Five hundred new fairytales discovered in Germany
Von Schönwerth spent decades asking country folk, labourers and servants about local habits, traditions, customs and history, and putting down on paper what had only been passed on by word of mouth. In 1885, Jacob Grimm said this about him: “Nowhere in the whole of Germany is anyone collecting [folklore] so accurately, thoroughly and with such a sensitive ear.” Grimm went so far as to tell King Maximilian II of Bavaria that the only person who could replace him in his and his brother’s work was Von Schönwerth.
Excuse my French, but HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER SERIOUSLY. THANK GOD, NEW FAIRY TALES FOR ME TO DEVOUR, YUM.
