List of fairy tales
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This is an incomplete list of fairy tale
s. Generally speaking this list includes only fantastic
tales from oral folk
traditions.
Generally speaking, the authors listed below were either those who first wrote down the fairy tale
in question or popularized it. Some tales listed as Charles Perrault
's were in fact adapted from earlier Italian versions by Giambattista Basile
, but in turn, some tales published by the Grimm Brothers were originally Perrault's stories.
For stories with no clearly recognized region of origin, the region listed is the place where an oral tale was collected, or a literary tale written down. The date listed is in most cases the date of the first written version of the tale.
See individual articles for details about authorship and origin.
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
s. Generally speaking this list includes only fantastic
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
tales from oral folk
Folk
The English word Folk is derived from a Germanic noun, *fulka meaning "people" or "army"...
traditions.
Generally speaking, the authors listed below were either those who first wrote down the fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
in question or popularized it. Some tales listed as Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue...
's were in fact adapted from earlier Italian versions by Giambattista Basile
Giambattista Basile
Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while...
, but in turn, some tales published by the Grimm Brothers were originally Perrault's stories.
For stories with no clearly recognized region of origin, the region listed is the place where an oral tale was collected, or a literary tale written down. The date listed is in most cases the date of the first written version of the tale.
See individual articles for details about authorship and origin.
List of fairy tales
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| Abdullah the Fisherman and Abdullah the Merman | before 850 | Persian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... /Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book... |
One Thousand and One Nights | ||
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures... |
1865 | English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the... |
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| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | before 850 | Persian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... /Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book... |
One Thousand and One Nights | ||
| Almondseed and Almondella Almondseed and Almondella Almondseed and Almondella is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1641 Doctor Know-All. Other tales of this type are Doctor Know-all and The Charcoal Burner.-Synopsis:... |
Greek | Georgios A. Megas | Folktales of Greece | ||
| Alphege, or the Green Monkey Alphege, or the Green Monkey Alphege, or the Green Monkey is a fairy tale. Andrew Lang collected it in The Yellow Fairy Book....-Commentary:This tale makes use of fairies and shapeshifting in a manner similar to many précieuse writers, such as Madame d'Aulnoy.... |
Persian | Naqib al-Malik | Amir Arsalan Amir Arsalan Amir Arsalan-e Namdar is a popular Persian legend which was narrated to Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, the Qajar Shah of Persia in the 19th century, by a storyteller named Mohammad Ali Naqib al-Mamalek... |
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| Ancilotto, King of Provino Ancilotto, King of Provino Ancilotto, King of Provino is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola.... |
Italian | Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector from Caravaggio, Italy. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe... |
The Facetious Nights of Straparola The Facetious Nights of Straparola ]The Facetious Nights of Straparola , also known as The Nights of Straparola, is a two-volume collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola... |
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| Andras Baive Andras Baive Andras Baive is a Sámi fairy tale collected by J. C. Poestion in Lapplandische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Sami Sami people The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost... |
Josef Calasanz Poestion | Lapplandische Märchen | ||
| The Angel The Angel "The Angel" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about an angel and a dead child gathering flowers to carry to Heaven. The tale was first published with three others in New Fairy Tales by C.A. Reitzel in November 1843. The four tales were received by the Danish critics with great... |
1843 | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
New Fairy Tales (1844) New Fairy Tales (1844) New Fairy Tales is a collection of four fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark on 10 November 1843. As was customary at the time however, the title page is dated 1844. The tales are completely Andersen's invention, owe no debt to folk... |
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| Anthousa, Xanthousa, Chrisomalousa Anthousa, Xanthousa, Chrisomalousa Anthousa, Xanthousa, Chrisomalousa or Anthousa the Fair with Golden Hair is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece. Other variants were collected by Michalis Meraklis and Anna Angelopoulou.... |
Greek | Georgios A. Megas | Folktales of Greece | ||
| Asmund and Signy Asmund and Signy Asmund and Signy is an Icelandic fairy tale collected in Islandische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Icelandic Icelandic language Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the... |
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| Aurore and Aimée Aurore and Aimée Aurore and Aimée is a French literary fairy tale written by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. Like her better known tale Beauty and the Beast, it is among the first fairy tales deliberately written for children.... |
1756 | French | Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont | ||
| Babiole Babiole - Synopsis :A queen thought she was childless because of the ill wishes of the fairy, Fanferluche. One day, Fanferluche appeared to her to say that this was not true, that the queen would have a daughter who would bring her much woe, and that to avert this, Fanferluche would give her a branch of... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| Bash Chelik Bash Chelik Baš Čelik , meaning "head of steel", from Turkish baş for "head" and çelik for "steel", is a famous Serbian folk tale. It is similar to the Brothers Grimm's "The Crystal Orb" .-Synopsis:... |
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| Bambi Bambi, A Life in the Woods Bambi, a Life in the Woods, originally published in Austria as Bambi. Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde, is a 1923 Austrian novel written by Felix Salten and published by Paul Zsolnay Verlag... |
1923 | Felix Salten Felix Salten Felix Salten was an Austrian author and critic in Vienna. His most famous work is Bambi .-Life:... |
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| The Battle of the Birds The Battle of the Birds The Battle of the Birds is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands. He recorded it from a fisherman near Inverary, John Mackenzie... |
1890 | Scottish Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
John Francis Campbell John Francis Campbell John Francis Campbell , Celtic scholar, educated at Eton and Edinburgh, was afterwards Secretary to the Lighthouse Commission... |
Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| Bawang Putih Bawang Merah Bawang Putih Bawang Merah Bawang Putih Bawang Merah is one of the more famous of old Malay archipelago folktales, passed down orally through the generations. Like most Malay folktales, the story is laden with lessons regarding familial values, patience in the face of adversity, and that ultimately good will be rewarded and... |
Malay Malay language Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore... region such as Malaysia, Brunei Brunei Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia... , Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... and Indonesia |
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| The Bay-Tree Maiden The Bay-Tree Maiden -Synopsis:Once, a prince began to cry six weeks before he was due to be born. Nothing his mother did placated him until she promised him that he could marry Sanda-Lucsandra, a fair maiden who lived past nine lands and nine seas. When he grew up, however, he demanded that his parents marry him to... |
Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... n |
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| The Bear The Bear (fairy tale) The Bear is a fairy tale collected by Andrew Lang in The Grey Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson classification system type 510B, unnatural love... |
1900 | Scottish | Andrew Lang Andrew Lang Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.- Biography :Lang was born in Selkirk... |
The Grey Fairy Book | |
| Bearskin | 1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| Bearskin Bearskin (French fairy tale) Bearskin is a French literary fairy tale attributed to Henriette-Julie de Murat.-Synopsis:A king and queen had lost all their children except a daughter, whom they were in no hurry to marry off. The king of the ogres, Rhinoceros, heard of her and decided to marry her; when he threatened the... |
French | Henriette-Julie de Murat Henriette-Julie de Murat Henriette-Julie de Murat was an aristocratic French writer of the late 17th century.She published fairy tales and slightly scandalous faux memoirs, one of which got her exiled to the provincial town of Loches for several years... |
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| Beauty and Pock Face Beauty and Pock Face Beauty and Pock Face is a Chinese fairy tale collected by Wolfram Eberhard in Chinese Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.It is classified as Cinderella, Aarne-Thompson type 510A, the persecuted heroine; others of this type include The Sharp Grey Sheep; The Golden Slipper; The Story of Tam and Cam; Rushen... |
1937 | Chinese | Wolfram Eberhard Wolfram Eberhard Wolfram Eberhard was a professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley focused on Western, Central and Eastern Asian societies.-Biography:... |
Chinese Fairy Tales and Folk Tales | |
| Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740... |
1740 | French | Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, French author , influenced by Madame d'Aulnoy, Charles Perrault, and various précieuse writers.... |
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| The Bee and the Orange Tree The Bee and the Orange Tree -Synopsis:After many childless years, a king and queen had a daughter, whom they named Aimée. Unfortunately, a ship she was on, wrecked. As fate would have it, she drifted ashore in her cradle. There, an ogre couple found her, and the ogress resolved to raise Aimee, instead of eating her,... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| Bella Venezia Bella Venezia Bella Venezia is an Italian fairy tale collected by Italo Calvino in his Italian Folktales. Calvino selected this variant, where the heroine meets robbers, rather than others that contain dwarfs, because he believed the dwarfs were probably an importation from Germany.It is Aarne-Thompson type... |
1956 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Italo Calvino Italo Calvino Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,... |
Italian Folktales Italian Folktales Italian Folktales is a collection of 200 Italian folktales published in 1956 by Italo Calvino. Calvino began to undertake the project that will lead to the Italian Folktales in 1954, influenced by Vladimir Propp's Morphology of the Folktale; his intention was to emulate the Brothers Grimm in... |
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| Belle-Belle ou Le Chevalier Fortuné Belle-Belle ou Le Chevalier Fortuné Belle-Belle ou Le Chevalier Fortuné is a French literary fairy tale, written by Madame d'Aulnoy.-Plot summary:A king, driven from his capital by an emperor, was forming an army and demanded that one person from every noble household become a soldier or, face a heavy fine. An impoverished nobleman,... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| The Story of Bensurdatu The Story of Bensurdatu The Story of Bensurdatu is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in Sicilianische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Laura Gonzenbach Laura Gonzenbach Laura Gonzenbach was a Swiss folklorist, active in Messina, who collected fairy tales in a number of European dialects.Gonzenbach was born in a Swiss-German community of Sicily, to a German speaking mercantile family, her sister, Magdelena, began a school in Messina... |
Sicilianische Märchen | ||
| Biancabella and the Snake Biancabella and the Snake Biancabella and the Snake is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola.... |
Italian | Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector from Caravaggio, Italy. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe... |
The Facetious Nights of Straparola The Facetious Nights of Straparola ]The Facetious Nights of Straparola , also known as The Nights of Straparola, is a two-volume collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola... |
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| The Bird 'Grip' The Bird 'Grip' The Bird 'Grip is a Swedish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it The Pink Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 550, the quest for the golden bird/firebird; other tales of this type include The Golden Bird, The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener, How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon, The Nunda,... |
Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish... |
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| The Bird of Truth The Bird of Truth The Bird of Truth is a Spanish fairy tale collected by Cecilia Böhl de Faber in her Cuentos de encantamiento. Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Spanish | Fernan Caballero Fernán Caballero Fernán Caballero was the pseudonym adopted from the name of a village in the province of Ciudad Real by the Spanish novelist Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber.... |
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| Black Bull of Norroway Black Bull of Norroway The Black Bull of Norroway is a fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales.The language, including references to bannocks, would indicate a Scottish story teller, in this instance, Kenny Norman Macleod.... |
1894 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
More English Fairy Tales | |
| The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen is an Irish fairy tale collected in Hibernian Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Irish Irish language Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of... |
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| Blockhead Hans Blockhead Hans Blockhead Hans is a fairy tale from Andrew Lang's The Yellow Fairy Book. Lang gives no source for the tale.- Story :The two educated sons of an old squire wanted to marry the princess, who said that she would marry the man who chose his words best. They studied hard to speak well to the princess,... |
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| Bluebeard Bluebeard "Bluebeard" is a French literary folktale written by Charles Perrault and is one of eight tales by the author first published by Barbin in Paris in January 1697 in Histoires ou Contes du temps passé. The tale tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the... |
1697 | French | Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... |
