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Household Tales
Chapters (202)
- The Frog-King, or Iron Henry 0:00
- Cat and Mouse in Partnership 9:07
- Our Lady’s Child 15:15
- The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was 27:18
- The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids 51:00
- Faithful John 57:49
- The Good Bargain 1:17:42
- The Wonderful Musician 1:28:17
- The Twelve Brothers 1:34:53
- The Pack of Ragamuffins 1:47:30
- Little Brother and Little Sister 1:52:12
- Rapunzel 2:06:54
- The Three Little Men in the Wood 2:16:03
- The Three Spinners 2:28:31
- Hänsel and Grethel 2:34:21
- The Three Snake-Leaves 2:52:37
- The White Snake 3:01:29
- The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean 3:11:16
- The Fisherman and His Wife 3:14:23
- The Valiant Little Tailor 3:34:06
- Cinderella 3:54:40
- The Riddle 4:11:10
- The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage 4:18:12
- Mother Holle 4:21:58
- The Seven Ravens 4:29:05
- Little Redcap 4:35:11
- The Bremen Town-Musicians 4:43:44
- The Singing Bone 4:51:20
- The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs 4:55:39
- The Louse and the Flea 5:10:57
- The Girl Without Hands 5:14:26
- Clever Hans 5:29:04
- The Three Languages 5:35:42
- Clever Elsie 5:41:17
- The Tailor in Heaven 5:49:27
- The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack 5:54:22
- Thumbling 6:18:27
- The Wedding of Mrs. Fox 6:32:12
- The Elves 6:37:20
- The Robber Bridegroom 6:44:22
- Herr Korbes 6:53:04
- The Godfather 6:55:26
- Frau Trude 6:59:25
- Godfather Death 7:01:31
- Thumbling as Journeyman 7:09:12
- Fitcher’s Bird 7:19:06
- The Juniper-Tree 7:27:31
- Old Sultan 7:47:41
- The Six Swans 7:52:40
- Briar-Rose 8:04:38
- Fundevogel (Bird-Foundling) 8:12:45
- King Thrushbeard 8:18:52
- Little Snow-White 8:28:54
- The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn 8:49:03
- Rumpelstiltskin 9:03:19
- Sweetheart Roland 9:10:09
- The Golden Bird 9:19:21
- The Dog and the Sparrow 9:37:35
- Frederick and Catherine 9:45:25
- The Two Brothers 10:01:31
- The Little Peasant 10:53:18
- The Queen Bee 11:05:47
- The Three Feathers 11:10:47
- The Golden Goose 11:16:59
- Allerleirauh 11:23:28
- The Hare’s Bride 11:36:50
- The Twelve Huntsmen 11:40:11
- The Thief and His Master 11:46:56
- Jorinda and Joringel 11:52:05
- The Three Sons of Fortune 11:58:07
- How Six Men Got on in the World 12:04:06
- The Wolf and the Man 12:16:13
- The Wolf and the Fox 12:18:52
- The Fox and His Cousin 12:23:16
- The Fox and the Cat 12:25:37
- The Pink 12:27:34
- Clever Grethel 12:38:26
- The Old Man and His Grandson 12:44:13
- The Water-Nix 12:45:46
- The Death of the Little Hen 12:47:40
- Brother Lustig 12:51:39
- Gambling Hansel 13:17:41
- Hans in Luck 13:23:36
- Hans Married 13:35:39
- The Gold-Children 13:38:28
- The Fox and the Geese 13:50:19
- The Poor Man and the Rich Man 13:51:53
- The Singing, Springing Lark 14:02:02
- The Goose-Girl 14:16:33
- The Young Giant 14:30:13
- The Gnome 14:48:48
- The King of the Golden Mountain 14:59:24
- The Raven 15:14:24
- The Peasant’s Wise Daughter 15:28:11
- Old Hildebrand 15:36:26
- The Three Little Birds 15:45:02
- The Water of Life 15:53:58
- Doctor Knowall 16:07:29
- The Spirit in the Bottle 16:12:14
- The Devil’s Sooty Brother 16:23:16
- Bearskin 16:31:05
- The Willow-Wren and the Bear 16:43:20
- Sweet Porridge 16:49:08
- Wise Folks 16:50:43
- Stories About Snakes 17:00:04
- The Poor Miller’s Boy and the Cat 17:03:31
- The Two Travellers 17:11:55
- Hans the Hedgehog 17:37:22
- The Shroud 17:49:48
- The Jew Among Thorns 17:51:34
- The Skilful Huntsman 18:02:33
- The Flail from Heaven 18:15:59
- The Two Kings’ Children 18:18:16
- The Cunning Little Tailor 18:38:46
