While the length of time these stories have survived is impressive, it doesn't seem so shocking that many stories would be passed on despite not having been wri

While the length of time these stories have survived is impressive, it doesn't seem so shocking that many stories would be passed on despite not having been written. I can imagine that even at the time they were collected by the Brothers Grimm, they were usually passed along orally, not on paper. I can't imagine the literacy rate was very high for most of that time.