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The world famous collection of German (and French) fairy tales Kinder- und Hausmärchen (KHM; English: Children's and Household Tales), commonly known as Grimm's Fairy Tales, was published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm.

In 1803, the Grimms met the Romantics Clemens Brentano and Ludwig Achim von Arnim at the University of Marburg. These two men stirred in the brothers an interest in ancient fairy tales. They started to collect and write down tales that had been handed down for generations. Among their sources were Dorothea Viehmann, and two Huguenot families, Hassenpflug and Wild, who introduced them to several tales of French origin.

On December 20 1812 they published the first volume, the second volume followed in 1814.

List of fairy tales


Legends


Later additions


See also


External links


1812 books | Fairy tales | Brothers Grimm

Grimms eventyr | Grimms Märchen | Kanner- an Hausmäerercher | מעשיות האחים גרים | Kinder- und Hausmärchen | グリム童話 | 格林童話

 

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