Grimms' fairy tales

collection of German fairy tales first published 1812–15 by the Grimm brothers
VisualArtwork literary_work Q163027
Grimms' fairy tales
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Summary

Grimms' fairy tales is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,916 views/month, #224 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Jacob Grimm[3], Wilhelm Grimm[4], Brothers Grimm[5]
  • Country: Germany[6]
  • Editor: Jacob Grimm[7], Wilhelm Grimm[8]
  • Genre: fairy tale[9], folklore[10]
  • Based on: Italienische Märchen[11], Folktales of the Germans[12], Des Knaben Wunderhorn[13], Les Contes des Fées[14], Pentamerone[15], Q42426008[16]
  • Commons category: Grimm's Fairy Tales[17], Kinder- und Hausmärchen[18]
  • Language of work or name: German[19]
  • Country of origin: Germany[20], Kingdom of Westphalia[21]
  • Has part(s): Kinder- und Haus-Märchen Band 1[22], Kinder- und Haus-Märchen Band 2[23]
  • Inception: 1806[24]
  • Publication date: 1812[25], 1813[26], 1819[27]
  • Has edition or translation: Kinder und Hausmärchen Gebrüder Grimm 1819/1822[28], Kinder- und Haus-Märchen[29], Q19215506[30], Q19215526[31], Q19215525[32], Q19215530[33], Q19215533[34], Q19215536[35], Elektitaj fabeloj de la Fratoj Grimm[36], Cuentos escogidos de los Hermanos Grimm[37], Baśnie[38], Contos de Grimm[39], Pohádky[40], Kuater kuenta dì Grimm[41]
  • Contributor to the creative work or subject: Dorothea Viehmann[42], Friederike Mannel[43], Johann Friedrich Krause[44]
  • Dedicated to: Bettina von Arnim[45], Freimund von Arnim[46]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Grimms' Fairy Tales[47]
  • Title: Kinder- und Hausmärchen[48], Kinder und Hausmärchen[49]
  • Has effect: social integration[50]
  • Short name: KHM[51]
  • Different from: Q17462791[52]
  • Has list: Q11876438[53]
  • Derivative work: Grimm Tales Made Gay[54], An allem ist Hütchen schuld![55]
  • Copyright status: public domain[56]
  • Form of creative work: collection of fairy tales[57]

Why It Matters

Grimms' fairy tales has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Samoasambia · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → Q11876438
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  2. 14w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 111119
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  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0353324-Kinder-und-Hausmarchen
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