Hansel and Gretel | candy house story
Well-knownGermanfairytalerecordedbytheBrothersGrimmin1812"HanselandGretel"(;alsoknownas"HanselandGrettel","HanselandGrethel",or"LittleBrotherandLittleSister";German:HänselundGret(h)el[a][ˈhɛnzl̩ʔʊntˈɡʁeːtl̩])isawell-knownGermanfairytalerecordedbytheBrothersGrimmandpublishedin1812.HanselandGretelareayoungbrotherandsisterkidnappedbyacannibalisticwitchlivinginahousemadeofgingerbread,cake,confection,sweets,andmanyothertreatsandpastries.Thetwochildrenescapewiththeirlivesbyoutwittingher.Thetalehas...
Well-known German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm in 1812
"Hansel and Gretel" (; also known as "Hansel and Grettel", "Hansel and Grethel", or "Little Brother and Little Sister"; German: Hänsel und Gret(h)el[a][ˈhɛnzl̩ ʔʊnt ˈɡʁeːtl̩]) is a well-known German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch living in a house made of gingerbread, cake, confection, sweets, and many other treats and pastries.The two children escape with their lives by outwitting her. The tale has been adapted to various media, most notably the opera Hänsel und Gretel (1893) by Engelbert Humperdinck. "Hansel and Gretel" is classified under Class 327A of the Aarne–Thompson classification system.
The story is set in medieval Germany. Hansel and Gretel are the children of a poor woodcutter. When a famine settles over the land, the woodcutters wife (stepmother to Hansel and Gretel) d...