Being on the move shapes the essence of humans as wanderers, whether alone or in social groups, the largest of which was the migration of peoples. In folk tales, these stories took up a significant space. For instance, the Bremen Town Musicians set out in search of a better world, and a poor boy embarks on a journey to hell to pluck three golden hairs from the devil. Beate Stauff explains the concepts of travel, mobility, migration, and their changing meanings in the children's and household tales of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm. The book also provides a solid overview of the emergence of the fairy tale as a short narrative since the 16th century and the research on storytelling in cultural anthropology.