All Stories Tagged "Grimm’s Fairytales"
Sleeping Beauty or “Little Briar Rose”
Written by Brothers Grimm
A beautiful princess is cursed to fall asleep for 100 years upon her 15th birthday. Many try to reach her behind her castle of thorns and briar patch while she sleeps, but fail. After the 100 years of sleep, she awakes to find the handsome prince, whom she marries and lives happily ever after.
Tags: curses, Grimm's Fairytales, marriage, prince, princess, witch
The Six Swans
Written by Brothers Grimm
A king has seven children and six of them are changed into swans. The seventh child, his daughter, vows to save them by sewing magical shirts that will transform them back to humans. She is unable to speak during her work and must resist the doings of her evil step-mother.
Tags: animals, Grimm's Fairytales, kings and queens, marriage, witch
Thumbling as Journeyman
Written by Brothers Grimm
A boy, the size of a thumb, goes out from his father’s house into the world. He gets into all kinds of adventures and eventually returns home to his father’s love.
Tags: family, father and son, Grimm's Fairytales
Clever Elsie
Written by Grimm Brothers
Story of a girl who is easily confused and unable to comprehend simple ideas. Because of her differences everyone thinks she is clever and is taken as a bride. But her husband plays a trick on her, she becomes confused, runs away and never returns.
Tags: beer, Grimm's Fairytales, marriage
The Girl Without Hands
Written by Grimm Brothers
Story of a young maiden who has her hands cut off to save her father’s life from the devil. Because of her pious nature and good heart, she is taken in by the king and becomes queen. Her hands eventually return and she lives happily with the king.
Tags: devil, Grimm's Fairytales, kings and queens, rags to riches, religion
The Bremen Town Musicians
Written by Grimm Brothers
Story of an unlikely bunch of animals who escape their normal lives to become musicians in the nearby town of Bremen. They encounter a household of robbers along the way and team up to run them off, get their food and take over the establishment.
Tags: animals, Grimm's Fairytales, team
Little Red Riding Hood
Written by Brothers Grimm
A classic fairy tale of a little girl who learns the lesson to not talk to strangers. She is tricked by a wolf who eats and pretends to be her grandmother. In the end the girl is saved by a hunter passing by and vows to never disobey her mother again.
Tags: animals, disobedience, Grimm's Fairytales
The Seven Ravens
Written by Brothers Grimm
A girl finds that her seven brothers were cursed into becoming birds and she ventures off to save them. She finds them in a glass mountain secured by a dwarf and eventually lifts their curse.
Tags: animals, brother and sister, curses, family, Grimm's Fairytales, siblings
Mother Holle (Frau Holle)
Written by Brothers Grimm
A young girl is transported into the earth where lives Mother Holle. She helps Mother Holle clean her house and is rewarded for doing her chores well. The girl’s step-sister is also transported to Mother Holle, but because of her laziness is rewarded very differently.
Tags: Grimm's Fairytales, industrious, integrity, laziness
The Valiant/Brave Little Tailor
Written by Brothers Grimm
A story of a tailor who kills 7 flies with one strike. Wearing an apron that says, “Seven at 1 Stroke,” he convinces the town that he is a great hero. He goes on an adventure to face giants, wild animals and more. Not actually a hero, he survives using his wits not his strength.
Tags: animals, giants, Grimm's Fairytales, kings and queens, princess, trials and challenges