Three Grimm Brothers "Witch Tales" (1812-1815)

The brothers Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), co-authors of an extremely monumental modern German-language dictionary, are first and foremost renowned in the academic circles of their homeland as two of the main founders of German philology.

But of course among us lesser mortals they are best known for their remarkable collection of popular tales that they published in two volumes in 1812 and 1815.

We present here three of the best tales in their original, unadulterated versions, all featuring witches, selected because of their drive and energy, their utter realism beneath the veneer of make-believe, the way they get straight to the point without hemming and hawing and euphemising around, their frank and realistic violence that tells us so much about the lifestyle of the narrators who handed these stories down for generations until they arrived in the Grimm brothers collection, their innate charm – in short, the qualities that have enabled them to become so popular (albeit mostly in adulterated versions) for so long.

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