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Browse all texts on the Brothers Grimm - Below you'll find all the fairy tales from "Children's and Household Tales" by the Brothers Grimm. Most of the texts are translated by Margaret Hunt. For some of the fairy tales there are alternative translations provided. The markings are as follows:
1.The fairy tales translated by Margaret Hunt will be without additional markings.
2.The fairy tales based on the translations of Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes are marked with "*" at the end.
3.The fairy tales from "Grimm's fairy stories" are marked with "**"
4.Grimm's fairy tales from the fourth book - "Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm" are marked with "***"

The Tales


12.Rapunzel
12.Rapunzel*
12.Rapunzel**
12.Rapunzel***
101.Bearskin
101.Bearskin**
174.The Owl
Children's Legends:
1.St. Joseph in the Forest
2.The Twelve Apostles
3.The Rose
4.Poverty and Humility lead to Heaven
5.God's Food
6.The Three Green Twigs
7.Our Lady's Little Glass
8.The Aged Mother
9.The Heavenly Wedding
10.The Hazel-Branch

*These fairy tales are from the translation of Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes. I could not find their versions in the complete (Margaret Hunt) translation, so I will put them here for now. They are probably taken from earlier editions of Grimms' book. If you have a clue on their place in the collection or you see any other errors, please let me know.

1.Cat-Skin
2.Iron Hans
3.The Adventures Of Chanticleer And Partlet
4.The Salad
5.The Twelve Dancing Princesses

**These ones are from the "Grimm's Fairy Stories" book. I could not find their versions in the complete (Margaret Hunt) translation, so I will put them here for now.

1.The Travels Of Tom Thumb

***These ones are from the "Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm" book. I could not find their versions in the complete (Margaret Hunt) translation, so I will put them here for now.

1.Six soldires of fortune
2.The vagabonds
3.Tom Thumb's travels


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