Teresa Arauco’s Reviews > Household Tales by Brothers Grimm > Status Update

I have been re-reading a bunch of these folk tales because they are so delightful. There are many that are, indeed, grim...lots of cruel treatment and poverty, anti-Semitism, racism.Various social issues are explained away through the exaggerated portrayal of beauty, violence, poverty and wealth. ..I guess I am still a kid who loves the gory bits.

What can I say, these have been super fun to revisit! My intention in reading this was to see what I missed when I was a wee lass. The couple, so far, that are brand new to me were not dull/ violent/ relating to unknown/ long lost and non-relevant customs. Also wondering about variations on the common tales; example: "Red Riding Cap" ..maybe a translation issue?