing in two volumes in 1816 and 1818.The collection includes 579 short summaries of German folk tales and legends (where "German" refers not just to German-speaking Europe generally but includes early Germanic history as well).
Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, pronounced [ˌkɪndɐ ʔʊnt ˈhaʊsmɛːɐ̯çən], commonly abbreviated as KHM), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812.
His belief in the role of folklore in ethnic nationalism – a folklore of Germany as a nation rather than of disunited German-speaking peoples – inspired the Brothers Grimm, Goethe and others. For instance, folklore elements, such as the Rhine Maidens and the Grimms' The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear , formed part of the source ...
Pages in category "German fairy tales" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Hans happily exchanges the goose for the grindstone. He continues on his way, but is tired carrying the grindstone and is short of money for food. Hans stops for a drink on the banks of a river, the grindstone falls into the deep water and is lost. Hans is happy to be rid of the heavy grindstone and being free of all troubles.
The Icelandic folktale variant "My Old Woman Must be Paid" features an elf named Kidhus who had a reputation for thievery among the local human population. When he stole a golden ball used by a fisherman's wife as a spindle whorl , her husband demanded that Kidhus give him an object of equal value as compensation (which he granted).
Old Rinkrank (similar to Aarne–Thompson type 311) is a German fairy tale collected by the Grimm Brothers and published in Children's and Household Tales, 6th Ed. (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen). A princess falls into the glass mountain and is entrapped by Old Rinkrank. She becomes his slave until she frees herself.
"The Six Swans" (German: Die sechs Schwäne) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1812 (KHM 49). [1] [2] It is of Aarne–Thompson type 451 ("The Maiden Who Seeks Her Brothers"), commonly found throughout Europe.