The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm is a collection of the 211

Children's and Household Tales (German:

Kinder- und Hausmärchen) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, first published on 20 December 1812.

The Brothers Grimm (

die Brüder Grimm or

die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859), were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century. They were among the first and best-known collectors of German and European folk tales, and popularized traditional oral tale types such as

Cinderella (

Aschenputtel),

The Frog Prince (

Der Froschkönig),

The Goose-Girl (

Die Gänsemagd),

Hansel and Gretel (

Hänsel und Gretel),

Rapunzel,

Rumpelstiltskin (

Rumpelstilzchen),

Sleeping Beauty (

Dornröschen), and

Snow White (

Schneewittchen). Their classic collection,

Children's and Household Tales (

Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was published in two volumes - the first in 1812 and the second in 1815.