The Maiden Without Hands
Grownups Read Princess Stories
English - May 27, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 39.8 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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The Maiden Without Hands comes from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, ( Brothers Grimm ) "Das Mädchen ohne Hände," Kinder- und Hausmärchen, gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm [Children's and Household Tales -- Grimms' Fairy Tales], 7th edition, vol. 1 (Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1857), no. 31, pp. 162-68.
A shorter, simpler version of this tale was included in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812). The tale was expanded and revised for the second edition (1819).