Jakob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1858) studied law together before they began assembling their famous collection of fairy tales. Though most of the stories were taken from small German villages, a few made their way in from the French tradition. Jakob, the elder brother, was also the first to document Grimm's Law, which demonstrates changes in certain phonetic sounds between languages.

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