Hansel and Gretel
Grownups Read Princess Stories
English - June 07, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 60.9 MBComedy Interviews Comedy ellen haun selkie the little match girl barkerville grownup holiday adult chris cooley xmas christmas Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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"Hansel and Gretel" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. Hansel and Gretel are a brother and sister abandoned in a forest, where they fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread, cake, and pastries.
Read is the last Brothers Grimm version put to paper.
This episode includes some history on how the tale was written.