With their Children's and Household Tales, the Brothers Grimm became world-famous. In their second major collection, they turn to the treasure of German legends and myths, making it accessible to a wide audience for the first time in this richness. Since then, the tales of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Rübezahl, Freischütz, and Lohengrin have become inseparable from our cultural memory. As a source of material and inspiration, German legends have shaped the history of literature and opera from E.T.A. Hoffmann to Richard Wagner. This edition includes contributions from Kindler's Literary Lexicon, featuring information about the authors' lives and works, exclusively written by the editorial team of the literary journal TEXT + KRITIK.