Cuentos de siempre II

Grimms Märchen #2

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

Cuentos clásicos de los Hermanos Grimm.

Genres: Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Fairy Tales, German Literature, Childrens

17 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1812

About the author

German philologist and folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1822 formulated Grimm's Law, the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812-1815).

Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.

This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his Deutsche Mythologie .

Adapted from Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Danielle The Book Huntress · Rating 4 out of 5]

What an enjoyable quick audiobook! A nice mix of short fairy tales from the Grimms' collection. I haven't read any of these particular stories, although I am familiar with plot devices and archetypes from more than a few of them. The narrator was great. She brought these stories to life. There is also classical music to accompany parts of the stories. I could see this audiobook being very good for kids to expose them to fairy tales. They would enjoy the stories and the narrator's different voices. I would say these are pretty kid-friendly stories, especially for the Grimms, which can be dark. Overall, each story has a good lesson about morals and ethics, from hard work, to keeping promises, and not giving up when things get rough.

Listening brought back the joy of reading fairy tales, that I have not ever gotten over, even into my 4th decade. I'd recommend it!

Overall rating: 4.5/5.0 stars.

[C_amara_deriee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A full month later, I'm finally done.

I'm not going to sugarcoat: most of these stories were 2–3 star reads. But every ninth story or so was a 5-star read, and every sixth or seventh were 4-stars. There were stories I never would have thought of and were fascinated by, and stories that were the basis or very early adaptations for tales and tropes I've heard redone, like Snow White (did you know her sister is Rose Red?), Cinderella, a slow animal racing a rabbit, maidens locked in towers, table cloths that produce food, etc.

But then there would also be racist, or overly religious, or very sexist ones that I could not condone. And I felt kind of ripped off to find out all the tropes that would repeat in more than one story, like an article of clothing (the two I remember are the wishing cap and the saddle) that would teleport anywhere you wished. Seemed like a cop-out to include cool tropes in the exact same way more than once.

Overall, I added an extra star for this being the only "classic" book I've ever liked. Excited to read the first Volume, which is suppose to be even better!

[Umut Çalışan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bilindik pek çok masalın kısaltılmamış orijinal halini okumak güzel. Öte yandan onlarca ne olduğu belirsiz "ne ki şimdi bu" diyeceğiniz hikaye de kitabın sayfalarını dolduruyor.

[Art the Turtle of Amazing Girth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some were ok, most were bleh,

I'm happy I'm done, I guess this was high life reading back when they were done by the Grimm Boys, but now? Meh

[Katrina G · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty much what I thought it would be

[Jasmine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Last year, I read volume 1. While I can't say that it was a great book--the stories were ridiculous, repetitive, and strange--they were amusing, and it was worth reading. However, volume 2 was really disappointing. The stories were not of the same quality, and this book was not worth reading.

Tale #4, Stories about Snakes, consists of three stories, about snakes. Here is the third story, in its entirety:

A snake cries, "Huhu, huhu."
A child says, "Come out." The snake comes out, then the child inquires about her little sister: "Have you not seen little Red Stockings?"
The snake says, "No."
"Neither have I."
"Then I am like you. Huhu, huhu, huhu."

Huh? (Or should that be huhu?) Were they high? What is this?

Tale #16, The Willful Child was pretty weird. In summary, a child would not obey her mother, so God "had no pleasure in her, and let her become ill" and the child died. The dead child was buried, and her arm popped out of the grave, and the mother had to beat the arm to get it to rest underground.

So, I guess the moral for children is: obey your parents or God will let you die? That is some messed up shit.

Tale #74, The Owl is about burning an owl in a barn, because people are afraid of it.

While the first volume had a lot of repetition, volume 2 was excessively repetitive--I suspect volume 2 are all the stories that didn't make the cut for volume 1. The majority of the stories were either about a young man (often a prince) having to save the a king's daughter who has been enchanted or kidnapped and hidden away (usually in a "glass mountain"), or about someone dying.

The last 10 tales are listed as "children's legends" and are preachy, religious fables about god and heaven, and at the end of most of them, someone dies. The worst one was legend #8, The Aged Mother: there is an old woman whose entire family and all her relations and friends have died over the years, and she's all alone. The deaths of her children are the most painful, and she's upset with God.

She goes to church and sees a vision of her two sons, "one hanging on the gallows, the other bound to the wheel." Then her aunt (huh? I thought all her relatives had died...) says, "You see, this is how it would have been with them if they had lived, and if the good God had not taken them to himself when they were innocent children." Geez, that's comforting--be thankful that your children died when young, as they would have been tortured and hung. Then three days later, the old woman dies.

