Grimm's Fairy Tales Characters
Meet the characters of GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES: The Tellers of the Forest. This guide covers the princess, the frog prince, and Faithful Henry from Episode 1, "The Frog King"; the mother goat, the wolf, and the youngest kid from Episode 2, "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids"; and the Brothers Grimm, who collected the tales, along with the storyteller Dortchen — all explained simply and faithfully to the original sources.
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The Youngest Princess
The princess who broke the frog's spell
The Youngest Princess is the heroine of the Grimm fairy tale "The Frog King, or Iron Henry" and the youngest daughter of a king. In the original tale she is so…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 1The Frog King (The Prince) The Frog / The Prince
A prince turned into a frog by a witch
The Frog King is the prince in the Grimm fairy tale "The Frog King, or Iron Henry." A wicked witch turned him into a frog, and he lived in a spring. His story is the…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 1Faithful Henry (Iron Henry) Faithful Henry
A loyal servant with iron bands around his heart
Faithful Henry is the prince's servant in the Grimm fairy tale "The Frog King." The tale's subtitle, "Iron Henry," refers to him.
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 1The Mother Goat
A brave mother who rescued her children
The Mother Goat is the main character of the Grimm fairy tale "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids" — an old mother goat who loves and raises her seven little kids with…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 2The Wolf (Episode 2) The Wolf
The villain who tricked the kids with disguises
The Wolf is the villain of the Grimm fairy tale "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids" — a beast who waits until the mother goat is away so he can eat her young kids.
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 2The Youngest Kid
The little goat who survived by hiding in the clock
The Youngest Kid is the smallest of the seven young goats in the Grimm fairy tale "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids."
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 2Jacob Grimm Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm
The elder Brother Grimm, a linguist
Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) was a German linguist and the elder of the Brothers Grimm, who collected Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2Wilhelm Grimm Wilhelm Karl Grimm
The younger Brother Grimm who polished the tales
Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) was a German philologist and the younger of the Brothers Grimm. Together with his older brother Jacob, he collected Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2Dortchen Wild Henriette Dorothea Wild
The young woman who told tales to the Brothers Grimm
Dortchen Wild (1793–1867) was the daughter of a pharmacist in Kassel, Germany. She is known as one of the storytellers who told many folktales to the Brothers Grimm.
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2