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Gambling Hansel
Gambling Hansel (''De Spielhansl''): Grimms' Fairy Tales, KHM 82 is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in their first edition of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales, Children's and Household Tales'' in 1812. The story contains elements of Aarne–Thompson classification systems, Aarne–Thompson type 330A: The Smith's Three Wishes.''Gambling Hansel'' - The Grimm Brothers Project - University of Pittsburgh Story Margaret Raine Hunt (1831–1912) translated the tale in 1884: Once upon a time there was a man who did nothing but gamble, and for that reason people never called him anything but Gambling Hansel, and as he never ceased to gamble, he played away his house and all that he had. Now the very day before his creditors were to take his house from him, came the Lord and St. Peter, and asked him ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimms' Fairy Tales
''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', originally known as the ''Children's and Household Tales'' (german: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, lead=yes, ), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Grimm brothers or "Brothers Grimm", Jacob Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. This first Edition (book), edition contained 86 stories, and by the seventh edition in 1857, it had 210 unique fairy tales. It is listed by UNESCO in its UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, Memory of the World Registry. Origin Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were two of 10 children from Dorothea (''née'' Zimmer) and Philipp Wilhelm Grimm. Philipp was a highly regarded district magistrate in Steinau an der Straße, about from Hanau. Jacob and Wilhelm were sent to school for a classical education once they were of age, while their father was working. They were very hard-working pupils throughout their education. They followed in their father's footsteps and started to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
