“A Grimm tale,” he says, “moves with a dreamlike speed from event to event, pausing only to say as much as is needed and no more.” So, when we read a story from Grimms’ collection, we’re getting something from old Germany, but our enjoyment is also thanks...
Murder, Child abuse, Racism sound like the ingredients for a good children`s story? Probably not, but that`s exactly what you`ll find when you look at some of the early versions of the Grimm brothers` fairy tales. When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm began collecting and writing down folktales,...
5.The Evil Queen tried to eat Snow White in the originalSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsstory. 6.In Disney's version ofSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Queen only tries to kill Snow once after the huntsman fails, but in the Brothers Grimm version, she attempts it three times. ...