Grimm’s Fairytales

Presented by Margita Lidaka

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

-Albert Einstein

Fairy Tales

Does not necessarily include fairies

Usually considered a literary rather than oral tale

The story is typically about a young individual

The main character encounters strange and magical events

Often thought to start with “once upon a time” or “once there was”

The Brothers GrimmTimeline

1785-Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm is born in Hanau, Germany to Phillip Grimm, a lawyer and jurist and Dorothea Grimm

1786-Wilhelm Carl Grimm is born (the two brothers were oldest of 5 children)

1791-The family moves to Steinau

1796-Their father dies, causing family hardship

1798-The brothers go to high school in Kassel

1802-Jacob goes to the University of Marburg

1803-Wilhelm enrolls at the University as well

The Brothers GrimmTimeline

1806-Jacob becomes secretary of the Hessian War College

1808-Their mother dies, Jacob becomes librarian to King Jerome of Westphelia

1812-Volume 1 of Nursery and Household Tales or Kinder- und Hausmärchen is published

1814-Wilhelm becomes secretary to Librarian in Kassel

1815-Volume 2 of Household Tales Published

1816-Part I of German Legends Published

1818-Part II of German Legends Published

Wilhelm Carl Grimm(1786-1859)

-always suffered from health problems

-married his childhood friend Dorothea in 1825

-Had 5 children, one died in infancy

-Was invited to move to Berlin in 1840

-Began giving lectures at the university

-Worked on life-long project of creating ultimate German

Dictionary along with brother Jacob entitled Deutsches Worterburch-Only managed to reach F before

their deaths-Died from an infection in 1859

Jacob Ludwig Carl

Grimm(1785-1863)

-was extremely close to brother Wilhelm

-lived with Wilhelm after he married Dorothea

-continued to live with Dorothea and the children after Wilhelm’s death

-suffered a stroke and died in 1863

-Was buried next to Wilhelm

German Popular Stories-The first translation of the fairy tale

collection into English in 1823

Interesting Aspects of the Original Tales Cinderella (Aschenputtel), the stepsisters

cut off parts of their feet in order to fit the slipper

End of Snow White, the queen dances to her death in red-hot iron slippers

Rapunzel, she is impregnated by the prince

Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Cap), she is swallowed by the wolf and then cut out of his stomach by a passing hunter

Hansel and Gretel, the mother has died while they were imprisoned by the witch

Reference Books on Fairy Tales

Cont’d.

Books about Brothers Grimm

Different Grimm’s Fairy Tale Versions

Classic Illustrations

Fiction Adaptations

Movie Adaptations

Snow White Classic Song

Movie Adaptations

Television Show Adaptations

Ballet Version of “Cinderella”

Joffrey Ballet Chicago Cinderella Promo

Theatre Adaptation