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Fairytales didn’t begin with the Brothers Grimm. Long before Jacob and Wilhelm published their famous stories, women were the ones collecting, telling, and preserving these dark, magical tales. In this video, I discuss the forgotten female storytellers behind the Grimms’ success — the young women, spinners, and wise women whose voices were written out of history.

🔗 Sources and references below. (affiliate links included)
The Fairy Tellers, Jubber, 2022: https://amzn.to/3TIDPzu
From Beast to the Blonde, Marina Warner, 1994: https://amzn.to/3ZKoXnQ
Clever Minds, The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales. Valerie Paradiž: https://amzn.to/4ljzVZN
One Fairytale too Many, 1985. John Ellis: https://amzn.to/4k7kjHM

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