[Ryan Aday · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Brothers Grimm Volume II: 110 Grimmer Fairy Tales is a collection of some of the Grimm Brother’s famous stories, following off of the previous book- The Brothers Grimm, 101 Fairy Tales. It includes the original and unchanged tales of witches, sorcery, and monsters in the woods and kingdoms of the eleventh to fourteenth century. Having lesser known short stories such as “The Two Travelers”, “The Three Army Surgeons”, “Hans the Hedgehog”, and “Star Money”, the book still has the more well known and more told stories like “Snow White and Rose Red”. As implied in the name, these stories can be quite gory and write about torture and death, which was very common in the Medieval and Dark Times. Although the book can go into detail with violence, the brothers have written more charming and peaceful tales as well.
Within the text of the novel, the writers always try to conceive a message within them- “keep away from strangers”, “work hard to get your reward”, and “be nice to others”, to name a few. The tone is definitely medieval in all of the tales, since “thy”, “thou”, and “wherein” are used frequently throughout the pages, and not one word has been changed from the original. The violence does appear quite a few times in some, if not most, of the stories written, and may cause children to be frightened of some things after listening to them, and having nightmare about the monsters. Even though the book can be scary for some, it is still a great read, but only the brave and bold during the day.

[Vic · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this. Simple. Brings me back to childhood

[Eva Stremova · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very amazing book. for all ages and seems it is good to reteller these stories before sleeping

[Eli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Los hermanos Grimm son los autores de estos preciosos cuentos infantiles; Juan mi erizo, La abeja reina, El piojito y la pulguita, El ratoncito, El pajarito y La salchichita, El gato con botas, Jorinde y Joringel.
Todos estos cuentos cortos me han sorprendido y me han hecho retroceder a mi infancia, además, he de decir que de todas ellas he podido sacar una reflexión más madura, sin la impresión de una niña, pero con ojos de ella.
Hoy, por desgracia, y por miles de circunstancias, no conservamos del mismo modo las costumbres de sentarse alrededor del fuego, en el patio, o en la mesa y contar historias y leyendas del lugar, cuentos que nuestros abuelos nos relataron en su día y que estamos obligados a transmitir a los niños. La televisión, los vídeosjuegos,o, sin buscar excusas, el mero desinterés comunicativo, han hecho que la tradición oral se vea reducida a los programas de la televisión o a los programas de internet. Incluso el que los padres contarán un cuento a sus hijos al irse a acostar se ha visto reemplazado por una pequeño ordenador que el niño contempla hipnotizado desde su cama hasta que sus ojos se cierran.
Recomiendo al cien por ciento estos cuentos para aquellos que deseen adentrarse en el mundo de la lectura o que están en un parón lector o que deseen comenzar la costumbre de leerles cuentos a sus hijos.

[Megha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection of fairy tales seems to be the origin of all fairy tales afterward. So many different movies and books can be traced back to the very words on these pages. Some were eerie, some were light, and some were religious, but overall I thoroughly enjoyed reading these fairy tales. I found that although some morals lined up with my own beliefs, some were very far off. Perhaps the most enjoyable thing about this book was being able to read in between the lines and compare the thoughts written back then to what modern authors would have written about the same topic now. Although Jacob Grimm wrote this book with children in mind, it is not difficult to see how his adult experiences were shadowed in the lives of some of the characters and settings. Furthermore, like most fairy tales, these stories heavily revolved around appearance and social class. One would think that ideas about inequality in social class would be outdated since these stories were written in 1812, but believe it or not, Grimm's society and ours have many things in common. I gave this book four stars because of its ability to amuse me with only short fairy tales normally intended for children.

[Skye · Rating 5 out of 5]

There seems to be a lot of stupid Hans’ in this collection. Or at least a patch towards the later middle that has a lot of stories that feature a dumb young man named Hans. And the recurrent theme seemed to be honesty, truth and fairness. Give to others. The typical ideas of fairy tales that I grew up with. Just with a far more twisted take and journey.

It’s a little difficult for me to seriously review a collection of traditional fairy tales. The things which normally trigger me and make me frustrated are rife throughout (stories of women beating, princess needing saving, etc.). But it is a different time, and I don’t really believe in rampaging about ideals of different times and places. The fact that the underlying message and themes are all about integrity and honesty. Not taking others for granted. Treating people as you wish to be treated. The kinds of things that I love to see perpetuated through tales, stories and journeys.

[VitakZ · Rating 3 out of 5]

All complexity started out simple. There has to be that first line, that first string, that first word, that first knowledge. All the stories might be too young for us adults. But it shall mark the beginning of our reading lifestyle. It shall engrave the starting point of our first knowledge, our common sense, our imagination. These are the kinds of stories I wrote when I was little. Although not many people had a chance to read it, I am sure it is buried deep down there somewhere. And I am thankful for it.

