Oh! That's Grimm
A walk through the forest
that's Grimms'
storytelling.
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The Brothers Grimm
From Aschenputtel (Cinderella) to zwölf faulen Knechte (Twelve Lazy Servants)
This site is intended to explore the richness of the stories collected and published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. It looks at everything from simple good storytelling to considering some of the brothers' darker themes and their implications for adult and much younger audiences. It will present the case for the importance of these stories not just in the past but also in their potential impact on the future.
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The Stories
Explore the texts of the stories published by the Grimms. They are available in German and English and are in the public domain.
Too grim for Grimm
There are 201 Grimms' stories plus another ten so-called Children's Legends. However, this is the final 1857 edition. There are another 30 stories that appeared in the first edition that were removed from the final edition. They were simply too grim for Grimm. These include: "Death and the Goose Keeper", "The Murder Castle", and "The Children Who Played Slaughtering".
Podcasts
Listen to some engaging, and perhaps even controversial, conversations on the Grimms and their stories.
Analysis
Here we delve a little deeper into the stories and their origins. These are anything but boring and academic.
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