JACOB LUDWIG GRIMM WILHELM CARL

GRIMM

1785-18631786-1859

• Father Philipp Wilhelm Grimm 1751-1796 , A very respected lawyer

• Mother Dorothea Zimmer 1755-1808

• 9 children• 3 sons die during infancy• Leaving 5 boys and 1 girl

1791 the Grimm’s move to Steinau

Philipp Grimm obtains a district magistrate position

Family had a large home with servants

Philipp Grimm passes in 1796 due to pneumonia

This causes a major declass in the family

Jacob & Wilhelm are sent to Lyzeum High School by their Aunt Henriette Zimmer

Jacob graduates in 1802

Wilhelm in 1803

Both at the head of their class

Jacob & Wilhelm proceed to Marburg University together hoping to follow in their fathers footsteps

Jacob drops out to follow Roman Law expert Friedrich Karl Von Savigny and moves to Paris

Wilhelm receives a law degree in 1806

• Dorothea Zimmer dies in 1808 at age 52• Jacob overwhelmed takes a position as

Librarian in Kassel to support his siblings• Wilhelm soon follows to work with Jacob

in Kassel• This is when the story collecting began

• Grimm’s primary

method for collecting

tales was by inviting

story tellers to their

homes and writing the

information down

• Story tellers consisted

of young educated

women from middle

class to aristocracy

It was believed that

the Grimm’s brothers

went around to

various peasants

collecting tales

the Grimm’s wanted the people to know the basic truths about the customs and practices of the German people and on preserving their authentic ties to the oral tradition

• English translation

Children’s and Household

Tales

• 1812 1st

volume was

published. Consisted of 86

stories and folktales

• 1814 2nd

volume is

published. Consisted of 70

stories and folktales

• All together the Kinder-und

Hausmarchen saw 8

editions

• The final contained 200

stories and folktales,

including 10 children's

legends

• The Grimm brothers produced a significant amount of books during their lifetime

• Jacob Grimm publishes 21

• Wilhelm Grimm publishes 14

• Together the brothers published 8

Folklore

History

Ethnology

Religion

Jurisprudence

Lexicography

Literary Criticism

• Aschenputtel….

Cinderella

• Schneewitchen… Snow

White

• Rumpelstilzchen

• Rotkappchen… Little

Red Riding Hood

• Hansel und Gretel….

Hansel and Gretel

• Der Froschkonig…. The

Frog King

• Dornröschen…..

Sleeping Beauty

• The Grimm’s were writers of violent vivid imagery

• Their fairy tales would allow people work through fears

• Also the Grimm’s wanted to teach people lessons on moral values: “Right & Wrong”

• The number one message that people were to gain out of their stories was… “Children should use their brains to overcome any situation”

• Today's versions of children's stories are toned down

• Its more of a “Happily Ever After” theme

• It was made so children wouldn’t be fearful or have nightmares

The Fairy Tale Road ambles for 370 miles through German LandscapesThat evoke dreams-and nightmares.

Wilhelm Carl

Grimm dies on

December 16,

1859 at the age

of 73

Jacob Ludwig

Grimm dies on

September 20,

1863 at the age

of 78

Snow WhiteCinderellaRed Riding HoodThe Goose GirlHansel and GretelSleeping Beauty

GRIMM’S SNOW WHITE DISNEY’S SNOW WHITE

Kinder-und Hausmarchen came

second only to the Bible as the best

seller in Germany and remains that

way today

There are theme parks, films, books,

and plays dedicated to the Brothers

Grimm