Die Advents- und Weihnachtszeit ist für mich auch eine Zeit der Märchen. Ich liebe Märchen, manche natürlich mehr, manche auch weniger. Aber die meisten Märchen der Gebrüder Grimm gefallen mir eigentlich, und vor allen Dingen sind sie auch immer wie eine kleine Reise zurück in die Kindheit. Ich weiß noch, dass meine Oma mir früher immer viel aus dicken Märchenbüchern vorgelesen hat. Das war einfach schön. Und so habe ich es genossen, mir mit diesem dicken Märchenbuch noch einmal ein paar alte Ge...

my becoming-a-genius project, part 15!the background:i have decided to become a genius.to accomplish this, i'm going to work my way through the collected stories of various authors, reading + reviewing 1 story every day until i get bored / lose every single follower / am struck down by a vengeful deity.in this case, i'm out of collected stories and really want to read some fairytales but this has 150 stories in it and i will NOT be reading the same book for 5 months so...5 stories a day it is. i...

I love storytelling. I knew Grimm's Tales were far from cute Disney adaptations and often amoral.However, despite all the assets I had in hand, these Tales bothered me a lot. First, blame it on their often vain appearance, without moral, lesson, or teaching. I then read in the preface that their goal was not to educate or enlighten children but to show them that life is made up of trials and will be overcome with the help of good people, luck, or persistence. Interesting, but I didn't get it at ...

Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm is a 2014 Open Road Media publication. (Originally published in 1812) This compilation is a sampling of Grimm’s Fairy Tales- featuring some of the more well-known stories like ‘Rapunzel’ and ‘Briar Rose’- aka ‘Sleeping Beauty'. However, I didn’t know well over half of the stories included in this book. So, it was fun to read ‘new to me’ Grimm’s Fairy Tales. While some of my favorite stories as a child came from the Disney adaptations, which were ...

People often ask me which edition of Grimm they should pick up. THIS ONE.

First, I share with you how I decided to read this book. Read my silly coincidence!A prelude fairy tale :) -------------------It was dark already when I was getting down through the steps, from my rooftop after my lazy late evening walk; I found a little creature jumping over my feet. I got scared for a moment, quickly came down, took a torch in my hand and climbed up back to the stairs.There, not to my surprise, a little frog had placed himself just at the corner of a step. At the ground level ...

I adored fairy tales as a child... wait, I've always adored them, even now when I'm... not a child... so many different interpretations -- truly the foundation for many of today's TV shows, movies, children's books... a must read! Who doesn't know the stories of Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, etc. These are powerful parables meant to teach us all the lessons we need. Of course, they're fun and imaginative. But their the basics to start from. Love them. About Me For those ...

The book isn’t just a collection of picturesque fairy tales… The Book is a set of immemorial and immortal archetypes…Hero is always on a quest… Hero always wins… Ugliness turns into beauty…But when she was in bed he crept to her and said: “I am tired, I want to sleep as well as you, lift me up or I will tell your father.” At this she was terribly angry, and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall. “Now, will you be quiet, odious frog,” said she. But when he fell down he was...

I'm thrilled that this book contains the nasty version of Cinderella, where the stepsisters not only cut off parts of their feet in an attempt to wear the slipper, but also get their eyes pecked out by birds during the royal wedding. That'll learn 'em.These "children's classics" are fairly dripping with blood - particularly the evil blood of those who seek to keep true love from running its natural, ho-hum course.These were dark and scary times to be a stepmother. Even though Snow White is stupi...

I was originally was going to give this a 3 because it is uneven strange, and sometimes surprisingly amoral, but then i realized how much I acutally had to say about it, and just how much I enjoyed reading these goofy stories. So bear with me while i recount some of the best and worst stories and some of the strange themes of grimm's fairy tales. (I have to admit, I write these reviews almost entirely for myself)Some themes/things you should know:-If you are an evil stepmother or witch, and you ...