What is Brothers Grimm?
[[File:Grimm.jpg|thumb|right|Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jakob Grimm. Contemporary portrait by [[Elisabeth Maria Anna Jerichau-Baumann]]. done in 1855.]] The '''Brothers Grimm''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Die Brüder Grimm'', also ''Gebrüder Grimm'') were the brothers [[Jacob Grimm|Jakob]] and [[Wilhelm Grimm]]. They were German academics and most famous for their collections of [[folktale]]s and [[fairy tales]], and for their work in [[linguistics]]. The Grimm brothers both became [[linguist]]s. They are the inventors of German [[philology]]. They also did other language-related work, like publishing one of the first [[grammar]] books for the [[German language]]. They also wrote fairy tales, and collected the tales which people told them. They published a collection of fairy tales known as ''[[Grimms' Fairy Tales]]'' (''Grimms Märchen''). == Other websites == {{wikiquote-en|Brothers Grimm}} {{wikisource|Author:Brothers Grimm|Brothers Grimm}} {{commonscat|Brothers Grimm}} * [http://www.grimms.de The Museum of the Brothers Grimm in Kassel, Germany] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131020521/http://www.grimms.de/ |date=2021-01-31 }} === Texts and recordings === * [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms.html Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103093810/http://surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms.html |date=2010-01-03 }} (This site is the only one to feature all of the Grimms' notes translated in English along with the tales from Hunt's original edition. Andrew Lang's introduction is also included.) * {{gutenberg|no=2591|name=Grimm's Fairy Tales}} * {{gutenberg|no=5314|name=Grimm's household tales}}. Translated by Margaret Hunt. * [http://www.classicistranieri.com/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=6600 Brothers Grimm - Fairy Tales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208130044/http://www.classicistranieri.com/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=6600 |date=2007-02-08 }} Audiobooks * [http://librivox.or