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Grim Tales (series)
''Grim Tales'' is a British children's television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as a storyteller dressed in pyjamas and a dressing gown. The twenty-two episodes were broadcast on ITV (series 1) and Channel 4 (series 2) from 1989 to 1991. There was also a release on video and audio cassette, with the slightly different title ''Grimm Tales''. Synopsis Mayall tells the tales in his own inimitable way from his armchair, designed by David Barrington Holt, complete with paws and ostrich legs. The set was designed by building designer Julian Cripps. The stories are usually interspersed with animation, often abstract animation, and are directed bBob Baldwin with music by composed by Ged Haney and arranged by Clive Bell. The stories were adapted by Anne Caulfield and Anthony Horowitz Anthony John Horowitz (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony John Horowitz (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include the '' Alex Rider'' series featuring a 14-year-old British boy who spies for MI6, '' The Power of Five'' series (known as '' The Gatekeepers'' in the US), and '' The Diamond Brothers'' series. Horowitz's works for adults include: the play '' Mindgame'' (2001); two Sherlock Holmes novels, '' The House of Silk'' (2011) and '' Moriarty'' (2014); two novels featuring his own detective Susan Ryeland, '' Magpie Murders'' (2016) and '' Moonflower Murders'' (2020); five novels featuring a fictionalised version of himself as a companion and chronicler to private investigator Daniel Hawthorne: '' The Word Is Murder'' (2017), '' The Sentence Is Death'' (2018), ''A Line to Kill'' (2021), ''The Twist of a Knife'' (2022), and ''Close to Death'' (2024). The estate of James Bond creator Ian Fleming chose Horowitz to write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansel And Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of bread, cake, and sugar. The witch, who has cannibalistic intentions, intends to fatten Hansel before eventually eating him. However, Gretel saves her brother by pushing the witch into her own oven, killing her, and escaping with the witch's treasure. Set in medieval Germany, "Hansel and Gretel" has been adapted into various media, including the opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, which was first performed in 1893. Origin Sources Although Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm credited "various tales from Hesse" (the region where they lived) as their source, scholars have argued that the brothers heard the story in 1809 from the family of Wilhelm's friend and future wife, Dortchen Wild, and partly from other sources. A h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolf And The Seven Young Kids
"The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" () is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 5). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 123 "The Wolf and the Kids". Origin The story was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of ''Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1812. Their source was the Hassenpflug family from Hanau. A similar tale, "The Wolf and the Kids", has been told in the Middle East and parts of Europe, and probably originated in the first century. Synopsis A mother goat leaves her seven children at home while she ventures into the forest to find food. Before she leaves, she warns her young about the wolf who will try to sneak into the house and gobble them up. He will pretend to be their mother and convince the kids to open the door. The young children will be able to recognize their true mother by her white feet and sweet voice. The mother goat leaves and the seven kids stay in the house. Before long, they hear a voice at the do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Peasant
"The Little Peasant" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'', number 61. It follows the Aarne-Thompson Index type 1535, The Rich Peasant and the Poor Peasant, and includes an episode of type 1737, Trading Places with the Trickster in a Sack. Other tales of this type include the Norwegian '' Big Peter and Little Peter'' from ''Norske Folkeeventyr'' collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, and '' Little Claus and Big Claus'' by Hans Christian Andersen. Synopsis A poor peasant and his wife had not even a cow. They had a woodworker make them a calf of wood and brought it to the pasture. When the cowherd returned without it, they found it had been stolen and took him to court for his carelessness, and the judge made him give them a cow. They had nothing to feed it and so had to kill it. The peasant took the hide to town to sell. He found a raven with broken wings and wrapped it in the hide. Weather grew bad and he too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turnip (fairy Tale)
"The Turnip" (German: ''die Rübe'') is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 146). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 1960D ("The Giant Vegetable") and of type 1689A ("Two Presents for the King"), with an episode of type 1737 ("Trading Places with the Trickster in a Sack"). Synopsis Two brothers, one rich, one poor, serve as soldiers, but the poor one has to become a farmer to escape his poverty. One of his turnips grows to an enormous size, and he gives it to the king. The king gives him rich presents in return. The rich brother gives the king many great presents, and the king gives him the turnip in return. Angry, the rich brother hires murderers and lures his brother on a path, but when the murderers are going to hang the poor brother, they hear someone approaching who is singing. So they throw the poor brother into a sack and hang it, before running off. The poor brother makes a hole in the sack and sees the singer, a student. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Thrushbeard
"King Thrushbeard" () or the haughty princess (German: ''die hochmütige Prinzessin'') is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 52). It is of Aarne–Thompson type 900. Origin The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales, Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1812, and slightly modified in the second edition issued in 1819. Their sources were the Marie Hassenpflug, Hassenpflug family from Hanau, supplemented by Ludowine Haxthausen and by Wilhelm Grimm's friend and future wife, :de:Wild (Familie), Dorothea Wild. Synopsis An old king has a beautiful daughter who has many suitors. However, the princess is so spoiled and haughty that she ridicules all the men who come asking for her hand in marriage. One night, the king sponsors a banquet, feast to which he has invited a number of rich and powerful men for his daughter to choose a husband from. Again, the princess openly mocks her suitors, the last of whom is a young king ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gnome
