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What was Deutsche Sagen and when did the Brothers Grimm publish it?
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Brothers Grimm
Jacob (right) and Wilhelm Grimm, oil portrait by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, 1855; in the National-Galerie, Berlin.
Deutsche Sagen is a collection of historical and local legends of Germany compiled by the Brothers Grimm.1
The brothers published this work between 1816 and 1818. While it did not achieve the same widespread popular appeal as their famous Kinder- und Hausmärchen, the collection significantly influenced both literature and the academic study of folk narratives.1