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Ok, so this was partially a nostalgia-inducing read. Can't believe so many of the stories I had encountered in my childhood are from the Grimm Brothers' collection. This compilation has many popular favourites in their original complete form. Some of the stories are absolutely beautiful while others are really gruesome. I had heard that the cruelty and violence in original versions of some of the tales led to the Grimms eventually sanitising them. So this book really made me wonder how much darker or gorier the original folk tales would have been.
Of course, the stories are really imaginative and do hold your attention. For a collection that is more than 200 years old, it's a big achievement to be remembered and read even when the world has changed so much since its original publication.
Then again, the problem with the stories remains the same today as it was originally: most of the stories are chauvinistic. The female characters hardly ever have a voice of their own, their only purpose in life is to be married off, and those women who do speak their mind are evil witches or vamps. So this isn't a collection that has adapted to the mentality of the 21st century.
Read it only for a glimpse back into your childhood and nothing else. This is a just-for-fun nostalgic experience, no morals or life lessons to be found here.
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I just couldn't get into them. Some were familiar, and that was sweet, while others were new and therefore mildly interesting. But I never felt like reading them, even as a little something short and easy before bed. The book itself I'll keep, it's gorgeous and very high quality, and who knows when it might be needed as a reference.
The most interesting thing about The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales is just how bloody and violent they are. The Walt Disney tales of Snow White, Cinderella or Little Red Riding Hood we grew up with are a far cry from the originals. Taken in moderation these tales might have been interesting but when I start a book I always finish it, which meant reading all 251 of the tales. And sadly, after just a short time, they became overly repetitive, completely predictable, and quite frankly, really boring. ( )
Finally finished. I have lots of thoughts about these tales and their common motifs. Pretty much, if you have a stepmother, she's wicked and dabbles in witchcraft. Trials and events happen in threes. There's always a dress of the sun, a dress of the moon, and a dress of the stars that a beautiful maiden will exchange with a false bride so that she may sleep in the same chamber as her beloved, but the false bride will give the groom a sleeping potion so that he won't hear the beautiful maiden's story and remember who she is. Luckily the servants will inform the prince and all will be made well. The cleverest son is usually the one deemed stupid or daft. If you can slip from the skin of an animal, a form you are required to take by day, and someone steals the skin and burns it, then you are free from your curse and will remain human. And on and on. I learned many ways to cheat the devil, so that's handy. It was enjoyable to read the original, darker versions of the tales Disney "cleaned up" and to read the tales no one ever mentions, like "Allerleirauh" which in the German means "of many different kinds of fur." "The Bremen Town Musicians" and "The Master Thief" are two of my faves. ( )
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Sage vergeht nie ganz, die verbreitete, welche der Völker redende Lippe umschwebt: denn sie ist unsterbliche Göttin (Hesiod, 763)
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In olden times, when wishing still helped, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which had seen so many things, was always filled with amazement each time it cast its rays upon her face.
Long ago, when wishes often came true, there lived a King whose daughters were all handsome, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun himself, who has seen everything, was bemused every time he shone over her because of her beauty.
A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY OF CHILDREN'S CLASSICS Edition
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If the little fur had been longer, then this tale would have been longer, too.
She took the two rose-trees with her, and they stood before her window, and every year bore the most beautiful roses, white and red. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY OF CHILDREN'S CLASSICS Edition
Of course, the stories are really imaginative and do hold your attention. For a collection that is more than 200 years old, it's a big achievement to be remembered and read even when the world has changed so much since its original publication.
Then again, the problem with the stories remains the same today as it was originally: most of the stories are chauvinistic. The female characters hardly ever have a voice of their own, their only purpose in life is to be married off, and those women who do speak their mind are evil witches or vamps. So this isn't a collection that has adapted to the mentality of the 21st century.
Read it only for a glimpse back into your childhood and nothing else. This is a just-for-fun nostalgic experience, no morals or life lessons to be found here.
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