Talk: Brothers Grimm

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Less well known is the Brothers Grimm's work on a German dictionary, the Deutsches Wörterbuch.

Do we know whether theirs was the first in Deutsch?

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Another apparently common theme in the fairy tales is that old women tend to be actual witches who can put spells on people and commit other assorted acts of evil. Does anyone have any explanation for this? I'd be very interested to see the meaning behind it. -Branddobbe 6:19 PM PST, Dec 8 2003

Try consulting a dictionary of mythological archetypes: old women and what they represent. Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise von Franz might have something. --ArcticFrog 20:00, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)ArcticFrog

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Hey what about a reference to Grimm's Law. -- 203.150.193.11

That's only Jakob. -- Toby Bartels 01:20, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Collecting information

I'm trying to gather as much information on the Brothers Grimm as I can, and if anyone has any information at all (e.g. what inspired their work, what other little known accomplishments they had etc.) I would be very grateful!

[I'm trying to collect info for a report next wednesday!]

-John Schellhase 9/23/04 4:06 pm