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The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces / Die zertanzten Schuhe

The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces / Die zertanzten Schuhe

by Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob Grimm
Publication Date: 18/01/2015
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This edition contains the English translation and the original text in German.


"The Twelve Dancing Princesses" (or "The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes" or "The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces") is a German fairy tale originally published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 in "Kinder- und Hausmärchen" as tale number 133. Its closest analogue is the Scottish "Kate Crackernuts", where it is a prince who is obliged to dance every night. Charles Deulin collected another, French version in his "Contes du Roi Cambinus" (1874), which he credited to the Grimm version. Alexander Afanasyev collected a Russian variant, "The Secret Ball", in "Narodnye russkie skazki".


"Die zertanzten Schuhe" ist ein Märchen (ATU 306). Es steht in den Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm an Stelle 133 (KHM 133).

ISBN:
1230000292006
1230000292006
Category:
Classic fiction
Publication Date:
18-01-2015
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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