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| The Blue Belt The Blue Belt The Blue Belt is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr. It is Aarne-Thompson type 590.-Plot summary:... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Blue Bird The Blue Bird (fairy tale) "The Blue Bird" is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy, published in 1697. An English translation was included in The Green Fairy Book, 1892, collected by Andrew Lang.The tale is Aarne-Thompson type 432, The Prince as Bird... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| The Blue Light The Blue Light "The Blue Light" is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Many of the features from Hans Christian Andersen's later work "The Tinder Box" and from the story of Aladdin and his magic lamp originate with this version.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Blue Mountains The Blue Mountains (fairy tale) The Blue Mountains is a fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book, but provided no bibliographical information.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.-Synopsis:... |
1862 | Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
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| Boots and His Brothers Boots and His Brothers Boots and His Brothers is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr.-Synopsis:A king had his castle shadowed by a great oak tree, and had no well that held water year round... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Boots and the Troll Boots and the Troll Boots and the Troll is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norwegian Folktales.-Synopsis:An old man died. His three sons set out to seek their fortune. The two older would have nothing to do with the youngest son, whom they said was fit for nothing but... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Boots Who Ate a Match With the Troll Boots Who Ate a Match With the Troll Boots Who Ate a Match With the Troll is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. The troll is, as they often are, not very intelligent while the boy is clever, winning an eating contest.-Synopsis:... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's A Story" Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's A Story" Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's A Story" or The Ash Lad who made the Princess Say, "You're A Liar" is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.It is Aarne-Thompson type 852.... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Boy and the Wolves The Boy and the Wolves The Boy and the Wolves is a Native American fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A man lived far from his people, but one day he died. He told his older children that they must never forsake their younger brother. Soon after, their mother died, extracting the... |
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| The Boy who cried Wolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf, is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 210 in the Perry Index. From it is derived the English idiom 'to cry wolf', meaning to give a false alarm.-The fable and its history:... |
English | Aesop Aesop Aesop was a Greek writer credited with a number of popular fables. Older spellings of his name have included Esop and Isope. Although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a... |
Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today... |
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| The Boy Who Drew Cats The Boy Who Drew Cats "The Boy Who Drew Cats" is a Japanese fairy tale collected by Lafcadio Hearn in Japanese Fairy Tales.-Synopsis:A farmer and his wife had many children; the youngest son was too small and weak, and spent all his time drawing cats instead of doing his chores. So, they took him to the temple to become... |
Japanese | Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn Patrick Lafcadio Hearn , known also by the Japanese name , was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things... |
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| The Boy Who Found Fear At Last The Boy Who Found Fear At Last The Boy Who Found Fear At Last is a Turkish fairy tale collected by Ignaz Kunos in Türkische Volksmärchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Olive Fairy Book-Synopsis:... |
Turkish | Ignaz Kunos | Türkische Volksmärchen | ||
| The Boys with the Golden Stars The Boys with the Golden Stars The Boys with the Golden Stars is a Romanian fairy tale collected in Rumanische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Romanian | Rumanische Märchen | |||
| The Bronze Ring The Bronze Ring The Bronze Ring is the first story in The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. According to Lang's preface, this version of this fairy tale from the Middle East or Central Asia was translated and adapted from Traditions Populaires de l'Asie Mineure by Carnoy et Nicolaides... |
1889 | Arabic | Traditions Populaires de l'Asie Mineure | ||
| Brother and Sister Brother and Sister Brother and Sister is a well-known European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of Children's and Household Tales ... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm | Children's and Household Tales | |
| Brother and Sister Brother and Sister (Greek fairy tale) Brother and Sister is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece.It is Aarne-Thompson type 403A, The Wishes.-Synopsis:... |
Greek | Georgias A. Megas | Folktales of Greece | ||
| The Brown Bear of Norway The Brown Bear of Norway The Brown Bear of Norway is a Scottish fairy tale collected by Fitzroy MacLean in West Highland Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Lilac Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, the search for the lost husband... |
Scottish | Fitzroy MacLean | West Highland Tales | ||
| The Brown Bear of the Green Glen The Brown Bear of the Green Glen The Brown Bear of the Green Glen is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as John MacDonald, a "Traveling Tinker." He also noted the parallels with The Water of Life.... |
1890 | Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| Brewery of Eggshells Brewery of Eggshells Brewery of Eggshells is a Welsh fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his Celtic Fairy Tales.-Synopsis:A woman had to leave her twin babies alone for a time. When she returned, she saw two elves in blue petticoats cross her path. The babies looked the same, but would not grow. She and her... |
1892 | Welsh | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| Bunbuku Chagama Bunbuku Chagama Bunbuku Chagama is a Japanese folktale about a raccoon-dog, or tanuki, that uses its shapeshifting powers to reward its rescuer for his kindness.-Story:... |
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| The Buried Moon The Buried Moon The Buried Moon or The Dead Moon is a fairy tale included by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales. It is a striking unusual tale, with few variants, and often appearing more mythological than is common for fairy tales. It was collected by Mrs... |
1894 | English | Joseph Jacobs | More English Fairy Tales | |
| Bushy Bride Bushy Bride Bushy Bride is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. It is Aarne-Thompson type 403, the black and the white bride.-Synopsis:... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Buttercup Buttercup (fairy tale) Buttercup or Butterball is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327 C, the devil carries the hero home in a sack... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Canary Prince The Canary Prince The Canary Prince is an Italian fairy tale, the 18th tale in Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino. He took the tale from Turin, making various stylistic changes; he noted it developed a medieval motif, but such tales as Marie de France's Yonec produced a rather different effect, being tales of... |
1956 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Italo Calvino Italo Calvino Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,... |
Italian Folktales Italian Folktales Italian Folktales is a collection of 200 Italian folktales published in 1956 by Italo Calvino. Calvino began to undertake the project that will lead to the Italian Folktales in 1954, influenced by Vladimir Propp's Morphology of the Folktale; his intention was to emulate the Brothers Grimm in... |
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| Cannetella Cannetella Cannetella is an Italian literary fairy tale told by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book, as collected by Hermann Kletke.... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| Cap O' Rushes Cap O' Rushes "Cap-o'-Rushes" is an English fairy tale published by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales.Jacobs gives his source as "Contributed by Mrs. Walter-Thomas to "Suffolk Notes and Queries" of the Ipswich Journal, published by Mr. Lang in Longman's Magazine, vol. xiii., also in Folk-Lore September, 1890"... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs | English Fairy Tales | |
| The Cat on the Dovrefell The Cat on the Dovrefell The Cat on the Dovrefjell is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Cat's Elopement The Cat's Elopement The Cat's Elopement is a Japanese fairy tale collected by David Brauns in Japanische Marchen und Sagen. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Japanese | David Brauns | Japanische Marchen und Sagen | ||
| Catherine and her Destiny Catherine and her Destiny Catherine and her Destiny is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales, and included by Andrew Lang in The Pink Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane Thomas Frederick Crane Thomas Frederick Crane was an American folklorist, academic and lawyer.He studied law at Princeton, earned his undergraduate degree in 1864, and in 1867 graduated with an A.M. After graduation, he studied law at Columbia Law School but moved to Ithaca when a relative there became ill... |
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| Catskin Catskin Catskin is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs, in More English Fairy Tales. Marian Roalfe Cox, in her pioneering study of Cinderella, identified as one of the basic types, the Unnatural Father, contrasting with Cinderella itself and Cap O' Rushes.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B,... |
1894 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| The Child who came from an Egg The Child who came from an Egg The Child who came from an Egg or The Egg-Born Princess is an Estonian fairy tale, collected by Dr. Friedrich Kreutzwald in Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud. W. F... |
1866 | Estonian | Friedrich Kreutzwald | Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud | |
| Childe Rowland Childe Rowland "Childe Rowland" is a fairy tale, the most popular version being by Joseph Jacobs in his English Folk and Fairy Tales, published in 1892, and written partly in verse and part in prose.-Synopsis:... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| Cinderella Cinderella "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune... |
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Strabo Strabo Strabo, also written Strabon was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus , a city which he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea... |
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| Clever Hans Clever Hans (fairy tale) Clever Hans is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm about a boy who ruins his engagement with a girl through a variety of comedic events... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm | Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Clever Little Tailor The Clever Little Tailor The Clever Little Tailor is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale 114. It is Aarne-Thompson type 850, The Princess's Birthmarks. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm | Children's and Household Tales | |
| Clever Maria Clever Maria Clever Maria is a Portuguese fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A merchant had three daughters, and the youngest, Maria, was the most beautiful. The king gave each daughter a pot of basil and forbade them to receive visitors. One day, the king came with two... |
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| Conall Cra Bhuidhe Conall Cra Bhuidhe Conall Cra Bhuidhe or Conall Yellowclaw is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as James Wilson, blind fiddler in Islay. Joseph Jacobs included it in Celtic Fairy Tales, softening one episode and noting it occurred... |
Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands | ||
| Corvetto Corvetto Corvetto is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.It is Aarne-Thompson type 531. Other tales of this type include The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa, Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful, King Fortunatus's Golden Wig, and The... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| Costanza / Costanzo Costanza / Costanzo Costanza / Costanzo is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola.-Synopsis:... |
Italian | Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector from Caravaggio, Italy. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe... |
The Facetious Nights of Straparola The Facetious Nights of Straparola ]The Facetious Nights of Straparola , also known as The Nights of Straparola, is a two-volume collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola... |
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| The Cottager and his Cat The Cottager and his Cat The Cottager and his Cat is an Icelandic fairy tale collected in Islandische Marchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Cunning Shoemaker The Cunning Shoemaker The Cunning Shoemaker is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in Sicilianische Mahrchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Italian | Laura Gonzenbach | Sicilianische Märchen | ||
| Cupid and Psyche Cupid and Psyche Cupid and Psyche , is a legend that first appeared as a digressionary story told by an old woman in Lucius Apuleius' novel, The Golden Ass, written in the 2nd century CE. Apuleius likely used an earlier tale as the basis for his story, modifying it to suit the thematic needs of his novel.It has... |
2nd century | Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and... |
Lucius Apuleius | The Golden Ass The Golden Ass The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which St. Augustine referred to as The Golden Ass , is the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety.... |
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| The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane Thomas Frederick Crane Thomas Frederick Crane was an American folklorist, academic and lawyer.He studied law at Princeton, earned his undergraduate degree in 1864, and in 1867 graduated with an A.M. After graduation, he studied law at Columbia Law School but moved to Ithaca when a relative there became ill... |
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| Dapplegrim Dapplegrim Dapplegrim is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.-Synopsis:The youngest of twelve sons goes off to serve the king for a year... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch is a fairy tale from northern Africa, collected by Hans von Stumme in Märchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Northern African | Hans von Stumme | Märchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis | ||
| The Daughter Of King Under-Waves The Daughter Of King Under-Waves The Daughter Of King Under-Waves is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands. He listed as his source Roderick MacLean, a tailor of Ken Tangval, Barra, who reported hearing it from old men in South Uist, including Angus Macintyre, Bornish,... |