"The Gnome" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd. Written by Syd Barrett, it is the eighth song on their 1967 debut album, '' The Piper at the Gates of Dawn''. The song takes place in a fictional gnome world from the perspective of a gnome. Background The song tells the tale of a scarlet tunic wearing gnome named Grimble Gromble. The lyrics ostensibly "came off the top f Barrett'shead". "The Gnome" was included on the B-side of the US Pink Floyd single " Flaming" (Tower 378), which was never released in the UK. Personnel *Syd Barrett – acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, lead vocals *Roger Waters – bass guitar, backing vocals * Richard Wright – celesta, vibraphone, backing vocals *Nick Mason – temple blocks, cymbal A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boots Of Buffalo Leather
"The Boots of Buffalo Leather" () is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob Grimm, Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm (1786–1859), were Germans, German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of Oral tradit ..., number 199.Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, ''Household Tales''"The Boots of Buffalo Leather"/ref> It is Aarne-Thompson type 952, The King and the Soldier. D.L. Ashliman,The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)"/ref> Synopsis A soldier, renowned for his braveness, has just been relieved from the army. He owns an old rain coat and boots in buffalo leather. During his voyage he meets a huntsman in the woods; they are both lost. They decide to travel along together and see a house in the distance. An old woman opens the door and tells them it's a robbers' den, but the men still decide to stay, despite the huntsmen's objec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frog Prince (story)
"The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" (, literally "The Frog King or the Iron Henry") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 1). Traditionally, it is the first story in their folktale collection. The tale is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 440. "The Frog Prince" can be compared to the similar European fairy tale " The Frog Princess". Origin Editions The story is best known through the rendition of the Brothers Grimm, who published it in their 1812 edition of ''Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' (''Grimm's Fairy Tales''), as tale no. 1. An older, moralistic version was included in the Grimms' handwritten Ölenberg Manuscript from 1810. Jack Zipes noted in 2016 that the Grimms greatly treasured this tale, considering it to be one of the "oldest and most beautiful in German-speaking regions." Sources The Grimms' source is unclear, but it apparently comes from an oral tradition of Dortchen Wild's family in Kassel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Griffin (fairy Tale)
"The Griffin" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 165).Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. ''Household Tales''"The Griffin"/ref> It is Aarne-Thompson type 610, Fruit to Cure the Princess; and type 461, Three Hairs from the Devil. The Brothers Grimm noted its similarity to ''The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs''. The opening type is seldom a stand-alone tale; it combines with others, such as type 461, as in this, or type 570, the Rabbit Herd, as in '' The Three May Peaches'', to form a complete tale. The opening also features in '' Jesper Who Herded the Hares''. Textual source "The Griffin" under the German title "Der Vogel Greif" first appeared in the third edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales (1837), supplied to the Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Wackernagel. It was written down in Swiss dialect ( Alemannic) from the oral tale told by Freidrich Schmidt.endnote to 165/ref> The correct Alemannic title was "Vogel Gryf", as in the printed text by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bremen Town Musicians
The "Town Musicians of Bremen" () is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' in 1819 (KHM 27). It tells the story of four ageing domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen. Contrary to the story's title the characters never arrive in Bremen, as they succeed in tricking and scaring off a band of robbers, capturing their spoils, and moving into their house. It is a story of Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, Aarne–Thompson Type 130 ("Outcast animals find a new home"). Origin The Brothers Grimm first published this tale in the second edition of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales, Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1819, based on the account of the German storyteller Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1815). Synopsis In the story, a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all past their prime years in life and us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Army Surgeons
"The Three Army Surgeons" (KHM 118, ''Die drei Feldscherer'') is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Synopsis Three traveling army surgeons perform surgery on themselves to impress an innkeeper. After removing their own organs, they will put them back in the morning. One cuts off his hand, one cuts out his heart and one removes his own eyes. During the night a girl working at the inn has a visit from her lover, a soldier. She gives him some food from the cupboard that is holding the organs. The cat comes and takes the organs. After seeing the organs gone, she tells the soldier. He goes to the gallows and cuts the correct hand off a thief and brings it to her. He then gets the heart of a pig and eyes of a cat. In the morning the doctors re-attach the missing members using a salve they carry with them. After going on the road again one doctor could not see with his reinstalled eyes and had the others guide him. Another doctor started rooting around in the dirt. When they reached anoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