[Duncan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jacob and Wilhelm certainly loved their tales of horror. I was rather relieved to be done, honestly, because even though I enjoyed it, it felt very repetitive with many similar plots and tropes. But the sinister and at times evil nature of the tales is spooky and tantalizing. Classic and familiar, this was quite enjoyable, but often so in small doses as one might grow tired of similar tales. But it is a cultural staple, and it gives so much more significance to these stories’ successors. It’s something everyone should read.

[Orçun Güzer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bu ikinci ciltte de bazı standart masallar var ki, çoğu mutlu sonla zenginlik ve/veya evlilikle sonlanan, bir çırpıda sonuca bağlanan bu tarz masallar pek ilgimi çekmiyor. Ancak bir de standarttan sapan, korkunç veya komik (veya her ikisi birden olabilen), bazısı çetrefilli olaylarla dolu, bazısı felaketle sonlanan, bazısı ise düpedüz absürd veya sürrealist anlatılar var ki, işte bu az bilinen masallar, tüm bu iki cildi okumamın asıl sebebi. Grimmler'in sansürüne rağmen, Alman halk hikâyeleri şaşırtmayı sürdürüyor.

[Harrie Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was odd!

Some of the stories, like Rapunzel and Hansel&Gretal, I knew but there were countless others that were in this volume that I had never come across before. On top of that, not all of them had happy endings or any form of moral or caution within them. Some characters were just wholly unlucky!

A good read for this with a busy lifestyle as each story is short and sweet and can be fitted around everyday life.

[Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains 110 fairy tales that are all special in their own way. I personally adore this book because the stories are fun to enjoy and have their own personality. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes short stories and fairy tales. My favorite is the 3rd story about snakes. This is my favorite because I find it amusing.

[Anarracha · Rating 5 out of 5]

A ver, son cuentos muy para niños, pero los hermanos Grimm tienen esta capacidad de ser oscuros hasta escribiendo para niños, y los buenos cuentos siempre son simpáticos, producen entrañeza al adulto que los lee. Estos lo son.
Es un libro divertido y cortito, te lo lees en 20-30 minutos, pero sus voces te acompañan un rato más.

[Rochelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's pretty much what you expect. A bunch of Grimm tales peppered with plenty of racism, sexism, and a sprinkle of hate for the poor (but also some contempt for the rich). Pretty standard for that time.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.75

As is often the case with collections, there is a mixed bag. I think on the whole, many of the stronger Grimm’s tales ended up in volume 1; not as many of these engaged me compared to other collections I’ve read.

[Camron Chambers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very noice good funny sad cry but love 🥹☝️😤

[Brianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these little fairy tales that might not always have happy endings for the characters in the stories

[Meandmy Tea · Rating 5 out of 5]

A GREAT Book for Grimm fans!!!

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

The last 10 stories it's like... dang, everyone really dies, huh?

[lottie · Rating 4 out of 5]

przez zastój czytelniczy tyle czasu nad tym spędziłam TT ale było warto

[Bloss ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
Stories aren't quite as good as Volume I.

[Daniela Roso · Rating 2 out of 5]

Puedo comprender que la simpleza de estos libros fueran mágicos para la época. Pero en el mundo en el que vivimos son meras páginas de historia, quizás para comprender de dónde venimos y cómo ha influido en nuestra actualidad. Sobre todo son un registro de adonde no debemos volver. Honestamente, no dejaría que menores leyeran estos "cuentos" que antaño fueren para niños...

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Truly grimmer than the first volume! Hilarious stories (ie Donkey Cabbages) and many more religious ones which aren't as fun. Still, enjoyable to read overall.

[Alex Pler · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Cuando la rozó con el beso, la Bella Durmiente abrió los ojos, se despertó y le miró dulcemente. Luego, descendieron juntos, y el rey se despertó y la reina y toda la corte, y se miraban unos a otros con ojos atónitos. Y los caballos se levantaron en el patio, los perros de caza saltaron meneando el rabo, las palomas en el tejado sacaron la cabeza de debajo del ala, miraron a su alrededor y volaron en dirección al campo; las moscas siguieron arrastrándose en la pared; el fuego en la cocina se enderezó y llameó e hizo la comida; el asado comenzó de nuevo a asarse, y el cocinero le dio al pinche una bofetada que le hizo gritar, y la sirvienta desplumó al gallo. Y se celebró la lujosa boda del hijo del rey con la Bella Durmiente, y vivieron felices hasta el fin de sus días."

[Robert Costic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although their tales are famous, reading all of the Grimm's tales can become a slog. One begins to see variations on a theme, and after a hundred tales all the ones featuring princes and princesses become a blur, and going through a new tale becomes a recitation of a laundry list of plot points. However, this is always a problem with folk tales as opposed to literary tales, which writers craft with more of an eye toward originality, dramatic effects, and exploration of issues. For someone who wants to know her fairy tales, the Grimms' are essential reading.