13 Facts About Brothers Grimm

Brothers Grimm spent their formative years in the town of Hanau in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel.

In 1796 Philipp Brothers Grimm died of pneumonia, causing great poverty for the large family.

Brothers Grimm left Steinau and their family in 1798 to attend the in Kassel, which had been arranged and paid for by their aunt.

Brothers Grimm arranged and paid for his brother Ludwig's studies at art school and for Wilhelm's extended visit to Halle to seek treatment for heart and respiratory ailments, following which Wilhelm joined Jacob as librarian in Kassel At Brentano's request, the brothers had begun collecting folk tales in a cursory manner in 1807.

Brothers Grimm was later joined there by Wilhelm, Dortchen, and their four children.

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Brothers Grimm were without income and again in extreme financial difficulty in 1838, so they began what would become a lifelong project—the writing of a definitive dictionary, the German Dictionary —whose first volume was not published until 1854.

Brothers Grimm were directly influenced by Brentano and von Arnim, who edited and adapted the folk songs of .

Brothers Grimm gained a reputation for collecting tales from peasants, although many tales came from middle-class or aristocratic acquaintances.

Brothers Grimm made the tales stylistically similar, added dialogue, removed pieces "that might detract from a rustic tone", improved the plots, and incorporated psychological motifs.

Brothers Grimm believes that Wilhelm "gleaned" bits from old Germanic faiths, Norse mythology, Roman and Greek mythology, and biblical stories that he reshaped.

Brothers Grimm strongly believed that the dream of national unity and independence relied on a full knowledge of the cultural past that was reflected in folklore.

Brothers Grimm follows a detective who discovers that he is a Brothers Grimm, the latest in a line of guardians who are sworn to keep the balance between humanity and mythological creatures.

Separate from the previous series are The Land of Stories and its Sisters Brothers Grimm, a self-described coven determined to track down and document creatures from the fairy-tale world that cross over to the real world.