Numerous tales (opening)
'Once upon a time...' ('Es war einmal...') — the formula that opens the majority of the Kinder- und Hausmarchen and signals entry into fairy-tale time.
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From Grimms' Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
The Grimms standardized the now-universal fairy-tale framing devices that mark the entry and exit from the otherworld of the tale.
Numerous tales (closing)
And if they have not died, they are still alive today' — the recurring German closing formula, alongside variations of 'happily ever after.Read in Books4Free →
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