Grimms' Fairy Tales in English

Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The collection is commonly known in the Anglosphere as Grimm's Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Elfenmärchen).

The Brothers Grimm (or Die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore. They are among the most well-known storytellers of folk tales, popularizing stories such as "Cinderella" "(Aschenputtel)", "The Frog Prince" ("Der Froschkönig"), "Hansel and Gretel" ("Hänsel und Gretel"), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" ("Rumpelstilzchen"), and "Snow White" ("Schneewittchen"). Their first collection of folk tales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was published in 1812.

The brothers spent their formative years first in the German town of Hanau. Their father's death in 1796, (when Jacob was eleven and Wilhelm ten), caused great poverty for the family and affected the brothers for many years. They both attended the University of Marburg and at the same time developed a curiosity for folklore, which grew into a lifelong dedication to collecting German folk tales.

A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features European folkloric fantasy characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants, witches, mermaids, or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described)[1] and explicitly moral tales, including beast fables.

In less technical contexts, the term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy tale ending" (a happy ending) or "fairy tale romance" (though not all fairy tales end happily). Colloquially, a "fairy tale" or "fairy story" can also mean any farfetched story or tall tale; it's used especially of any story that not only isn't true, but couldn't possibly be true.

儿童与家庭故事（德语：金德-UNDHausmärchen）是德国童话首次出版于1812年的格林兄弟，雅各布和威廉的集合。集合是在盎格鲁势力范围俗称格林童话（德语：格林兄弟Elfenmärchen）。

格林兄弟（或模具商Gebrüder格林），雅各布（1785年至1863年）和威廉·格林（1786-1859），是德国学者，语言学家，文化研究，词典编纂和谁一起结集出版民间传说的作者。他们是在民间传说中最知名的讲故事的人，普及故事如“灰姑娘”，“（Aschenputtel）”，“青蛙王子”（“明镜Froschkönig”），“糖果屋”（“汉塞尔UND格莱特”） ，“长发公主”，“侏儒怪”（“Rumpelstilzchen”），和“白雪公主”（“Schneewittchen”）。民间故事，儿童与家庭故事（金德-UNDHausmärchen）他们的首部作品，出版于1812年。

这对兄弟花了他们的成长期首先在哈瑙的德国小镇。他们的父亲去世于1796年，（雅各是11和威廉·10），造成了家庭的巨大的贫困和受影响的兄弟多年。他们都参加了马尔堡大学，并在同一时间开发出一种好奇的民间传说，它成长为一个毕生奉献给收集德国民间故事。

童话是一种类型的短篇小说，通常拥有欧洲风格的民俗幻想字符，如妖精，妖精，精灵，巨魔，矮人，巨人，巫婆，美人鱼，或侏儒，和通常魔法或者魔法。童话故事可以从其他民间叙事如传说（一般涉及信仰中所描述的事件的真实性）[1]，并明确道德故事，包括寓言兽区别。

在技​​术性较低的环境中，这个词也被用来形容一些祝福与不寻常的幸福，如“童话的结局”（大团圆结局）或“童话浪漫”（尽管不是所有的童话故事结束愉快）。通俗地说，一个“童话”或“童话故事”也可以指任何牵强的故事或高大的故事;它是特别适用的任何故事，不仅是不正确的，但不可能是真实的。