Put your mind at rest and make up your own stories

Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, The Goose-Girl and many other wonderful stories that the Brothers Grimm gathered and redefined.

They were translated in more than 100 languages.
Walt Disney got inspired by them. So did Hitler who abused the folk tales as propaganda.

Some original version of the stories were very cruel and violent. I remember how at times during my childhood I got quite frightened and occasionally they caused a nightmare.

Later on the Brothers Grimm adapted the most cruel versions and replaced them with softer versions.

During the 20th century psychologists reaffirmed the value of the tales.

The Brothers Grimm were helped and stimulated by the rise of romanticism during the 19th century.

Because of the death of their father and their grandfather they got very close to each other. Jacob was an introspective person while Wilhelm was more outgoing.

All landscape photos presented in this blog post are from German photographer Kilian Schönberger.

"I think there is is a deep longing for tranquil naturalness among people in our technology-driven environment" says Schönberger. I can't agree more with him.

"Put your mind at rest and make up your own stories", he continues. Looking at his shots I'm sure he does.

It's hard to believe that the man is colourblind.


"I recognized that I could turn this so-called disadvantage into a strength" he writes

Fragment from "The Girl without hands" :

"The father became alarmed, and promised to obey him.
So he went to the girl and said, my child, if I do not cut off both your hands, the devil will carry me away, and in my terror I have promised to do it..." Click here to read the whole story

Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm (right) in an 1855 painting by Elisabeth Jerichau.Baumann