1890 | Scottish Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
John Francis Campbell John Francis Campbell John Francis Campbell , Celtic scholar, educated at Eton and Edinburgh, was afterwards Secretary to the Lighthouse Commission... |
Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| The Daughter of the Skies The Daughter of the Skies The Daughter of the Skies is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as James MacLauchlan, a servant from Islay.It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A... |
Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands | ||
| The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife is a Tunisian fairy tale collected in Tunisische Märchen und Gedichte. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Death of Koschei the Deathless The Death of Koschei the Deathless The Death of the Immortal Koschei or Marya Morevna is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki and included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book... |
1862 | Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
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| Der Mond Der Mond Der Mond is an opera in one act by Carl Orff based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale with a libretto by the composer. It was first performed on 5 February 1939 by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich under the direction of Clemens Krauss... |
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| The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 29. It falls under Aarne-Thompson classification types 461, "three hairs from the devil", and 930, "prophecy that a poor boy will marry a rich girl."... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm | Children's and Household Tales | |
| Diamonds and Toads Diamonds and Toads Diamonds and Toads or Toads and Diamonds is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault, and titled by him "Les Fées" or "The Fairies." Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book.... |
1695 | French | Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... |
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| Dick Whittington | 1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| The Dirty Shepherdess The Dirty Shepherdess The Dirty Shepherdess is a French fairy tale collected by Paul Sébillot. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book-Plot summary:A king asked his two daughters how much they loved him. His older said as the apple of her eye. The younger said as much as the salt on her food. He ordered her... |
French | Paul Sébillot Paul Sébillot Paul Sébillot was a French folklorist, painter, and writer. Many of his works are about his native province, Brittany.-Early life and art:... |
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| Doctor Know-all Doctor Know-all Doctor Know-all is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 98 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1641 about being in the right place at the right time. Another tale of this type is Almondseed and Almondella.-Synopsis:A peasant named Crabbe saw how well a... |
1842 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Doll i' the Grass Doll i' the Grass Doll i' the Grass is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr.It is Aarne-Thompson type 402, Animal Brides... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Dolphin The Dolphin (fairy tale) The Dolphin is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy.Another literary tale of this type is Giambattista Basile's older Peruonto. A folk variant is the French Half-Man.-Synopsis:... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
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| Don Giovanni de la Fortuna | Italian | Laura Gonzenbach Laura Gonzenbach Laura Gonzenbach was a Swiss folklorist, active in Messina, who collected fairy tales in a number of European dialects.Gonzenbach was born in a Swiss-German community of Sicily, to a German speaking mercantile family, her sister, Magdelena, began a school in Messina... |
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| Don Joseph Pear Don Joseph Pear Don Joseph Pear is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in his Italian Popular Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 545B.-Synopsis:... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane | Italian Popular Tales | |
| The Donkey The Donkey (fairy tale) The Donkey is a German fairy tale collected by Brothers Grimm by Grimm's Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 430, The Donkey Bridegroom.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| Donkey Cabbages Donkey Cabbages Donkey Cabbages or The Donkey Cabbage is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 122. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm | Children's and Household Tales | |
| Donkeyskin Donkeyskin Donkeyskin is a French fairy tale told by Charles Perrault.Andrew Lang included it, somewhat euphemized, in The Grey Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson folktale type 510B, unnatural love... |
1697 | French | Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... |
Mother Goose Tales | |
| The Dove The Dove (fairy tale) The Dove is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.Although there is no evidence of direct influence, this tale combines many motifs in a manner similar to the Grimms' The Two Kings' Children.... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| Drakestail Drakestail Drakestail also known as Quackling is a French folk tale about a duck, where repetition forms most of the logic behind the plot. The story is also similar to other folk tales where the hero picks up several allies and uses them in the exact order found.The original version of Draksetail was told... |
1888 | French | Charles Marelle | Affenschwanz et Cetera | |
| The Dragon and his Grandmother The Dragon and his Grandmother The Dragon and his Grandmother or The Devil and His Grandmother is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 125.Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm | Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Dragon and the Prince The Dragon and the Prince The Dragon and the Prince or The Prince and the Dragon is a Serbian fairy tale collected by A. H. Wratislaw in his Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources, tale number 43... |
1890 | Serbian | A. H. Wratislaw | Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources | |
| The Dragon of the North The Dragon of the North The Dragon of the North is an Estonian fairy tale, collected by Dr. Friedrich Kreutzwald in Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book; he listed his source as "Der Norlands Drache" from Ehstnische Märchen, which was the German translation of Kreutzwald's... |
1866 | Estonian | Friedrich Kreutzwald | Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud | |
| The Duration of Life The Duration of Life (fairy tale) The Duration of Life is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 176. It was first included in their fourth edition.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| East of the Sun and West of the Moon East of the Sun and West of the Moon East of the Sun and West of the Moon is a Norwegian folk tale.East of the Sun and West of the Moon was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Eglė the Queen of Serpents Egle the Queen of Serpents Eglė the Queen of Serpents, alternatively Eglė the Queen of Grass Snakes , is a Lithuanian folk tale.-Details:Eglė the Queen of Serpents is considered one of the most archaic and best-known Lithuanian fairy tales and the richest in references of Baltic mythology. Over a hundred slightly diverging... |
1837 | Lithuanian | M. Jasewicz | ||
| The Elf Maiden The Elf Maiden The Elf Maiden is a Lapp fairy tale, collected by J. C. Poestion in Lapplandische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
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J. C. Poestion | Lapplandische Märche | ||
| The Elves and the Shoemaker The Elves and the Shoemaker The Elves and the Cobbler or The Shoemaker and the Elves is an often copied and re-made story about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed help from elves.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm | Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Emperor's New Clothes The Emperor's New Clothes "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent... |
1837 | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. consists of nine fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. The tales were published in a series of three installments by C. A... |
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| The Enchanted Canary The Enchanted Canary The Enchanted Canary is a French fairy tale collected by Charles Deulin. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A lord was the fattest lord in Flanders. He loved his son dearly. One day, the young man told him he did not find the women in Flanders beautiful; he did not wish to... |
French | Charles Deulin | |||
| The Enchanted Maiden The Enchanted Maiden The Enchanted Maiden is a Portuguese fairy tale collected by Consiglieri Pedroso in Portuguese Folk-Tales.-Synopsis:A man had three daughters. To announce that the first one was ready for marriage, he hung up a golden ball; every man passing by believed the family to be too rich for him, until a... |
Portuguese | Consiglieri Pedroso | Portuguese Folk-Tales | ||
| The Enchanted Pig The Enchanted Pig The Enchanted Pig is a Romanian fairy tale, collected in Rumanische Märchen and also by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, the search for the lost husband... |
Romanian | Rumanische Märchen. | |||
| The Enchanted Snake The Enchanted Snake The Enchanted Snake or The Snake is an Italian fairy tale. Giambattista Basile wrote a variant in the Pentamerone. Andrew Lang drew upon this variant, for inclusion in The Green Fairy Book.... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Enchanted Watch The Enchanted Watch The Enchanted Watch is a French fairy tale collected by Paul Sébillot. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A rich man's oldest two sons went out and saw the world for three years apiece, and came back. The foolish youngest son also wanted to go, and his father finally let... |
French | Paul Sébillot | |||
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| Esben and the Witch Esben and the Witch Esben and the Witch is a Danish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book. A version of the tale also appears in A Book of Witches and A Choice of Magic, by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327B, the small boy defeats the ogre.-Synopsis:A farmer had twelve sons, and... |
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| Fair Brow Fair Brow Fair Brow is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in his Italian Popular Tales.Italo Calvino included a variant from Istria in his Italian Folktales. He noted that the grateful dead man was a common medieval motif.-Synopsis:... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane | Italian Popular Tales | |
| Fair, Brown and Trembling Fair, Brown and Trembling Fair, Brown and Trembling is an Irish fairy tale collected by Jeremiah Curtin in Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland and Joseph Jacobs in his Celtic Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510A... |
1892 | Irish | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| The Fair Fiorita The Fair Fiorita The Fair Fiorita is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales. Italo Calvino included a variant of it, The Princesses Wed to the First Passer-By, in his Italian Folktales.-Synopsis:... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane | Italian Popular Tales | |
| Fairer-than-a-Fairy Fairer-than-a-Fairy Fairer-than-a-Fairy is a French literary fairy tale written by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont La Force. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
French | Charlotte-Rose de Caumont La Force Charlotte-Rose de Caumont La Force Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force or Mademoiselle de La Force was a French novelist and poet. Her best-known work was her 1698 fairy tale Persinette which was adapted by the Brothers Grimm as the story Rapunzel.... |
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| Fairy Gifts Fairy Gifts Fairy Gifts is a French literary fairy tale, by the Comte de Caylus. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book.-Synopsis:The Flower Fairy raised princes and princesses in her house and never sent them away grown without a gift... |
French | Comte de Caylus | |||
| Fairy Ointment Fairy ointment Fairy Ointment or The Fairy Nurse is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales. It has been told in many variants. Andrew Lang included one in The Lilac Fairy Book.... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs | English Fairy Tales | |
| The False Prince and the True The False Prince and the True The False Prince and the True is a Portuguese fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Lilac Fairy Book.-The False Prince and the True:... |
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| Farmer Weathersky Farmer Weathersky Farmer Weathersky is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book as "Farmer Weatherbeard".... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair Fat-Frumos with the Golden Hair Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair or The Foundling Prince is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor.-Synopsis:A hermit lived alone. One day, a box floated down the river to him... |
Romanian | Petre Ispirescu | Legende sau basmele românilor | ||
| Father Frost Father Frost (fairy tale) Father Frost is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. Andrew Lang included it, as "The Story of King Frost", in The Yellow Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 480, The Kind and the Unkind Girls... |
1862 | Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki | |
| Father Roquelaure Father Roquelaure Father Roquelaure is a French fairy tale collected by Achille Millien.It is a type 516 tale in the Aarne-Thompson classification system. Others of this type are Trusty John and The Raven.-Synopsis:... |
1956 | French | Paul Delarue | The Borzoi Book of French Folk-Tales | |
| The Feather of Finist the Falcon The Feather of Finist the Falcon The Feather of Finist the Falcon or Finist the Falcon is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.It is Aarne–Thompson type 432, the prince as bird... |
1862 | Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki | |
| Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 126.It is Aarne-Thompson type 531. Other tales of this type include The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa, Corvetto, King Fortunatus's Golden Wig, and The Mermaid and the Boy... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| Finette Cendron Finette Cendron Finette Cendron is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510A... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| The Fir-Tree The Fir-Tree "The Fir-Tree" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen . The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 with "The Snow Queen" in... |
1845 | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
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| The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.It is Aarne-Thompson type 531. Other tales of this type include Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful, Corvetto, King Fortunatus's Golden Wig, and The Mermaid and... |
1862 | Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki | |
