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Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, pronounced [ˌkɪndɐ ʔʊnt ˈhaʊsmɛːɐ̯çən], commonly abbreviated as KHM), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812.
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics, also known as Grimm Masterpiece Theater (グリム名作劇場 Gurimu meisaku gekijō) in the original version and The Grimm's Fairy Tales (in Australia and New Zealand), is a Japanese anime anthology series by Nippon Animation based on the Grimms' Fairy Tales.
The Brothers Grimm noted its similarity to the Italian The Goat-faced Girl and the Norwegian The Lassie and Her Godmother. [2] They also noted its connection to the forbidden door and tell-tale stain of Fitcher's Bird. [2] Other tales that make use of these elements are Bluebeard and "In the Black Woman's Castle". [3]
"The Wedding of Mrs. Fox" is featured in Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics.In this version, the wealthy Mr. Fox is convinced by a devilish fox he encounters fishing that his beautiful wife is being unfaithful and convinces him to at first follow her though he finds no proof of infidelity so the devilish fox suggests he pretend he is dead, fooling both his wife and their feline maid.
The original story is the first of three fairy tales contained as entry 39 in the German Grimm's Fairy Tales under the common title "Die Wichtelmänner". In her translation of 1884 Margaret Hunt chose The Elves as title for these three stories. [2]
Grimm's Fairy Tales " Frau Holle " ( / ˌ f r aʊ ˈ h ɒ l / HOL , German: [fʁaʊ ˈhɔlə] ; also known as " Mother Holle ", " Mother Hulda " or " Old Mother Frost ") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Children's and Household Tales in 1812 (KHM 24).