New instance, new #Introduction !
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New instance, new #Introduction !
My name is Jürgen, and I translate old German folk tales into English - not just tales from the Brothers Grimm, but from the hundreds of other 19th century German folklorists out there.
To date, I have translated more than 700 tales. You can learn more about my project here (and you can get a free ebook version of my first book if you subscribe to my newsletter there):
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New instance, new #Introduction !
My name is Jürgen, and I translate old German folk tales into English - not just tales from the Brothers Grimm, but from the hundreds of other 19th century German folklorists out there.
To date, I have translated more than 700 tales. You can learn more about my project here (and you can get a free ebook version of my first book if you subscribe to my newsletter there):
I should point out that my interest is less in traditional "fairy tales" than in local local legends. The former tend to be more universal in their narratives, while the latter are deeply embedded in local geography, history, and culture.
I've even put most of these tales on an interactive map - either the town where they come from, or the actual place where the legend supposedly took place. You can see them for yourself on this interactive map!
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I should point out that my interest is less in traditional "fairy tales" than in local local legends. The former tend to be more universal in their narratives, while the latter are deeply embedded in local geography, history, and culture.
I've even put most of these tales on an interactive map - either the town where they come from, or the actual place where the legend supposedly took place. You can see them for yourself on this interactive map!
@juergen_hubert
Oh this is super amazing and useful! Would have loved to have this back in my university days for German classes. Including the one about fairy tales...! -
@juergen_hubert
Oh this is super amazing and useful! Would have loved to have this back in my university days for German classes. Including the one about fairy tales...!@naan Note that the German in these texts is often rather old-fashioned, and most of them were printed in Fraktur typeset - so they are not exactly texts for beginners.
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New instance, new #Introduction !
My name is Jürgen, and I translate old German folk tales into English - not just tales from the Brothers Grimm, but from the hundreds of other 19th century German folklorists out there.
To date, I have translated more than 700 tales. You can learn more about my project here (and you can get a free ebook version of my first book if you subscribe to my newsletter there):
@juergen_hubert This sounds like suh a cool project!
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@juergen_hubert This sounds like suh a cool project!
It is! And it has been really rewarding so far.
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@naan Note that the German in these texts is often rather old-fashioned, and most of them were printed in Fraktur typeset - so they are not exactly texts for beginners.
@juergen_hubert @naan where do you find the folktales Jürgen? Is there an archive you go to?
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@juergen_hubert @naan where do you find the folktales Jürgen? Is there an archive you go to?
I had the idea for this project when I stumbled across this links list of public domain German-language folk tale collections at Wikisource:
There is enough material there to keep me busy _way_ past retirement age!
