Hansel and Gretel
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"Hansel and Gretel" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of Grimms' Fairy Tales.
The witch welcomes Hansel and Gretel into her hut. Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1909.
Sculpture of Hansel on the duck by Ignatius Taschner. Märchenbrunnen, Berlin.
Hansel and Gretel meeting the witch, by Alexander Zick, c. 1900
Illustration by Ludwig Richter, 1842
Brothers Grimm
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The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors whose work in folklore, linguistics, and literary scholarship shaped the development of moder
Hansel and Gretel
…Hansel and Gretel" (; German: Hänsel und Gretel ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of Grimms' Fairy Tales (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of…
Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm, depicted by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1855).
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm lived in this house in Steinau from 1791 to 1796.
Jacob Grimm lecturing (illustration by Ludwig Emil Grimm, c. 1830)
Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, c. 1837