Deutsche Mythologie
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Deutsche Mythologie is a seminal treatise on Germanic mythology by Jacob Grimm
. First published in Germany
in 1835, the work is an exhaustive treatment of the subject, tracing the mythology and beliefs of the Ancient Germanic peoples
from their earliest attestations to their survivals in modern traditions, folktales and popular expressions.
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...
. First published in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in 1835, the work is an exhaustive treatment of the subject, tracing the mythology and beliefs of the Ancient Germanic peoples
Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin, identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age.Originating about 1800 BCE from the Corded Ware Culture on the North...
from their earliest attestations to their survivals in modern traditions, folktales and popular expressions.
Editions
- Göttingen: Dieterich, 1835.
- 2nd ed., 2 vols. Göttingen: Dietrich, 1844.
- 3rd ed., 2 vols. Göttingen: Dieterich, 1854.
- 4th ed., curated by Elard Hugo Meyer. Berlin: F. Dümmler, 1875–78, 3 vols. Reprinted Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1965.
- James Steven Stallybrass (trans.) http://www.northvegr.org/lore/grimmst/index.php (1888); Dover Publications (1966, 2004)