We’ve all heard the story or watched the Disney movie about how Cinderella lost her shoe and got found by her prince because of it, or how Snow White and Aurora got awaken from a deep sleep by true loves, or how a girl with long hair finally escaped the tower she lived in all her life. But contrary to popular, belief these stories were not created by Walt Disney. They became famous many generations ago way before Walt was even born. The people you have to thank for these stories are the two people who made them famous are the Grimm brothers. And this is their story.
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was born on January 4th, 1785 in Hanau, Germany. To a lawyer Phillip Wilhelm Grimm and his wife Dorothea Grimm. He was the second of nine kids. Wilhelm Carl Grimm was born on February 24th, 1786 in Hanau, Germany. He was the third of nine kids (Ashliman).
Jacob and Wilhelm spent most of their time as children together except for a short time that they spent apart. After that they spent the rest of their lives side by side. They got along so well because both brothers had very even-tempered personalities though their personalities …show more content…
Who were putting together a collection of German folk songs. The brothers decided to follow their own interest in folklore and compiled them together into a book they called Kinder-und Hausmarchen or as it is called in English Tales of Children and Home but it is more commonly known now as Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1812. The first volume consisted of 86 different stories. In 1814 the second volume of Tales of Children and Home was released which consisted seventy stories. During the Grimm brother’s lifetime, they made seven volumes of the stories. The final volume of Tales of Children and Home had two hundred stories, plus ten “Children’s Legends”. It became the best known and most influential book ever created in the German
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was born on January 4th, 1785 in Hanau, Germany. To a lawyer Phillip Wilhelm Grimm and his wife Dorothea Grimm. He was the second of nine kids. Wilhelm Carl Grimm was born on February 24th, 1786 in Hanau, Germany. He was the third of nine kids (Ashliman).
Jacob and Wilhelm spent most of their time as children together except for a short time that they spent apart. After that they spent the rest of their lives side by side. They got along so well because both brothers had very even-tempered personalities though their personalities …show more content…
Who were putting together a collection of German folk songs. The brothers decided to follow their own interest in folklore and compiled them together into a book they called Kinder-und Hausmarchen or as it is called in English Tales of Children and Home but it is more commonly known now as Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1812. The first volume consisted of 86 different stories. In 1814 the second volume of Tales of Children and Home was released which consisted seventy stories. During the Grimm brother’s lifetime, they made seven volumes of the stories. The final volume of Tales of Children and Home had two hundred stories, plus ten “Children’s Legends”. It became the best known and most influential book ever created in the German