Jacob Grimm’s Followers (1,965)

Jacob Grimm

Born

in Hanau, Hesse-Kassel, Germany

January 04, 1785

Died

September 20, 1863

Genre

Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Nonfiction

Influences

Giambattista Basile, Vuk Karadžić ...more

edit data

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 ...more

Combine Editions
Jacob Grimm’s books

Average rating: 4.12 · 348,912 ratings · 16,810 reviews · 5,268 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Padraic Colum (Introduction) 4.28 avg rating — 165,077 ratings — published 1812 — 946 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimm's Fairy Tales 4.12 avg rating — 27,935 ratings — published 1812 — 1206 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimm's Fairy Stories 4.09 avg rating — 13,023 ratings — published 1812 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Maria Tatar (Editor) 4.45 avg rating — 3,544 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brothers Grimm: Illuminated Fairy Tales, Vol. 1 by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Kali Ciesemier (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 3,666 ratings — published 1817 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm 3.96 avg rating — 3,777 ratings — published 1812 — 447 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow White by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Ειρήνη Μάρρα (Translator), Camille Rose Garcia (Illustrator), Frédéric Kédémos 4.03 avg rating — 3,492 ratings — published 1812 — 472 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinderella by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Aleksey Ivanov 3.92 avg rating — 3,452 ratings — published 1812 — 196 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleeping Beauty 3.90 avg rating — 3,443 ratings — published 1697 — 500 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rapunzel by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm 3.78 avg rating — 3,051 ratings — published 1812 — 166 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Jacob Grimm…

Series by Jacob Grimm

Grimms Märchen (2 books)
by

Jacob Grimm

4.12 avg rating — 4,353 ratings

Teutonic Mythology (4 books)
by

Jacob Grimm,

James Steven Stallybrass (Translator)

4.10 avg rating — 96 ratings

Brolių Grimų pasakos (2 books)
by

Jacob Grimm,

Wilhelm Grimm,

Juozas Balčikonis (Translator)

4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings

Grimmin sadut (1 book)
by

Jacob Grimm,

Wilhelm Grimm,

Otto Ubbelohde (Illustrator),

Raija Jänicke (Translator),

Oili Suominen (Translator)

3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings

Author Alice Hoffman has written dozens of novels, including the Practical Magic series, The Dovekeepers, The Marriage of Opposites,...

Polls

What frequently challenged or banned book (or book about censorship) for children and/or young adults should we read in April and May 2014?

[Note: Any book on this list that is out of print is available used at a cheap price on Amazon and other online retailers. If that book is chosen and you can't find it in your library and you can't afford it, please contact me and I will make sure you get a copy.]

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm

45 votes, 48.4%

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

21 votes, 22.6%

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

12 votes, 12.9%

The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar

10 votes, 10.8%

Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard

5 votes, 5.4%

93 total votes

comments and details

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Study Buddies: January 2009 - Discuss The Goose Girl - no spoilers	18	136	Feb 02, 2009 07:14AM
Study Buddies: January 2009 - Discuss The Goose Girl	39	141	Apr 14, 2009 07:23PM
The Book Challenge: Michelle Kay's Reads 2009	4	1176	Apr 17, 2009 12:42AM
Meggie & Mo's Boo...: * Book List	3	203	Sep 29, 2009 11:56PM
Challenge: 50 Books: Mara's 50 for 2009	37	238	Dec 29, 2009 09:07AM
2010 books in 201...: Sigrid	8	9	Feb 08, 2010 08:55AM
Project Gutenberg...: Not sure where to start?	1	19	Aug 30, 2010 03:50AM
The Seasonal Read...: Summer 2010 Plans	152	780	Aug 31, 2010 05:30PM
The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)	3053	3266	Aug 31, 2010 10:39PM
Have fun!: Author Game	87	25	Nov 19, 2010 05:32AM

More…

Jacob Grimm’s Followers (1,965)

Jacob Grimm

Combine EditionsJacob Grimm’s books

Series by Jacob Grimm

Related News

Polls

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
Jacob Grimm’s books