- The Bright Sun Brings It to Light 18:46:03
- The Blue Light 18:49:19
- The Wilful Child 19:00:05
- The Three Army-Surgeons 19:00:55
- The Seven Swabians 19:07:22
- The Three Apprentices 19:13:58
- The King’s Son Who Feared Nothing 19:21:02
- Donkey Cabbages 19:34:13
- The Old Woman in the Wood 19:50:11
- The Three Brothers 19:56:12
- The Devil and His Grandmother 20:00:27
- Ferdinand the Faithful 20:08:11
- The Iron Stove 20:19:48
- The Lazy Spinner 20:33:12
- The Four Skilful Brothers 20:37:58
- One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes 20:47:50
- Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie 21:04:52
- The Fox and the Horse 21:07:36
- The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces 21:10:30
- The Six Servants 21:19:15
- The White Bride and the Black One 21:36:04
- Iron John 21:45:43
- The Three Black Princesses 22:05:01
- Knoist and His Three Sons 22:09:14
- The Maid of Brakel 22:10:13
- Domestic Servants 22:11:07
- The Lambkin and the Little Fish 22:12:29
- Simeli Mountain 22:16:25
- Going A-Travelling 22:21:57
- The Donkey 22:24:42
- The Ungrateful Son 22:32:57
- The Turnip 22:33:51
- The Old Man Made Young Again 22:40:56
- The Lord’s Animals and the Devil’s 22:44:15
- The Beam 22:46:37
- The Old Beggar-Woman 22:48:22
- The Three Sluggards 22:49:27
- The Twelve Idle Servants 22:50:47
- The Shepherd Boy 22:57:19
- The Star-Money 22:59:36
- The Stolen Farthings 23:01:50
- Brides on Their Trial 23:03:59
- Odds and Ends 23:04:59
- The Sparrow and His Four Children 23:06:15
- The Story of Schlauraffen Land 23:12:18
- The Ditmarsch Tale of Wonders 23:14:32
- A Riddling Tale 23:16:00
- Snow-White and Rose-Red 23:16:47
- The Wise Servant 23:31:50
- The Glass Coffin 23:33:27
- Lazy Harry 23:47:47
- The Griffin 23:53:53
- Strong Hans 24:10:21
- The Peasant in Heaven 24:25:58
- Lean Lisa 24:27:37
- The Hut in the Forest 24:30:24
- Sharing Joy and Sorrow 24:41:48
- The Willow-Wren 24:44:19
- The Sole 24:51:33
- The Bittern and the Hoopoe 24:53:11
- The Owl 24:54:46
- The Moon 25:00:01
- The Duration of Life 25:04:51
- Death’s Messengers 25:08:35
- Master Pfriem (Master Cobbler’s Awl) 25:12:38
- The Goose-Girl at the Well 25:21:20
- Eve’s Various Children 25:45:46
- The Nix of the Millpond 25:50:31
- The Little Folks’ Presents 26:03:54
- The Giant and the Tailor 26:09:36
- The Nail 26:14:07
- The Poor Boy in the Grave 26:15:45
- The True Sweethearts 26:23:02
- The Hare and the Hedgehog 26:39:56
- The Spindle, the Shuttle, and the Needle 26:48:23
- The Peasant and the Devil 26:55:16
- The Crumbs on the Table 26:57:49
- The Sea-Hare 26:59:06
- The Master-Thief 27:06:49
- The Drummer 27:25:14
- The Ear of Corn 27:48:23
- The Grave-Mound 27:49:55
- Old Rinkrank 27:59:04
- The Crystal Ball 28:03:50
- Maid Maleen 28:10:11
- The Boots of Buffalo-Leather 28:22:38
- The Golden Key 28:31:25
- Children’s Legends 28:32:44
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When it was first published in 1812 as Children’s and Household Tales, this collection of Germanic fairy tales contained eighty-six stories and was criticized because, despite the name, it wasn’t particularly well-suited to children. Over the next forty-five years, stories were added, removed, and modified until the final seventh edition was published in 1857, containing 210 fairy tales. Today, the book is commonly referred to as Grimms’ Fairy Tales.
These fairy tales include well-known characters such as Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel, as well as many more that never became quite as popular. Over the years, these stories have been translated, retold, and adapted to many different media.
This is a collection of Margaret Hunt’s 1884 English translation, originally published in two volumes.