| The Fish and the Ring The Fish and the Ring The Fish and the Ring is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. This tale has several parallels in the literature and folklore of various cultures.-Synopsis:... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs | English Fairy Tales | |
| The Fisherman and His Wife The Fisherman and His Wife The Fisherman and His Wife is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale no. 19. It is Aarne-Thompson type 555, the fisherman and his wife. Its theme was used in The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish, a 1835 poem by Aleksandr Pushkin. Mrs Ramsey reads the story to James, her son in... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm | Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Fisherman and the Jinni The Fisherman and the Jinni The Fisherman and the Jinni is the second top-level story told by Shahrazad in the One Thousand and One Nights.-Synopsis:There was an old, poor fisherman who cast his net four times a day and only four times. One day he went to the shore and cast his net. When he tried to pull it up, he found it... |
before 850 | Persian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... /Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book... |
One Thousand and One Nights | ||
| Fitcher's Bird Fitcher's Bird Fitcher's Bird is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 46.It is Aarne-Thompson type 311, the heroine rescues herself and her sisters. Another tale of this type is How the Devil Married Three Sisters. It is closely related to the tale Bluebeard... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Flea The Flea (fairy tale) The Flea is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.-Synopsis:A king raised a flea until it was the size of a sheep. Then he had it skinned and promised his daughter in marriage to whoever could guess what the skin came from. An ogre... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Fisher-Girl and the Crab The Fisher-Girl and the Crab The Fisher-Girl and the Crab is an Indian fairy tale collected by Verrier Elwin in Folk-Tales of Mahakoshal; it comes from the Kuruk, a people living in Chitrakot, Bastar State.-Synopsis:... |
1944 | Indian | Verrier Elwin Verrier Elwin Verrier Elwin was a self-trained anthropologist, ethnologist and tribal activist, who began his career in India as a Christian missionary... |
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| Five Peas from a Pod | 1850 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
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| The Flower Queen's Daughter The Flower Queen's Daughter The Flower Queen's Daughter is a Bukovinan fairy tale collected by Dr Heinrich von Wlislocki in Märchen Und Sagen Der Bukowinaer Und Siebenbûrger Armenier. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Bukowinaer | Heinrich von Wlislocki | Märchen Und Sagen Der Bukowinaer Und Siebenbûrger Armenier | ||
| The Flying Trunk The Flying Trunk "The Flying Trunk" is a fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young man who has a flying trunk that carries him to Turkey where he visits the Sultan's daughter... |
1838 | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
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| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship The Flying Ship or The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship is a Russian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book and Arthur Ransome in Old Peter's Russian Tales.... |
Russian | Arthur Ransome Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome was an English author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. These tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; other common subjects... |
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| Fortune and the Wood-Cutter Fortune and the Wood-Cutter Fortune and the Wood-Cutter is a fairy tale collected in Traditions Populaires de l'Asie Mineure. Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A woodcutter, sick of working and always being poor, took to his bed instead of working... |
1889 | Arabic | Traditions Populaires de l'Asie Mineure | ||
| Fortunée Fortunée Fortunée or Felicia and the Pot of Pinks is a French literary fairy tale, written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A poor labourer, dying, wished to divide his goods between his son and daughter... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| Foundling-Bird Foundling-Bird Foundling-Bird is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 51.It is Aarne-Thompson type 313A, the girl helps the hero flee, and revolves about a transformation chase... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Fountain of Youth The Fountain of Youth (fairy tale) The Fountain of Youth is a Japanese fairy tale collected by Lafcadio Hearn in Japanese Fairy Tales.-Synopsis:An old couple lived in the mountains. The man cut wood, and the woman wove, every day. One day, the man found a spring and drank from it. He became a young man. Delighted, he ran home... |
1898 | Japanese | Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn Patrick Lafcadio Hearn , known also by the Japanese name , was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things... |
Japanese Fairy Tales | |
| The Four Skillful Brothers The Four Skillful Brothers The Four Skillful Brothers is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 129. It is Aarne-Thompson type 653.-Synopsis:A poor old father sent his sons out to learn trades. Each one met a man and was persuaded to learn the trade of the man whom he had met... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Fox Sister The Fox Sister -Synopsis:A man had three sons and no daughter. He prayed for a daughter, even if she was a fox. His wife gave birth to a daughter, but when the girl was six, one of their cows died every night. He set his oldest son to watch. The boy watched, and told him that his sister did it, by pulling the... |
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| Frau Trude Frau Trude Frau Trude is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 43.It is Aarne-Thompson type 334, at the witch's house.-Synopsis:... |
1842 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Frog and the Lion Fairy | 1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Contes Nouveaux ou Les Fees à la Mode | |
| The Frog Prince The Frog Prince (story) "The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection. In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a frog , who magically transforms into a handsome prince... |
1842 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Frog Princess The Frog Princess The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that exists in many versions from several countries.Russian variants include the Frog Princess or Tsarevna Frog and also Vasilisa the Wise ; Alexander Afanasyev collected variants in his Narodnye russkie skazki... |
Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki Narodnye russkie skazki Russian Fairy Tales , is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, Grimm's Fairy Tales.... |
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| Geirlug The King's Daughter Geirlug The King's Daughter Geirlug The King's Daughter is an Icelandic fairy tale collected in Neuisländischen Volksmärchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Olive Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A king and a queen were in a garden with their baby son when a dragon carried off their son.... |
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| Georgic and Merlin Georgic and Merlin Georgic and Merlin is a French fairy tale collected by François Cadic in "La Paroisse bretonne".It is Aarne-Thompson type 502. The oldest known tale of this type is Guerrino and the Savage Man. Another variant is Iron John.-Synopsis:... |
1956 | French | Paul Delarue | The Borzoi Book of French Folk-Tales | |
| Gertrude's Bird Gertrude's Bird Gertrude's Bird is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr.-Synopsis:Jesus and St. Peter came begging one day to a house where a woman named Gertrude lived... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.George MacDonald retold it as "The Giant's Heart" in Adela Cathcart... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Giants and the Herd-boy The Giants and the Herd-boy The Giants and the Herd-boy is a Bukowniaer fairy tale collected by Dr Heinrich von Wlislocki in Märchen Und Sagen Der Bukowinaer Und Siebenbûrger Armenier. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Bukowinaer | Heinrich von Wlislocki | Märchen Und Sagen Der Bukowinaer Und Siebenbûrger Armenier | ||
| The Gifts of the Magician The Gifts of the Magician The Gifts of the Magician is a Finnish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book, listing his source as Finnische Mahrchen.-Synopsis:... |
Finnish | Finnische Mahrchen | |||
| The Gingerbread Man The Gingerbread Man The Gingerbread Man Thegingerbread Runner is the anthropomorphic protagonist in a fairy tale about a cookie's escape from various pursuers and his eventual demise between the jaws of a fox. The Gingerbread Boy makes his first print appearance in the May 1875 issue of St... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
English Fairy Tales | |
| The Girl and the Dead Man The Girl and the Dead Man The Girl and the Dead Man is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as Ann Darroch, in Islay.-Synopsis:... |
1890 | Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| The Girl Without Hands The Girl Without Hands The Girl Without Hands or The Handless Maiden or The Girl With Silver Hands or The Armless Maiden is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 31. It is Aarne-Thompson type 706.-Synopsis:... |
1842 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Glass Coffin The Glass Coffin The Glass Coffin is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 163. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book as The Crystal Coffin.It is Aarne-Thompson type 410, Sleeping Beauty. Another variant is The Young Slave.... |
1842 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Glass Mountain The Glass Mountain (fairy tale) The Glass Mountain is a Polish fairy tale collected by Hermann Kletke. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.The name also appears as a mythical location in a different story, one of the original Brothers Grimm fairytales. -Synopsis:The Polish story begins with: On a glass mountain grew... |
Polish | Hermann Kletke | |||
| The Gnome The Gnome (fairy tale) The Gnome is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, tale number 91.It is Aarne-Thompson type 301A, The Quest for the Vanished Princesses.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.-Synopsis:... |
1862 | Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki | |
| The Goat Girl The Goat Girl The Goat Girl is a Greek fairy tale known in many variants, collected by Anna Angelopoulou, Johann Gottfried von Hahn, and Georgios Ioannou. It bears many similarities to the French Donkeyskin.-Synopsis:... |
Greek | Anna Angelopoulou | |||
| The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan is a Serbian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book.The incident appears as part of the legends of Midas in classical times, but not all of the legend appears in the fairy tale.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Goat-faced Girl The Goat-faced Girl The Goat-faced Girl is an Italian fairy tale. Giambattista Basile included a version in his Pentamerone. Andrew Lang included a version, collected by Hermann Kletke, in The Grey Fairy Book.... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Goblin and the Grocer The Goblin and the Grocer "The Goblin and the Grocer" is a fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a goblin who must choose between poetry or a Christmas treat from a grocer. The tale was first published November 30, 1852, and republished several times during the author's lifetime. Andrew Lang... |
1853 | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
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| God Gives a Hundred for One God Gives a Hundred for One God Gives a Hundred for One is a Mexican fairy tale collected by Virginia Rodriguez Rivera in Mexico, from Manuel Guevara, forty-nine. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1735 'Who gives his own goods shall receive it back tenfold'.-Synopsis:... |
Mexican | Americo Paredes Americo Paredes Americo Paredes was a Mexican-American author born in Brownsville, Texas who authored several texts focusing on the border life that existed between the United States and Mexico, particularly around the Rio Grande region of South Texas. His family on his father’s side, however, had been in the... |
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| Godfather Death Godfather Death Godfather Death is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 44. It is Aarne-Thompson type 332.-Synopsis:... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Gold-Children The Gold-Children The Gold-Children is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 85. It is Aarne-Thompson type 555, the fisherman and his wife, followed by type 303, blood brothers.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Gold-bearded Man The Gold-bearded Man The Gold-bearded Man is an Hungarian fairy tale collected in Ungarische Mahrchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Hungarian | Ungarische Mahrchen | |||
| The Golden Ball | 1894 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
More English Fairy Tales | |
| The Golden Bird The Golden Bird "The Golden Bird" is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, number 57, about the pursuit of a golden bird by a king's three sons.A French version, collected by Paul Sébillot, is called The Golden Blackbird. Andrew Lang included that variant in The Green Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson folktale type 550,... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Golden Blackbird | French | Paul Sébillot | |||
| The Golden Bracelet The Golden Bracelet The Golden Bracelet is an American fairy tale from Kentucky, collected by Marie Campbell in Tales from the Cloud Walking Country, listing her informant as Aunt Lizbeth Fields.It is Aarne-Thompson type 533... |
1958 | Kentucky | Marie Campbell | Tales from the Cloud Walking Country | |
| The Golden Branch The Golden Branch The Golden Branch is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A cruel king had a hideous but good-hearted son. The king wanted to arrange an alliance by marrying his son to a princess who was as ugly as he was. The prince,... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Contes Nouveaux ou Les Fees à la Mode | |
| The Golden Crab The Golden Crab The Golden Crab is a Greek fairy tale collected as "Prinz Krebs" by Bernhard Schmidt in his Griechische Märchen, Sagen and Volkslieder. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.Georgios A... |
1877 | Greek | Bernhard Schmidt | Griechische Märchen, Sagen and Volkslieder | |
| Golden Goose Golden Goose The Golden Goose is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm .-Story:The hero is the youngest of three brothers, given the nickname Dummling. His eldest brother is sent into the forest to chop wood, fortified with a rich cake and a bottle of wine. He meets a little gray man who begs a morsel... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm | Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Golden-Headed Fish The Golden-Headed Fish The Golden-Headed Fish is an Armenian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Olive Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A king was going blind. A traveller said that if a golden-headed fish, found in the Great Sea, was brought to him within a hundred days, he would prepare an ointment from its blood to save... |
