Category: Germany

January 27, 2022

FREDERICK AND CATHERINE (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

There was once a man called Frederick: he had a wife whose name was Catherine, and they had not long been married. One day Frederick said. ‘Kate! I am going to work in the...

November 1, 2021

The scariest folk- and fairytales for Halloween

Historical and cultural backdrop Origin of Halloween On 31st of October we are celebrating Halloween or Hallows Eve. Nowadays kids go from house to house, dressed in fancy costumes and to demand “trick or...

July 30, 2021

The Hostage by Friedrich Schiller (1798)

The tyrant Dionys to seek,Stern Moerus with his poniard crept;The watchful guard upon him swept;The grim king marked his changeless cheek:“What wouldst thou with thy poinard? Speak!”“The city from the tyrant free!”“The death-cross shall...

July 30, 2021

Die Bürgschaft by Friedrich Schiller (1798)

Zu Dionys, dem Tyrannen, schlichDamon, den Dolch im Gewande:Ihn schlugen die Häscher in Bande,“Was wolltest du mit dem Dolche? sprich!”Entgegnet ihm finster der Wüterich.“Die Stadt vom Tyrannen befreien!”“Das sollst du am Kreuze bereuen.” “Ich...

December 15, 2020

THE LITTLE PEASANT (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

There was a certain village wherein no one lived but really rich peasants, and just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant. He had not even so much as a cow, and...

December 15, 2020

THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

There was once a very old man, whose eyes had become dim, his ears dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at table he could hardly hold the spoon, and spilt...