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Both Brothers were attracted from the beginning by all national poetry, whether in the form of epics, ballads or popular tales.

They published In 1816 – 1818 a collection of legends culled from diverse sources and published the two-volume Deutsche Sagen ( German Legends ).

At the same time they collected all the folktales they could find, partly from the mouths of the people, partly from manuscripts and books, and published in 1812 – 1815 the first edition of those Kinder-und Hausmärchen ( Children's and Household Tales ), which has carried the name of the brothers Grimm into every household of the western world.

The closely related subject of the satirical beast epic of the Middle Ages also held great charm for Jacob Grimm, and he published an edition of the Reinhart Fuchs in 1834.

His first contribution to mythology was the first volume of an edition of the Eddaic songs, undertaken jointly with his brother, and was published in 1815.

However, this work was not followed by any others on the subject.