History Creator / TheBrothersGrimm

* AnAesop
** Often in these tales the aesop is that following instructions ''to the letter'' will make your dreams come true, and conversely that not doing so will land you in [[OhCrap big trouble]]. These are often directed at young girls, making sure that they stay in line into adulthood.
** "Odds and Ends": a bridegroom will prefer a servant to the daughter of the house if he learns she is thrifty and industrious, unlike the daughter.
** "The Wolf and the Man": The most obvious lesson of the story is to never lie about experiences you never had. But, there's another lesson that's not often talked about. While it's good to challenge yourself now and again, always remember your weaknesses before throwing yourself into a situation that you don't know how to handle or cope with. You also shouldn't set expectations on people for that same reason.

* DealWithTheDevil: Both literally and figuratively. This normally [[BrokenAesop turns out very well]] for the protagonist. ([[http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm044.html Death,]] [[TearJerker however...]])

* "Literature/TheWhiteSnake"("Die weiße Schlange")

* ''Literature/TheWhiteSnake'' (''Die weiße Schlange'')

* BettyAndVeronica: In "Odds and Ends", the daughter of the house and the servant.

* DancesAndBalls: In "Aschenputtel"

* FairyTale

* HappilyEverAfter

* ImAHumanitarian: Cannibalism figures in several stories, most notably "Literature/TheJuniperTree".

* NoNameGiven: Sometimes

* OnceUponATime
* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Among others, "How Six Men Went Far In the World"

* VillainousGlutton: The wolf from "The Wolf and the Fox", to the point where the fox lampshades his overeating several times.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesGrimm Bring on the Grimm!]]''[[note]]Wilhelm on the left, Jacob on the right.[[/note]]]]

->''Nearly all my labours have been devoted, either directly or indirectly, to the investigation of our earlier language, poetry and laws. These studies may have appeared to many, and may still appear, useless; to me they have always seemed a noble and earnest task, definitely and inseparably connected with our common fatherland, and calculated to foster the love of it. My principle has always been in these investigations to under-value nothing, but to utilize the small for the illustration of the great, the popular tradition for the elucidation of the written monuments

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesGrimm Bring on the Grimm!]]'']]

Jacob Ludwig Carl (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859), known collectively as The Brothers Grimm, were German linguists born in the late 18th century, who, in an effort to preserve Germany's heritage and promote cultural unity in a period of [[UsefulNotes/AllTheLittleGermanies political disunity]], collected a vast array of folk tales from their fellow Germans (mostly middle- and upper-class friends). The brothers eventually published these stories in the famous collection which they called ''Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' (''Children's and Household Tales''), but which is generally better known among English-speakers as ''Grimms' Fairy Tales''. Germans of a certain generation may know their faces from the last issue (1990-2002) of German banknotes where they appeared on the DM 1000 ,- note.

->''I do have to wonder what sort of childhood the Grimm brothers endured. They are not a merry bunch of storytellers, what with [[Literature/HanselAndGretel their children roasted by witches]], [[Literature/SnowWhite maidens poisoned by old crones]], and whatnot.''
-->-- '''Creator/LibbaBray'''