Немската ценностна традиция в творчеството на Братя Грим
The German Value Tradition in the Works of the Grimm Brothers

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is a systematic synopsis of the values conveyed by the collected and published fairy tales and legends of the Brothers Grimm, in their multidimensional role in preserving authentic Old German culture, establishing national identity, and their significance from a pedagogical point of view in the formation of the emerging personality. Special focus is placed on the symbolism of fairy-tale images and the place of the element of time. Representatives of the Heidelberg School of Romanticism, the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm developed linguistic and folkloric research and embraced the historicism that dominated philosophical circles at the time as their mission. Like Herder and Schleiermacher, the Grimm brothers explored the connection between national consciousness and history, turning it into a consolidating force for the German national spirit. Knowledge of history is knowledge of man. And, as Nietzsche says, historical events reveal the life cycle of history. Historical facts invariably bear testimonio to the values of the era. The work of the Brothers Grimm is also part of the hermeneutics of art. The historical paradigm that prevailed in the 19th century placed man as the main driver of change – he is immersed in a historical world, he subjectivizes himself in it, simultaneously bearing the imprint of the world, but also transforming it.

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