Frequently there are misconceptions surrounding folklore and what it the field entails. Folklore is associated with ancient myths, music, and costumes, however, it is far broad and diverse than anticipated. As defined by Sims and Stephens, Folklore is, “Folklore is informally learned, unofficial knowledge about the world, ourselves, our communities, our believes, our cultures, and our traditions, that is expressed creatively through words, music, customs, actions behaviors, and materials. It is also the interactive, dynamic process of creating communicating, and performing as we share that knowledge with other people” (Sims and Stephens 2011, 8). Furthermore, there are three different categories of folklore verbal, material, and customary. For the sake of the research henceforth, it will be examining “verbal folklore”. Verbal folklore encompasses any form of “words” whether that entails a story format, poetry or even specific phrases (Sims and Stephens 2011, 16).

The Grimm Fairy-tales is essentially an anthology of German myths and fairy-tales collected and sifted through by the Grimm brother. The stories were chosen to represent the values, traditions, and culture of the time (Chi 2018). Also, the fairy-tales are in a text format supplemented with pictures, which is verbal folklore. Explained further in-depth under research, this medium allows for analysis on logistical, grammatical, and the pronunciation representing the being used to further understand the lore.