I liked your post a lot Myril.Very informative. You seem to know alot about fairytales have you been studying them somewhere?
But I don’t agree with this point “That the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are based on common German folk tales is a legend.” They collected folk tales. That they might have changed them a bit to fit their reality and possibly throw in some true story of their time- Yes! But the folk tales exicted before them.
I think all stories have already been told numerous times in different ways. There really are no stories left not already told.