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| The Golden Key The Golden Key (Grimm's Fairy Tales) The Golden Key is a fairy tale , which is in place 200 of Grimm's Fairy Tales.-Plot:A poor boy gathering wood with a sleigh wants to warm himself by a fire and finds a small golden key beneath the snow; then he finds a small iron box in the ground... |
German | Brothers Grimm | |||
| The Golden Key The Golden Key The Golden Key is a fairy tale written by George MacDonald. It was published in Dealings with the Fairies .It is particularly noted for the intensity of the suggestive imagery, which implies a spiritual meaning to the story without providing a transparent allegory for the events in it.-Plot... |
1867 | Scottish | George MacDonald George MacDonald George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. It was C.S... |
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| The Golden Lion The Golden Lion The Golden Lion is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in Sicilianische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Italian | Laura Gonzenbach | Sicilianische Märchen | ||
| The Golden Stag The Golden Stag (fairy tale) -Synopsis:An old woman told her husband that he had to lose his two children, a son and a daughter, by his first marriage, in the woods. The first time, the boy had been playing in the ashes, and the children came back, but the second time, the old man succeeded in losing them... |
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| Goldilocks and the Three Bears The Three Bears "The Story of the Three Bears" is a fairy tale first recorded in narrative form by British author and poet Robert Southey, and first published anonymously in a volume of his writings in 1837... |
1837 | English | Robert Southey Robert Southey Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843... |
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| The Golden Slipper The Golden Slipper The Golden Slipper is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510A, the persecuted heroine.-Synopsis:... |
Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki Narodnye russkie skazki Russian Fairy Tales , is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, Grimm's Fairy Tales.... |
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| The Gold-spinners The Gold-spinners The Gold-spinners is an Estonian fairy tale collected by Dr. Friedrich Kreutzwald in Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud. W. F. Kirby included it in The Hero of Esthonia, and Andrew Lang, under the title The Water-lily... |
1866 | Estonian | Friedrich Kreutzwald | Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud | |
| Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree is a Scottish fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his Celtic Fairy Tales. It is Aarne-Thompson type 709, Snow White. Others of this type include Bella Venezia, Nourie Hadig, and Myrsina.-Synopsis:... |
1892 | Scottish | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
Celtic Fairy Tales | |
| The Goose Girl The Goose Girl The Goose Girl is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, The Goose Girl has been recorded as Tale no. 89.... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Goose-Girl at the Well The Goose-Girl at the Well The Goose-Girl at the Well is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 179.It is Aarne-Thompson type 923, love like salt.-Synopsis:... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | ||
| The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs Killing The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs is among the best known of Aesop's Fables and use of the phrase has become idiomatic of an unprofitable action motivated by greed.-The story and its moral:... |
6th century BC | Greek | Aesop Aesop Aesop was a Greek writer credited with a number of popular fables. Older spellings of his name have included Esop and Isope. Although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a... |
Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today... |
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| Graciosa and Percinet Graciosa and Percinet Graciosa and Percinet is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A king and queen had a beautiful daughter, Graciosa, and an ugly duchess hated her. One day, the queen died. The king grieved so much that his doctors ordered him to... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| The Grateful Beasts The Grateful Beasts The Grateful Beasts is a Hungarian fairy tale collected by Hermann Kletke. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.-Synopsis:Three sons set out to seek their fortune... |
Hungarian | Hermann Kletke | |||
| The Grateful Prince The Grateful Prince The Grateful Prince is an Estonian fairy tale, collected by Dr. Friedrich Kreutzwald in Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud. W. F. Kirby included in The Hero of Esthonia. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book; he listed his source as Ehstnische Märchen, which was the German translation of... |
1866 | Estonian | Friedrich Kreutzwald | Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud | |
| The Grave Mound | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener is an Irish fairy tale collected by Patrick Kennedy in Fireside Stories of Ireland. Joseph Jacobs included it in More Celtic Fairy Tales.... |
Irish | Patrick Kennedy | Fireside Stories of Ireland | ||
| The Green Knight The Green Knight (fairy tale) The Green Knight is a Danish fairy tale, collected by Evald Tang Kristensen in "Eventyr fra Jylland" and by Svend Grundtvig in Danish Fairy Tales.This tale combines Aarne-Thompson type 510A with type 425N, the bird husband, and type 432, the prince as bird... |
Danish | Evald Tang Kristensen Evald Tang Kristensen Evald Tang Kristensen was a Danish folklore collector and author. Working first as a schoolteacher and later solely as a collector, he assembled and published a huge amount of detailed information on all aspects of folklore as he visited country people throughout his native Jutland.-Early... |
Eventyr fra Jylland | ||
| The Green Serpent The Green Serpent The Green Serpent , is a French fairy tale written by Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy, popular in its day and representative of European folklore, that was published in her book New Tales, or Fairies in Fashion , in 1698. The serpent is representative of a European dragon... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Contes Nouveaux ou Les Fees à la Mode | |
| The Greenish Bird The Greenish Bird The Greenish Bird is a Mexican fairy tale collected by Joel Gomez in La Encantada, Texas from a seventy-four-year-old woman, Mrs. P.E.It combines Aarne-Thompson types 425, the Search for the Lost Husband, and 432, the Prince as Bird... |
Mexican | Americo Paredes Americo Paredes Americo Paredes was a Mexican-American author born in Brownsville, Texas who authored several texts focusing on the border life that existed between the United States and Mexico, particularly around the Rio Grande region of South Texas. His family on his father’s side, however, had been in the... |
Folktales of Mexico | ||
| The Griffin The Griffin (fairy tale) The Griffin is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 610, Fruit to Cure the Princess; and type 461, Three Hairs from the Devil... |
1815 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok is a Breton fairy tale collected by Émile Souvestre in Le Foyer Breton. Andrew Lang included it in The Lilac Fairy Book.Ruth Manning-Sanders included it in A Book of Mermaids.-Synopsis:... |
Breton | Émile Souvestre Émile Souvestre Émile Souvestre was a French novelist who was a native of Morlaix, Finistère.He was the son of a civil engineer and was educated at the college of Pontivy, with the intention of following his father's career by entering the Polytechnic School... |
Le Foyer Breton | ||
| Guerrino and the Savage Man Guerrino and the Savage Man Guerrino and the Savage Man is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola.... |
Italian | Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector from Caravaggio, Italy. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe... |
The Facetious Nights of Straparola The Facetious Nights of Straparola ]The Facetious Nights of Straparola , also known as The Nights of Straparola, is a two-volume collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola... |
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| Habogi Habogi Habogi is an Icelandic fairy tale collected in Neuislandische Volksmärchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Icelandic | Neuislandische Volksmärchen | |||
| The Hairy Man The Hairy Man The Hairy Man is a Russian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.-Synopsis:Two ricks of a king's rapeseed fields are found burned every night. Finally, a shepherd with dogs keeps watch, and catches the "hairy man" who is responsible. The king puts him in a cage... |
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| Half-Man Half-Man Half-Man is a French fairy tale collected by Achille Millien and Paul Delarue.It is Aarne-Thompson type 675, a type of tale found throughout Europe. Another variant is Peruonto.-Synopsis:... |
1956 | French | Paul Delarue | The Borzoi Book of French Folk-Tales | |
| Hans My Hedgehog Hans My Hedgehog Hans My Hedgehog, or Hans the Hedgehog, is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, it has been recorded as Tale no... |
1815 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel "Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic hag living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Hare and the Hedgehog | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Hazel-nut Child The Hazel-nut Child The Hazel-nut Child is a Bukowinaer fairy tale collected by Dr Heinrich von Wlislocki in Märchen Und Sagen Der Bukowinaer Und Siebenbûrger Armenier. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.... |
Bukowinaer | Heinrich von Wlislocki | Märchen Und Sagen Der Bukowinaer Und Siebenbûrger Armenier | ||
| The Heart of a Monkey The Heart of a Monkey The Heart of a Monkey is a Swahili fairy tale collected by Edward Steere in Swahili Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Lilac Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson 91.-Synopsis:... |
Swahili | Edward Steere | Swahili Tales | ||
| The Hedley Kow The Hedley Kow "The Hedley Kow" is an English fairy tale. It was collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales in 1894.-Synopsis:A poor woman finds a pot on the road. She thinks it must have a hole for it to be discarded, but optimistically decides she might find a use for it as a flowerpot. Looking... |
1894 | English | Joseph Jacobs | More English Fairy Tales | |
| Hermod and Hadvor Hermod and Hadvor Hermod and Hadvor is an Icelandic fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A king and queen had a daughter, Hadvor, and a foster son, Hermod. One day, the queen died, after asking her husband to marry no one but the Queen of Hetland the Good... |
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| The Hobyahs The Hobyahs The Hobyahs is a fairy tale collected by Mr S. V. Proudfit, in Perth. Joseph Jacobs included it in More English Fairy Tales. His source was American Folk-Lore Journal, iv, 173.-Synopsis:... |
Australian | Joseph Jacobs | More English Fairy Tales | ||
| The Tale of the Hoodie The Tale of the Hoodie The Tale of the Hoodie is a Scottish fairy tale, collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands. Andrew Lang included it, as The Hoodie-Crow, in The Lilac Fairy Book.... |
1890 | Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands | |
| Hop o' My Thumb Hop o' My Thumb "Hop-o'-My-Thumb", also known as "Little Thumbling" , is a literary fairy tale by Charles Perrault . At the age of 67, Perrault decided to dedicate himself to his children and published Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals , with the subtitle: Tales of Mother Goose... |
1697 | French | Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... |
Mother Goose Tales | |
| The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder is an Icelandic fairy tale from Islandische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.Ruth Manning-Sanders included it, as "Sigurd the King's Son", in A Book of Ogres and Trolls.... |
Icelandic | Islandische Märchen | |||
| How Geirald the Coward was Punished How Geirald the Coward was Punished How Geirald the Coward was Punished is an Icelandic fairy tale collected in Neuislandische Volksmärchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A poor knight had many children... |
Icelandic | Neuislandische Volksmärchen | |||
| How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon is a Scottish fairy tale, collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands. He recorded it from a quarryman in Knockderry, Roseneath, named Angus Campbell.... |
1890 | Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| How Six Men Got On in the World | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in Sicilianische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 545B, the Cat as Helper... |
Italian | Laura Gonzenbach | Sicilianische Märchen | ||
| How the Daughter-in-Law Got the Coins How the Daughter-in-Law Got the Coins How the Daughter-in-Law Got the Coins is a Sri Lankan fairy tale collected by H. Parker in Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon.It is Aarne-Thompson type 982, Ungrateful Heirs.-Synopsis:... |
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| How the Devil Married Three Sisters How the Devil Married Three Sisters How the Devil Married Three Sisters is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 311, the heroine rescues herself and her sisters... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane | Italian Popular Tales | |
| How the Dragon was Tricked How the Dragon was Tricked How the Dragon was Tricked is a Greek fairy tale collected by J. G. von Hahn in Griechische und Albanesische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 328, the boy steals the giant's treasures.-Synopsis:... |
1864 | Greek | JG von Hahn | Griechtsche und Albanesische Marche | |
| How the Hermit helped to win the King's Daughter How the Hermit helped to win the King's Daughter How the Hermit helped to win the King's Daughter is an Italian fairy tale, collected by Laura Gonzenbach in Sicilianische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Italian | Laura Gonzenbach | Sicilianische Märchen | ||
| How the Killing of the Old Men Was Stopped How the Killing of the Old Men Was Stopped How the Killing of the Old Men Was Stopped is a Serbian fairy tale that first appeared in Kazadzic, a journal of Serbian folklore, having been submitted by Mr. I. L. Szeckovic from Paracin. It is Aarne-Thompson type 981, the Killing of Old Men.... |
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| How the Stalos were Tricked How the Stalos were Tricked How the Stalos were Tricked is a Lapp fairy tale collected by J. C. Poestion in Lapplandische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Sami Sami people The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost... |
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| How to find out a True Friend How to find out a True Friend How to find out a True Friend is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in Sicilianische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Italian | Laura Gonzenbach | Sicilianische Märchen | ||
| The Hurds The Hurds The Hurds or Odds and Ends is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1451, a suitor chooses the thrifty girl.-Synopsis:... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Husband of the Rat's Daughter The Husband of the Rat's Daughter The Husband of the Rat's Daughter is a Japanese fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 2031C, a chain tale or cumulative tale. Another story of this type is The Mouse Turned into a Maid.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Husband Who Was to Mind the House The Husband Who Was to Mind the House The Husband Who Was to Mind the House is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1408 The man who does his wife's work.-Synopsis:... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
