Question: the boy who went forth to learn what fear was?
Answer: "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" or "The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear" (German: Märchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen) is a German folktale collected by the Brothers Grimmin Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 4).