Hänsel and Grethel / Hänsel und Gretel

Hänsel and Grethel / Hänsel und Gretel

by Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob Grimm
Publication Date: 17/01/2015

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This edition contains the English translation and the original text in German.


"Hansel and Gretel" (German: "Hänsel und Gretel") is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their lives by outwitting her. The tale has been adapted to various media, most notably the opera "Hänsel und Gretel" (1893) by Engelbert Humperdinck and a stop-motion animated feature film made in the 1950s based on the opera. Under the Aarne–Thompson classification system, "Hansel and Gretel" is classified under Class 327.


"Hänsel und Gretel" ist ein Märchen (ATU 327A). Es steht in den Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm an Stelle 15 (KHM 15). Dort schrieb sich der Titel ab der 2. Auflage "Hänsel und Grethel". Das Märchen fand auch Aufnahme in Ludwig Bechsteins "Deutsches Märchenbuch 1856". Gemäß Aarne-Thompson-Index wird das Märchen als 327A typisiert. Ludwig Bechstein übernahm es in sein Deutsches Märchenbuch als "Vom Hänschen und Gretchen, die in die roten Beeren gingen".

ISBN:
1230000291824
1230000291824
Category:
Classic fiction
Publication Date:
17-01-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Paperless
Wilhelm Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), German author and cultural researcher, was one half of the Grimm Brothers; authors of some of the most popular and best-known European fairy tales. He was born in the town of Hanau, in what was at the time the Holy Roman Empire. He was a graduate of the University of Marburg.

Jacob Grimm

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863), one half of of the renowned Brothers Grimm, was a German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He was also a linguist, and discoverer of "Grimms law," and wrote several of the Wests best known fairy tales along with his brother Wilhelm. He was born in the town of Hanau, in what was at the time the Holy Roman Empire. He was a graduate of the University of Marburg.

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