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Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Hut in the Forest The Hut in the Forest The Hut in the Forest or The House in the Wood is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 169. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 431.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Ill-Fated Princess The Ill-Fated Princess The Ill-Fated Princess is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece.It is Aarne-Thompson type 938A, Misfortunes in Youth.-Synopsis:A queen could not marry off her three daughters... |
Greek | Georgias A. Megas | Folktales of Greece | ||
| I know what I have learned I know what I have learned I know what I have learned is a Danish fairy tale, collected by Svendt Grundtvig in Gamle Danske Minder i Folkemunde. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Imp Prince The Imp Prince The Imp Prince is a French fairy tale written by Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy and published in her book Fairy Tales in 1697.... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| In Love with a Statue In Love with a Statue In Love with a Statue is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales.-Synopsis:A king had two sons. The younger one fell in love with a statue. His older brother set out to see if he could find a woman like it... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane | Italian Popular Tales | |
| Iron John Iron John "Iron John" is a German fairy tale found in the collections of the Brothers Grimm, tale number 136, about a wild man and a prince... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Iron Stove The Iron Stove The Iron Stove is a fairy tale, collected by the Brothers Grimm, as tale number 127.It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, The Animal Bridegroom-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
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| Jack and his Comrades Jack and his Comrades Jack and his Comrades is an Irish fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs, listing as his source Patrick Kennedy's Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts.In the Aarne-Thompson categorisation system, it is "type 130", i.e. "outcast animals find a new home".... |
Irish | Patrick Kennedy | Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts | ||
| Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box is a Gypsy fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. He listed as his source Francis Hindes Groome's In Gypsy Tents.... |
1890 | Gypsy/English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
English Fairy Tales | |
| Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
English Fairy Tales | |
| Jack the Giant Killer Jack the Giant Killer "Jack the Giant Killer" is a British fairy tale about a plucky lad who slays a number of giants during King Arthur's reign. The tale is characterized by violence, gore, and blood-letting. Giants are prominent in Cornish folklore and Welsh Bardic lore, but the source of "Jack the Giant Killer" is... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
English Fairy Tales | |
| The Jackal and the Spring The Jackal and the Spring The Jackal and the Spring is an African fairy tale collected by E. Jacottet in Contes Populaires des Bassoutos. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
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| Jackal or Tiger? Jackal or Tiger? Jackal or Tiger? is an Indian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Olive Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A king and queen, abed at night, heard a howl. The king thought it was a tiger, and the queen a jackal. They argued. The king said that if it were a jackal, he would leave the kingdom to her; if it... |
India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... n |
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| Jesper Who Herded the Hares Jesper Who Herded the Hares Jesper Who Herded the Hares is a Scandinavian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book.The motif of herding hares is a common fairy tale theme. Another tale featuring it is The Three May Peaches... |
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| Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter is a French fairy tale collected by Achille Millien.The fable is classed as Aarne-Thompson type 313 and revolves about a transformation chase. Others of this type include The Water Nixie, The Foundling-Bird, The Master Maid, and The Two Kings'... |
1956 | French | Paul Delarue | The Borzoi Book of French Folk-Tales | |
| The Jezinkas The Jezinkas The Jezinkas is a Bohemian fairy tale collected by A. H. Wratislaw in his Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources, number 5.Parker Filmore included it, as "Grandfather's Eyes", in Czechoslovak Fairy Tales.... |
Bohemian | A. H. Wratislaw | Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources | ||
| The Jogi's Punishment The Jogi's Punishment The Jogi's Punishment is an Indian fairy tale, a Punjabi story collected by Major Campbell in Feroshepore. Andrew Lang included it in The Lilac Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... n |
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| Jorinde and Joringel Jorinde and Joringel "Jorinde and Joringel" is a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, number 69.It is Aarne-Thompson type 405. The tale is found virtually exclusively in Germany, although Marie Campbell found a variant in Kentucky, The Flower of Dew.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| Jullanar of the Sea | before 850 | Persian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... /Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book... |
One Thousand and One Nights | ||
| The Juniper Tree The Juniper Tree (fairy tale) The Juniper Tree is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. In some editions the story is called, The Almond Tree. The Text in the Grimm collection is in Low German.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| Kachi-kachi Yama Kachi-kachi Yama Kachi-Kachi Yama , is one of the few Japanese folktales in which a tanuki is the villain, rather than the boisterous, well-endowed alcoholic.-The trouble-making tanuki:As the story goes, a man caught a troublesome tanuki in... |
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| Kallo and the Goblins Kallo and the Goblins Kallo and the Goblins is a Greek fairy tale. Fani Papalouka, Nikolaos Politis, and Haris Sakellariou collected variants of the story.-Synopsis:... |
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| Kate Crackernuts | 1890 | Scottish Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
English Fairy Tales | |
| Katie Woodencloak Katie Woodencloak Katie Woodencloak or Kari Woodengown is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| King Fortunatus's Golden Wig King Fortunatus's Golden Wig King Fortunatus's Golden Wig is a French fairy tale collected by Colonel A. Troude and G. Milin in .It is Aarne-Thompson type 531. This type is generally called "The Clever Horse," but is known in French as La Belle aux cheveux d'or, or The Story of Pretty Goldilocks, after the literary variant by... |
1870 | French | Colonel A. Troude and G. Milin | Le Conteur Breton ou Contes Bretons | |
| King Kojata King Kojata King Kojata or The Unlooked for Prince or Prince Unexpected is a Slavonic fairy tale. Andrew Lang included the Russian version King Kojata, in The Green Fairy Book. A. H. Wratislaw collected a Polish variant Prince Unexpected in his Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources, number 17... |
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| The King of England and his Three Sons The King of England and his Three Sons The King of England and his Three Sons is a Gypsy fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales. He listed as his source Francis Hindes Groome's In Gypsy Tents, where the informant was John Roberts, a Welsh gypsy.... |
1894 | English/Gypsy | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
More English Fairy Tales | |
| The King of Erin and the Queen of the Lonesome Island The King of Erin and the Queen of the Lonesome Island The King of Erin and the Queen of the Lonesome Island is an Irish fairy tale collected by Jeremiah Curtin in Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland.-Synopsis:... |
1890 | Irish | Jeremiah Curtin Jeremiah Curtin Jeremiah Curtin was an American translator and folklorist.-Life:Born in Detroit, Michigan, Curtin spent his early life in Milwaukee County and later graduated from Harvard College in 1863. In 1864 he went to Russia, where he worked as both a translator and for the U.S. legation... |
Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland | |
| The King Of Lochlin's Three Daughters The King Of Lochlin's Three Daughters "The King of Lochlin's Three Daughters" is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as Neill Gillies, a fisherman near Inverary.-Synopsis:... |
1890 | Scottish Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
John Francis Campbell John Francis Campbell John Francis Campbell , Celtic scholar, educated at Eton and Edinburgh, was afterwards Secretary to the Lighthouse Commission... |
Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| The King of Love The King of Love The King of Love is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A. Others of this type include The Black Bull of Norroway, The Brown Bear of Norway, The Daughter of the Skies, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Enchanted... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane | Italian Popular Tales | |
| The King o' the Cats The King o' the Cats The King o' the Cats or The King of the Cats is an English fairy tale adapted by Joseph Jacobs from several sources, including one collected by Charlotte S. Burne in Herefordshire. It is Aarne-Thompson type 6070B.-The story:... |
1894 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
More English Fairy Tales | |
| The King of the Gold Mountain The King of the Gold Mountain The King of the Gold Mountain is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 401A, the enchanted princess in her castle... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The King of the Golden River The King of the Golden River The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria by John Ruskin was originally written in 1841 for the twelve-year-old Effie Gray, whom Ruskin later married. It was published in book form in 1851, and became an early Victorian classic which sold out three editions... |
1851 | English | John Ruskin | The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria | |
| King Thrushbeard King Thrushbeard King Thrushbeard is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 52.It is Aarne-Thompson type 900.-Synopsis:A beautiful, but spoiled, rude, and shallow princess criticizes all her suitors because she is too proud. She is impressed with the last of her suitors, but her pride will not... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter "The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter" is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as Ann Darroch from Islay.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B, unnatural love... |
Scottish Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
John Francis Campbell John Francis Campbell John Francis Campbell , Celtic scholar, educated at Eton and Edinburgh, was afterwards Secretary to the Lighthouse Commission... |
Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate is an Indian fairy tale, included by Andrew Lang in The Brown Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A king with a daughter once was lost while hunting and met a hermit, who prophesied that his daughter would marry a slave woman's son, who belonged to the king of the north... |
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| The King who would have a Beautiful Wife The King who would have a Beautiful Wife The King who would have a Beautiful Wife or The King Who Wanted a Beautiful Wife is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in Sicilianische Märchen... |
Italian | Laura Gonzenbach | Sicilianische Märchen | ||
| Kisa the Cat Kisa the Cat Kisa the Cat is an Icelandic fairy tale collected in Neuislandischen Volksmarchen. Andrew Lang included an adapted version in The Brown Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Knights of the Fish The Knights of the Fish The Knights of the Fish is a Spanish fairy tale collected by Fernan Caballaro in Cuentos. Oraciones y Adivinas.Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book.... |
Spanish | Fernan Caballero Fernán Caballero Fernán Caballero was the pseudonym adopted from the name of a village in the province of Ciudad Real by the Spanish novelist Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber.... |
Cuentos. Oraciones y Adivinas | ||
| La Ramée and the Phantom La Ramée and the Phantom La Ramée and the Phantom is a French fairy tale collected by Achille Millien and Paul Delarue.It is Aarne-Thompson type 307, the princess in the shroud. This type is found throughout Europe, particularly in Russia. The Princess in the Chest is a Danish form.-Synopsis:A soldier, La Ramée,... |
1956 | French | Paul Delarue | The Borzoi Book of French Folk-Tales | |
| The Lambkin and the Little Fish The Lambkin and the Little Fish The Lambkin and the Little Fish is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 141.It is Aarne-Thompson type 450, the brother and sister; another tale of this type is Brother and Sister.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Language of the Birds The Language of the Birds -Synopsis:A merchant's son, Ivan, wanted to learn the language of the birds. One day while hunting, he saw four chicks about to be swamped by a storm, and sheltered them with his kaftan. When the mother bird returned, she, in gratitude, taught him the language of the birds.He sat with his parents... |
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| The Lassie and Her Godmother The Lassie and Her Godmother The Lassie and Her Godmother is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye or The Lame Fox is a Serbian fairy tale collected by A. H. Wratislaw in his Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources, number 40. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
1890 | Serbian | A. H. Wratislaw | Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources | |
| The Lazy Spinner The Lazy Spinner The Lazy Spinner or The Lazy Spinning Woman is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 128. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1405.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Light Princess The Light Princess The Light Princess is a fairy tale by George MacDonald. It was published in 1864.- Plot summary :A king and queen, after some time, have a daughter. The king invites everyone to the christening, except his sister Princess Makemnoit, a spiteful and sour woman. She arrives without an invitation and... |
1864 | Scottish | George MacDonald | ||
| Little Annie the Goose-Girl Little Annie the Goose-Girl Little Annie the Goose-Girl is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.When George Webbe Dasent made his translation of these tales, in his preface he forbade children to read the last two stories, of which this was one. J. R. R... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Little Bull-Calf The Little Bull-Calf The Little Bull-Calf is an English Gypsy fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales.Marian Roalfe Cox, in her pioneering study of Cinderella, identified it as a "hero" type, featuring a male hero instead of the usual heroine.... |
