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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.
Folk tale; Name: Trusty John: Also known as: Faithful John, Faithful Johannes, John the Truewww: Aarne–Thompson grouping: ATU 516 (Faithful John) Region: Germany: Published in: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, by the Brothers Grimm: Related: In Love with a Statue, How to find out a True Friend, The Man of Stone, Amis et Amiles, Father Roquelaure ...
Allerleirauh is one of the Grimm fairy tales featured in the play The Secret in the Wings by Mary Zimmerman. The ending of this version is rather ambiguous, as the narrators of the story frequently contradict both one another and the actions of the characters onstage. A German TV movie titled Allerleirauh was produced by NDR in 2012. This ...
Grimm Tales is a play by British poet Carol Ann Duffy, based on the original fairy tales written down by the Brothers Grimm. [1] [2] The play was first published in 1996. In 1997 she published a sequel, More Grimm Tales. Not all of the stories that were produced by the Brothers Grimm were adapted in the play.
Each issue of Grimm Fairy Tales has two parts: a frame story and a fairy tale. The frame story revolves around Dr. Sela Mathers, a professor of literature with the supernatural ability to help people to avoid bad life decisions by subjecting them to visions, in which they see themselves as the protagonists of allegorical fairy tales.
"Thumbling," published in German as "Daumesdick" (literally, "Thumb-thick"), is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1819 (KHM 37). [1] The Grimms included another, similar story, "Thumbling's Travels". Both stories are related to the English Tom Thumb and often share its title when translated into English.
"The Riddle" (German: Das Rätsel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1819 (KHM 22). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 851 ("Winning the Princess with a Riddle"). [1] The tale is mainly used in children's adaptions of Grimm's Fairy Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book.
Grimms' Fairy Tales " Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle " is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm , tale number 188. It is Aarne-Thompson type 585.