Grimm's Tales

I had known of some of Grimm's tales, but never really read them before. After reading some of the tales, I have a few opinions on them. My main opinion was that I had always seen the Grimm tales as fairy tales that are told to children. Well after reading the dark nature of the stories, clearly this isn't always the case. This explains why the book is termed "household stories" and not "children's stories." As for the purpose of the tales, other than entertainment of course, the tales seem to give lessons, such as in "The Death of the Hen" which teaches what can happen if you are greedy. Overall the Grimm Tales are very interesting and I'm excited to read the rest of them.