1894 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
More English Fairy Tales | |
| Little Cat Skin Little Cat Skin Little Catskin is an American fairy tale from Kentucky, collected by Marie Campbell in Tales from the Cloud Walking Country, listing her informant as Big Nelt.... |
1958 | Kentucky | Marie Campbell | Tales from the Cloud Walking Country | |
| Little Daylight Little Daylight Little Daylight is a fairy tale written by George MacDonald and included as a story within a story in At the Back of the North Wind, published in 1871. It has subsequently been published as an independent tale, and in collections of his other fairy tales.... |
1871 | Scottish | George MacDonald | ||
| The Little Girl Sold with the Pears The Little Girl Sold with the Pears "The Little Girl Sold with the Pears" is an Italian fairy tale collected by Italo Calvino in Italian Folktales, from Piedmont. Ruth Manning-Sanders included a variant, as "The Girl in the Basket", in A Book of Ogres and Trolls.-Plot summary:... |
1956 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Italo Calvino Italo Calvino Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,... |
Italian Folktales Italian Folktales Italian Folktales is a collection of 200 Italian folktales published in 1956 by Italo Calvino. Calvino began to undertake the project that will lead to the Italian Folktales in 1954, influenced by Vladimir Propp's Morphology of the Folktale; his intention was to emulate the Brothers Grimm in... |
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| The Little Good Mouse The Little Good Mouse The Little Good Mouse is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| The Little Green Frog The Little Green Frog The Little Green Frog is a French literary fairy tale, from the Cabinet des Fées. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
French | Cabinet des Fées | |||
| Little Johnny Sheep-Dung Little Johnny Sheep-Dung Little Alex Sheep-Dung is a French fairy tale collected by Achille Millien and Paul Delarue.-Synopsis:A good-for-nothing boy once begged a sheepskin from butchers; it was so filthy he came to be called "Little Johnny Sheep-Dung". One day, he met a bourgeois on a horse, who hired him on the... |
1956 | French | Paul Delarue | The Borzoi Book of French Folk-Tales | |
| The Little Match Girl The Little Match Girl The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's dreams and hope, and was first published in 1845. It has been adapted to various media including animated film, and a television musical.-Plot summary:On a cold New Year’s... |
1846 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen | ||
| The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince... |
1836 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen | Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. consists of nine fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. The tales were published in a series of three installments by C. A... |
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| The Little Peasant The Little Peasant The Little Peasant is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 61.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1535, The Rich Peasant and the Poor Peasant, and includes an episode of type 1737, Trading Places with the Trickster in a Sack... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings.... |
1695 | French | Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... |
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| Little Wildrose Little Wildrose Little Wildrose is a Romanian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.-Synopsis:An old man went in search of a child, so someone would inherit his home. In a dark wood, he found a hermit, who gave him an apple, telling him to eat half and give his wife half. On the way... |
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| Long, Broad and Sharpsight Long, Broad and Sharpsight Long, Broad and Sharpsight or Long, Broad, and Quickeye is a Bohemian fairy tale, collected by Louis Léger in Contes Populaires Slaves.Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book.A. H... |
Bohemian | Louis Léger | Contes Populaires Slaves | ||
| Looking for a Bride Looking for a Bride Looking for a Bride or Choosing a Bride or Brides on Their Trial is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 155. It was first added in the second edition.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| Lord Peter Lord Peter (fairy tale) Lord Peter or Squire Per is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.It is Aarne-Thompson type 545B.-Synopsis:A couple died, leaving their three sons a porridge-pot, a griddle, and a cat... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Lost Children The Lost Children (French fairy tale) The Lost Children is a French fairy tale collected by Antoinette Bon in Revue des traditions populaires.It is Aarne-Thompson type 327A. Another tale of this type is Hansel and Gretel; The Lost Children combines with that type several motifs typical of Hop o' My Thumb, which is typical of French... |
1956 | French | Paul Delarue | The Borzoi Book of French Folk-Tales | |
| The Love for Three Oranges The Love for Three Oranges (fairy tale) The Love for Three Oranges or The Three Citrons is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in the Pentamerone. It is the concluding tale, and the one the heroine of the frame story uses to reveal that an imposter has taken her place.It is Aarne-Thompson type 408, and the... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| Lovely Ilonka Lovely Ilonka Lovely Ilonka is a Hungarian fairy tale collected in Ungarische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Hungarian | Ungarische Märchen | |||
| The Lute Player The Lute Player The Lute Player or The Tsaritsa Harpist is a Russian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 888 The Faithful Wife.The instrument actually described in the fairy tale is a gusli.-Synopsis:... |
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| Madschun Madschun Madschun is a Turkish fairy tale from Andrew Lang's The Olive Fairy Book. Once, there was a young man who, even from childhood, had never grown any hair. One day, he saw the Sultan's daughter and became determined to marry her.... |
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| Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola.... |
Italian | Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector from Caravaggio, Italy. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe... |
The Facetious Nights of Straparola The Facetious Nights of Straparola ]The Facetious Nights of Straparola , also known as The Nights of Straparola, is a two-volume collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola... |
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| The Magic Book The Magic Book The Magic Book is a Danish fairy tale collected by Ewald Tang Kristensen in Eventyr fra Jylland. Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book, listing it as translated by Mrs. Skavgaard-Pedersen.-Synopsis:... |
Danish | Evald Tang Kristensen | Eventyr fra Jylland | ||
| The Magic Swan Geese The Magic Swan Geese The Magic Swan Geese or is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.It is Aarne-Thompson type 451... |
Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki Narodnye russkie skazki Russian Fairy Tales , is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, Grimm's Fairy Tales.... |
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| The Magic Swan The Magic Swan The Magic Swan is a European fairy tale collected by Hermann Kletke. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book..-Synopsis:Two older brothers abused the youngest son. An old woman advised him to run away... |
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| The Magician's Horse The Magician's Horse The Magician's Horse is a Greek fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A king's three sons went hunting, and the youngest got lost. He came to a great hall and ate there. Then he found an old man, who asked him who he was. He told how he had become lost and offered... |
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| The Magpie's Nest The Magpie's Nest The Magpie's Nest is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales.-Synopsis:All the birds came to the magpie, because it was the wisest, and asked it to teach them how to build nests. The magpie started to demonstrate, but each time she did something, another bird... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs | English Fairy Tales | |
| Maid Maleen Maid Maleen Maid Maleen is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 198.It is Aarne-Thompson type 870, the entombed princess.-Synopsis:A princess named Maid Maleen and a prince fell in love, but her father refused his suit... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Maiden Bright-eye Maiden Bright-eye Maiden Bright-eye is a Danish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 480: the kind and the unkind girls.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead is a Portuguese fairy tale collected byConsiglieri Pedroso in Portuguese Folk-Tales.-Synopsis:A prince had a garden, which he allowed no one to tend but himself. One day, he had to go to war; his sister promised to look after it. She remained in the garden... |
Portuguese | Consiglieri Pedroso | Portuguese Folk-Tales | ||
| The Man of Stone The Man of Stone The Man of Stoneis a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor.-Synopsis:A king and queen had no children. A black man or Arab came to the king and offered a potion that would make the queen pregnant. The cook prepared it and, not knowing its powers, tasted... |
Romanian | Petre Ispirescu | Legende sau basmele românilor | ||
| Maroula Maroula Maroula is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece.Andrew Lang included a variant, The Sunchild, in The Grey Fairy Book, without listing any source information.... |
Greek | Georgios A. Megas | Folktales of Greece | ||
| Mary's Child Mary's Child Mary's Child or Our Lady's Child is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 3.The Brothers Grimm noted its similarity to the Italian The Goat-faced Girl and the Norwegian The Lassie and Her Godmother... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Master and His Pupil The Master and His Pupil The Master and His Pupil is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales.-Synopsis:A learned man had a book in which he had the knowledge to control demons. His foolish pupil one day found it open and read a spell from it. Beezlebub appeared and demanded a task from... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs | English Fairy Tales | |
| Master and Pupil Master and Pupil "Master and Pupil" is a Danish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 325, "The Magician and His Pupil".-Synopsis:... |
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| The Master Thief The Master Thief The Master Thief is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. The Brothers Grimm included a shorter variant as tale 192 in their fairy tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Master Maid The Master Maid The Master Maid is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr. "Master" indicates "superior, skilled." Jørgen Moe wrote the tale down from the storyteller Anne Godlid in Seljord on a short visit in the autumn of 1842.It is... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Merchant The Merchant (fairy tale) The Merchant is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.-Synopsis:A merchant's son, Cienzo, was throwing stones with the son of the king of Naples, and cracked the prince's head. His father, fearing the consequences, threw him out with some... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Mermaid and the Boy The Mermaid and the Boy The Mermaid and the Boy is a Sámi fairy tale collected by J. C. Poestion in Lapplandische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book.... |
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J. C. Poestion | Lapplandische Märchen | ||
| Misfortune Misfortune Misfortune is an Italian fairy tale, from Palermo, collected by Italo Calvino in his Italian Folktales.Another telling of the tale appears under the title Unfortunate in A Book of Enchantments and Curses, by Ruth Manning-Sanders.-Synopsis:... |
1956 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Italo Calvino Italo Calvino Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,... |
Italian Folktales Italian Folktales Italian Folktales is a collection of 200 Italian folktales published in 1956 by Italo Calvino. Calvino began to undertake the project that will lead to the Italian Folktales in 1954, influenced by Vladimir Propp's Morphology of the Folktale; his intention was to emulate the Brothers Grimm in... |
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| Molly Whuppie Molly Whuppie Molly Whuppie is a Scottish fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. A Highland version, Maol a Chliobain, was collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs | English Fairy Tales | |
| Momotarō Momotaro is a popular hero from Japanese folklore. His name literally means Peach Tarō; as Tarō is a common Japanese boy's name, it is often translated as Peach Boy... |
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| The Months The Months The Months is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.-Synopsis:Cianne and Lise were brothers, and Cianne was rich and Lise poor. Lise set out to wander the world. He met with twelve youths who welcomed him, and asked him about the months... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| Mogarzea and his Son Mogarzea and his Son Mogarzea and his Son is a fairy tale included by Andrew Lang in The Violet Fairy Book. He listed as his source Olumanische Marchen.-Synopsis:... |
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| Mossycoat Mossycoat Mossycoat is a fairy tale collected by Katherine M. Briggs and Ruth I. Tongue in Folktales of England.Also included within A Book of British Fairy Tales by Alan Garner.... |
1915 | English/Gypsy | Katherine M. Briggs and Ruth I. Tongue | Folktales of England | |
| The Most Incredible Thing The Most Incredible Thing “The Most Incredible Thing" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen . The story is about a contest to find the most incredible thing and the wondrous consequences when the winner is chosen... |
1870 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
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| Mother Hulda Mother Hulda Mother Hulda is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. It was originally known as Frau Holle and is tale number 24.- Synopsis :... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Mr Miacca Mr Miacca Mr Miacca is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales.-Synopsis:Tommy was sometimes bad, and when he was, he would go out into the street though his mother warned him that Mr Miacca would catch him. One day, Mr. Miacca did. He took him home to eat him, but went... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs | English Fairy Tales | |
| Mr Simigdáli Mr Simigdáli Mr Simigdáli is a Greek fairy tale, collected by Irene Naumann-Mavrogordato in Es war einmal: Neugriechische Volksmärchen. Georgios A. Megas collected a variant Master Semolina in Folktales of Greece. There are about forty known Greek variants on the fairy tale of baking a figure and having it... |
1942 | Greek | Irene Naumann-Mavrogordato | Es war einmal: Neugriechische Volksmärchen | |
| My Lord Bag of Rice My Lord Bag of Rice My Lord Bag of Rice or Japanese Tawara Tōda is a fairy tale about a hero who kills the giant centipede Seta to help a Japanese dragon princess, and is rewarded in her underwater Ryūgū-jō 龍宮城 "dragon palace castle".... |
