Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first published German Legends in 1816 and 1818, in two volumes. The first volume was regional, the second historical and mythical.
      Wilhelm's son Herman produced later editions in 1865 and 1891. He worked added material into the text from hand-written notes of the brothers. The sources that the Grimms used are not all reliable, and the brothers edited the material subjectively too, suppressing some material, etc, as documented by Donald Ward.
      The German texts of these legends are found here: [LINK].

Mother Holla's Pond Gretel Mill Good Gerhard Swan The Swanrings of Plesse The Giant's Toy Hackelberg, the Wild Huntsman

Literature  
      Dant: Bechstein, Ludwig. Deutsche Sagen. Berlin: Buchverlag der Morgen, 1987.
      Dtsn: Grimm, Jacob. Deutsche Sagen. Berlin: Neues Leben, 1986.
      Glb: Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Karl. The German Legends of the Brothers Grimm. Vol. 1. Ed. and tr. Donald Ward. Philadelphia: The Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1981.
      Glg: Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Karl. The German Legends of the Brothers Grimm. Vol. 2. Ed. and tr. Donald Ward. Philadelphia: The Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1981.    USER'S GUIDE to abbreviations, the site bibliography, letter codes, dictionaries, site design and navigation, tips for searching the site and page referrals. [LINK]
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