Deutsche Sagen
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Deutsche Sagen is a publication by the Brothers Grimm
, appearing in two volumes in 1816 and 1818.
The collection includes 585 German legends.
Deutsche Sagen followed the publication of Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812). It never gained the wide popular appeal and influence of the latter, although it did influence the scholarly study of folk narrative.
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular...
, appearing in two volumes in 1816 and 1818.
The collection includes 585 German legends.
Deutsche Sagen followed the publication of Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812). It never gained the wide popular appeal and influence of the latter, although it did influence the scholarly study of folk narrative.
External links
- etext at Projekt Gutenberg-DEProjekt Gutenberg-DEProjekt Gutenberg-DE is a collection of German language literary texts, distributed via the web and on CD-ROM. It is run by a small publishing company called Hille Partner, run by Gunter Hille, and its web presence is hosted by the weekly magazine Der Spiegel....
- google books edition (volume 1)