Deutsche Märchen gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
"Deutsche Märchen gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is a collection of folk and fairy tales written in the early 19th century. It gathers traditional German Märchen where ordinary people and talking beasts cross paths with the sacred and the supernatural, facing trials that end in stark rewards or punishments. Readers encounter iconic pieces such as The Frog King, The Bremen Town Musicians, and The Wolf and
the Seven Young Kids, told in a brisk, oral-storytelling cadence with vivid motifs and sharp turns of fate. The opening of this collection ranges from miracle-laden morality to animal trickery. Mary’s Child follows a woodcutter’s daughter raised by the Virgin, who breaks a taboo and lies, is cast down mute, marries a king, loses her children for persisting in deceit, and is finally restored through confession and mercy. Three brief Elves tales show a shoemaker secretly helped by night sprites (who vanish once clothed), a maid who unknowingly spends seven years as a dwarf’s godmother, and a changeling swapped back by a kitchen ruse. Faithful John tells of a servant who averts three foretold perils to secure his king’s bride, is turned to stone for revealing the truth, and is revived when the king proves equal devotion. Next come the rise-and-retribution arcs of The Three Little Men in the Wood, the transformation romance The Frog King, and the rescue tale The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, followed by the tiny fable The Plaice and the Low German race trick of The Hare and the Hedgehog. This opening closes with The Bremen Town Musicians claiming a robbers’ house and the start of The Brave Little Tailor, who boasts “seven at one blow” after swatting flies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 |
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| Author | Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 |
| Editor | Thilo-Luyken, M. |
| Illustrator | Brandenburg-Polster, Dora, 1884-1958 |
| Title | Deutsche Märchen gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm |
| Original Publication | Ebenhausen: Wilhelm Langewiesche-Brandt, 1921. |
| Credits | Alexander Bauer, Andrew Sly and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Fairy tales |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77905 |
| Release Date | Feb 10, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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