The Shroud

by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

English-language translations of Das Totenhemdchen include:

• "The Little Shroud", translated by William John Thoms, in The Original (1832) (external scan)
  • "The Little Shroud", translated by William John Thoms, in Lays and Legends of Germany (1834) (transcription project)
• "The Shroud", translated by Margaret Raine Hunt, in Grimm's Household Tales, Volume 2 (1884)

See also

• "The Little Shroud", a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon inspired by this story