Brothers Grimm fairy tales

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fairy tale collection folk tale collection literary work

The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are a famous collection of European folk stories compiled and published in the 19th century by German scholars Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, including well-known tales such as "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Hansel and Gretel."

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Grimms' Fairy Tales 9
Kinder- und Hausmärchen 6
Grimm fairy tales 3

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fairy tale collection ⓘ
folk tale collection ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Children's and Household Tales ⓘ
Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
collectedFrom middle-class informants ⓘ
rural storytellers ⓘ
collector Jacob Grimm ⓘ
Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
compiler Jacob Grimm ⓘ
Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1812 ⓘ
firstVolumeTitle Brothers Grimm fairy tales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
genre children's literature ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ
folk tale ⓘ
hasNotableCharacteristic multiple later sanitised editions for children ⓘ
often dark and violent elements ⓘ
hasNotableTheme justice and retribution ⓘ
magic and enchantment ⓘ
moral lessons ⓘ
includesWork Cinderella (fairy tale) ⓘ
surface form: Cinderella

Hansel & Gretel ⓘ
surface form: Hansel and Gretel

Little Red Riding Hood ⓘ
Mother Holle ⓘ
Rapunzel ⓘ
Rumpelstiltskin ⓘ
The Sleeping Beauty ⓘ
surface form: Sleeping Beauty

Snow White ⓘ
The Brave Little Tailor ⓘ
The Bremen Town Musicians ⓘ
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs ⓘ
The Elves and the Shoemaker ⓘ
The Fisherman and His Wife ⓘ
The Frog Prince ⓘ
surface form: The Frog King

The Girl Without Hands ⓘ
The Golden Goose ⓘ
The Goose Girl ⓘ
The Juniper Tree ⓘ
The Nixie of the Mill-Pond ⓘ
The Old Man and His Grandson ⓘ
The Queen Bee ⓘ
The Robber Bridegroom ⓘ
The Singing Bone ⓘ
The Six Swans ⓘ
The Star Money ⓘ
The Three Little Men in the Wood ⓘ
The Three Spinners ⓘ
The Twelve Brothers ⓘ
The Twelve Dancing Princesses ⓘ
The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack ⓘ
The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats ⓘ
influenced Disney animated features ⓘ
surface form: Disney animated films

Western children's literature ⓘ
language German ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage German ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Berlin ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition Realschulbuchhandlung (Berlin) ⓘ
subjectMatter European folk traditions ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
timePeriodOfCollection early 19th century ⓘ

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Subject: Brothers Grimm fairy tales
Description of subject: The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are a famous collection of European folk stories compiled and published in the 19th century by German scholars Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, including well-known tales such as "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Hansel and Gretel."

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Weser Uplands → knownFor → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
The Brave Little Tailor → collectedIn → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
The Brave Little Tailor → collector → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brothers Grimm
The Brave Little Tailor → firstPublishedIn → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
The Princess and the Frog → inspiredBy → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brothers Grimm
The Robber Bridegroom → collection → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
Little Red Riding Hood → collectedIn → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
Rapunzel → firstPublishedIn → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
Jacob Grimm → notableWork → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm → notableWork → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
Wilhelm Grimm → notableWork → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
Wilhelm Grimm → notableWork → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
Wilhelm Grimm → workSubject → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: German folk tales
Someday My Prince Will Come → basedOn → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brothers Grimm fairy tale Snow White
Whistle While You Work → basedOn → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brothers Grimm fairy tale Snow White
Cinderella (fairy tale) → GrimmVersionPublication → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
Brothers Grimm fairy tales → firstVolumeTitle → Brothers Grimm fairy tales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
Brothers Grimm fairy tales → alsoKnownAs → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
Reinhardswald → knownFor → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
German Fairy Tale Route → associatedWith → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimm's Fairy Tales
Once Upon a One More Time → inspiredBy → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimm fairy tales
Encarna in Blancanieves → inspiredBy → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
subject surface form: Encarna (Blancanieves)
this entity surface form: Grimm Brothers' Snow White
Grimm → basedOn → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimm Brothers fairy tales
Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm → firstPublicationCollection → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
subject surface form: Little Briar Rose
this entity surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
The Frog Prince → firstPublishedIn → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
Transformations → basedOn → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimm fairy tales
1971: Transformations → basedOn → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimm fairy tales
1971: Transformations → influencedBy → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales
Joseph Jacobs → notableWork → Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Folk and Fairy Tales