Gilly had a quiet word with her goats, telling them to go into the woods to live if she didn’t return by sundown.

Gilly’s goats grazed on the dry grass and thicket, their occasional “maa” a soothing melody on this hot summer day.

The popular notion is that Grimm fairy tales began with the Grimm Brothers . But what if these two famous Grimm Brothers were merely one...