The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
GRIM TALES
Two hundred and nine years ago, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm — both highly educated experts in German literature — published a collection of old German folk tales they called “Kinder-und Hausmärchen”: “Children’s and Household Tales.” We know these to
The Brothers Grimm had begun collecting folk tales in 1806. They never intended the stories to be published for children — rather, they wished to write about children. Which is one reason so much material turned up in their stories that would most decidedly not be suitable for children.
The first volume of “Children’s and Household Tales” in 1812 contained 86 tales. Only 900 copies were printed, and very few of those sold, reportedly — prospective buyers were put off by the horrific nature of some of the stories. A second volume of 70 stories came out two years later.
Wilhelm set out to correct their mistake, swapping stories in and out, rewriting the texts and completely changing the storylines of some. The brothers would issue a second edition in 1819.
Over the years, the Grimms would change quite a few of their fairy tales — especially as they became more religiously oriented. Evil mothers, for example, began disappearing from the stories, replaced by evil stepmothers or evil outsiders.
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