Before the Grimm Brothers gathered their collection of well-known German folk fairy tales, these stories followed an oral tradition, being passed on from grandmother to mother to children.
在格林兄弟时代,当这两个兄弟在搜集整理德国民间童话故事之前,这些古老的民间故事的都是口口相传的,一般由祖辈传给父辈,再由父辈传给孩子。