The Grimm Brothers were actual brothers in history named Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and born one year apart in 1785 and 1786. They grew up together in Germany and worked closely throughout their lives recording German stories, and in particular fairy tale lore, as well as conducting language research and other scholarly endeavors. My my! How impressive :) The brothers collected and recorded many stories from German lore beginning in the 1800's. But these tales didn't start out as the magical warm and fuzzy stories we know today. In fact they would have made any fair princess swoon to read! They captured a life that was often cruel and unfair. It was only after they realized how popular their stories had become that edits began to take place to make them more palatable for the faint of heart.
During our research of all things Grimm we came across some very fun story sources. Including a fun interactive "build your own Grimm story" powered by National Geographic! See below for some more sources where you can read the original stories of our well known princesses.
www.grimmfairytales.com
www.grimmstories.com
Happy reading!
Article Sources: National Geographic, Notable Biographies, Grimmstories.com, Grimmfairytales.com, Storynory.com
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