Family Tales

These folktales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are among the many most memorable tales in European tradition – conjuring up a world of spells and bewitchment, outwitted villains and merciless stepmothers, animal bridegrooms and enchanted princesses. Tales similar to ‘Hansel and Gretel’, ‘Little Pink Cape’ and ‘The Robber Bridegroom’ depict the risks lurking in darkish forests, and others, together with ‘Briar-Rose’ and ‘Snow White’ present younger beauties punished by unforgiving sorceresses. Different tales embrace ‘Thickasathumb’, which portrays a childless younger couple whose want for a child is granted in an surprising method, whereas ‘The Frog King’ tells of a rash promise made by a haughty princess to share her mattress with a frog, and a fortune is gained in ‘The Blue Lamp’, when a soldier good points a kingdom with the assistance of a magic lamp.