1908 | Japanese | Yei Theodora Ozaki | Japanese Fairy Tales | |
| My Own Self My Own Self Me A'an Sel, Ainsel or My Own Self is a Northumbrian fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs. A version of the tale appears in Scottish Folk Tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1137 Self Did It, similar to the encounter between Odysseus and Polyphemus.-Synopsis:A widow lived... |
1894 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| Myrsina Myrsina Myrsina or Myrtle is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece. Other variants were collected by Anna Angelopoulou.... |
Greek | Georgios A Megas | Folktales of Greece | ||
| The Myrtle The Myrtle The Myrtle is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.It is Aarne-Thompson type 652A.-Synopsis:... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| Nature's Ways Nature's Ways Nature's Ways is an Armenian fairy tale collected by Susie Hoogasian-Villa in 100 Armenian Tales.-Synopsis:A king wished to shelter his daughter and have her love no one but him. He had her put in a castle on an island and gave her only women servants... |
1966 | Armenian | Susie Hoogasian-Villa | 100 Armenian Tales | |
| The Nettle Spinner The Nettle Spinner The Nettle Spinner is a Flemish and French fairy tale collected by Charles Deulin. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
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| Niels and the Giants Niels and the Giants Niels and the Giants is a Danish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included by The Crimson Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A couple had two sons. The older was content to be a shepherd like his father, but the younger, Niels, wanted to be a hunter. He got a gun, practiced with it, and became a good shot. The mother... |
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| The Nightingale | 1843 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen | New Fairy Tales (1844) New Fairy Tales (1844) New Fairy Tales is a collection of four fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark on 10 November 1843. As was customary at the time however, the title page is dated 1844. The tales are completely Andersen's invention, owe no debt to folk... |
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| The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples is a Serbian epic poetry. It was published for the first time as a fairy tale by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić in 1853. Later on it was published as a Bulgarian fairy tale by A. H... |
Bulgarian | A. H. Wratislaw | Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources | ||
| Nix Nought Nothing Nix Nought Nothing Nix Nought Nothing is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales. A similar tale was collected by Andrew Lang in Scotland... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs | English Fairy Tales | |
| The Nixie of the Mill-Pond The Nixie of the Mill-Pond The Nixie of the Mill-Pond is a German fairy tale. The Brothers Grimm collected in their Grimm's Fairy Tales, as tale number 181. Andrew Lang included a version in The Yellow Fairy Book, citing his source Hermann Kletke and titling it The Nixy.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Norka The Norka The Norka is a fairy tale from Andrew Lang's The Red Fairy Book. Lang gives no source for the tale, but it is taken verbatim from the book Russian Folk-tales by W. R. S. Ralston, published in 1873 by Smith, Elder, & co. and re-published by Kessinger Publishing in 2004.The King is unable to destroy... |
Scottish | Andrew Lang Andrew Lang Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.- Biography :Lang was born in Selkirk... |
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| Nourie Hadig Nourie Hadig Nourie Hadig is an Armenian fairy tale collected by Susie Hoogasian-Villa in 100 Armenian Tales. Her informant was Mrs. Akabi Mooradian, an Armenian living in Detroit.It is Aarne-Thompson type 709... |
1966 | Armenian | Susie Hoogasian-Villa | 100 Armenian Tales | |
| The Nunda, Eater of People The Nunda, Eater of People The Nunda, Eater of People is a Swahili fairy tale collected by Edward Steere in Swahili Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 550, the quest for the golden bird/firebird.-Synopsis:... |
Swahili Swahili language Swahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia... |
Edward Steere | Swahili Tales | ||
| The Nutcracker and the Mouse King The Nutcracker and the Mouse King The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story written in 1816 by E. T. A. Hoffmann in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls... |
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| The Old Dame and Her Hen The Old Dame and Her Hen The Old Dame and her Hen is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.The Brothers Grimm noted its relationship to Fitcher's Bird.-Synopsis:An old woman had three daughters... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Old Hildrebrand | 1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Old Witch The Old Witch The Old Witch is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his 1894 book, More English Fairy Tales.Also included within A Book of Witches Ruth Manning-Sanders and A Book of British Fairy Tales by Alan Garner.... |
1894 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| The Old Woman in the Wood The Old Woman in the Wood "The Old Woman in the Wood" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 123. It is Aarne-Thompson type 442.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Old Sultan Old Sultan Old Sultan is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 48. It combined three different Aarne-Thompson types: 101, the old dog rescues the child; 103, wild animals hide from an unfamiliar animal; and 104, the war between the village animals and the forest... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 130. Andrew Lang included it, as "Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes", in The Green Fairy Book... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The One-Handed Girl The One-Handed Girl The One-Handed Girl is a Swahili fairy tale, collected by Edward Steere in Swahili Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Lilac Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 706... |
Swahili Swahili language Swahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia... |
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| The Peasant and the Devil The Peasant and the Devil The Peasant and the Devil is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 189. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1030, man and ogre share the harvest.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Peasant in Heaven The Peasant in Heaven The Peasant in Heaven is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 167.It is Aarne-Thompson Type 802.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Peasant's Wise Daughter The Peasant's Wise Daughter The Peasant's Wise Daughter or The Peasant's Clever Daughter is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 94.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| Penta of the Chopped-off Hands Penta of the Chopped-off Hands Penta of the Chopped-off Hands or The Girl With the Maimed Hands is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| Pérez Mouse | 1896 | Spain | Luis Coloma | ||
| Peruonto Peruonto Peruonto is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.It is Aarne-Thompson type 675. Other literary tales of this type are Straparola's "Peter The Fool" and Madame d'Aulnoy's The Dolphin... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf , Op. 67, is a composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936 in the USSR. It is a children's story , spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra.... |
1936 | Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... |
Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century... |
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| The Pied Piper of Hamelin The Pied Piper of Hamelin The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend concerning the departure or death of a great many children from the town of Hamelin , Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in pied clothing, leading the children away from the town never... |
1816 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Pig King | Italian | Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector from Caravaggio, Italy. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe... |
The Facetious Nights of Straparola The Facetious Nights of Straparola ]The Facetious Nights of Straparola , also known as The Nights of Straparola, is a two-volume collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola... |
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| The Pigeon and the Dove The Pigeon and the Dove "The Pigeon and the Dove" is a French literary fairy tale written by Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy and published in her book New Tales, or Fairies in Fashion written in 1698.... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| The Pink The Pink The Pink or The Carnation is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 76.It is Aarne-Thompson type 652, the boy whose wishes always come true.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| Pintosmalto Pintosmalto Pintosmalto is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.Italo Calvino included a variant from oral tradition, The Handmade King, based on two tales from Calabria... |
1634 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Pot Bears a Son The Pot Bears a Son The Pot Bears a Son is a Uighur fairy tale collected in Folk Tales from China.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1592B, The Pot that Died.-Synopsis:... |
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| Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor.-Synopsis:... |
Romanian | Petre Ispirescu | Legende sau basmele românilor | ||
| The Story of Pretty Goldilocks The Story of Pretty Goldilocks The Story of Pretty Goldilocks or The Beauty with Golden Hair is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book.... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| The Pretty Little Calf The Pretty Little Calf The Pretty Little Calf is a Chinese fairy tale collected by Wolfram Eberhard in Folktales of China.-Synopsis:An official without children left home to take up his post. His first wife said she would offer him gold on his return; the second, silver; the third, a son. He was pleased with the third... |
1965 | Chinese | Wolfram Eberhard | Folktales of China | |
| Prince Lindworm | Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish... |
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| Prince Marcassin Prince Marcassin The Pig King is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in his The Facetious Nights of Straparola. Madame d'Aulnoy wrote a French, also literary, variant, titled Prince Marcassin.... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
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| Prince Ring Prince Ring Prince Ring is an Icelandic fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A prince and his men hunted a hind with a golden ring on its horns. A darkness came over them, and they lost the hind and their way, and separated because they each thought they knew better the way... |
Icelandic Icelandic language Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the... |
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| The Princess and the Pea The Princess and the Pea "The Princess and the Pea" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal identity is established by a test of her physical sensitivity. The tale was first published with three others by Andersen in an inexpensive booklet on 8 May 1835 in Copenhagen by C.A... |
1835 | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. consists of nine fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. The tales were published in a series of three installments by C. A... |
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| The Princess and the Tin Box The Princess and the TIn Box The Princess and the Tin Box by James Thurber is a short fable about a spoiled princess and how she picked her husband. The story intentionally leads the reader down the wrong path, and shows that human nature can deceive us.-Plot summary:... |
English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
James Thurber James Thurber James Grover Thurber was an American author, cartoonist and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories published in The New Yorker magazine.-Life:... |
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| The Prince and the Princess in the Forest The Prince and the Princess in the Forest The Prince and the Princess in the Forest is a Danish fairy tale. It was collected by Evald Tang Kristensen in "Eventyr fra Jylland". Andrew Lang included it in The Olive Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Evald Tang Kristensen Evald Tang Kristensen Evald Tang Kristensen was a Danish folklore collector and author. Working first as a schoolteacher and later solely as a collector, he assembled and published a huge amount of detailed information on all aspects of folklore as he visited country people throughout his native Jutland.-Early... |
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| Prince Hat under the Ground Prince Hat under the Ground Prince Hat under the Ground is the Swedish version of an old Scandinavian fairy tale. The Norwegian version is called East of the Sun and West of the Moon.... |
Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish... |
Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius was a Swedish scholar of cultural history, a librarian, theatre director and a diplomat.Gunnar was the son of a clergyman from Vislanda. While he as a student at the Uppsala University, he was impressed with the late currents of Gothicismus... and George Stephens |
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| Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, a French fairy tale, is the second story in Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book.... |
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| Prince Prigio Prince Prigio Prince Prigio is a literary and comic, fairy tale written by Andrew Lang in 1889, and illustrated by Gordon Browne. It draws in Lang's folklorist background for many tropes. This story was republished by Little, Brown and Company in 1942, with illustrations by Robert Lawson, and by David R... |
1889 | English | Andrew Lang Andrew Lang Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.- Biography :Lang was born in Selkirk... |
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| Princess Belle-Etoile Princess Belle-Etoile Princess Belle-Etoile is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Her source for the tale was Ancilotto, King of Provino, by Giovanni Francesco Straparola.... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
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| The Princess in the Chest The Princess in the Chest The Princess in the Chest is a Danish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.Another tale of this type is La Ramée and the Phantom.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Princess Mayblossom The Princess Mayblossom The Princess Mayblossom is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy in 1697.Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
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| The Princess on the Glass Hill The Princess on the Glass Hill The Princess on the Glass Hill is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr It recounts how the youngest son of three obtains a magical horse and uses it to win the princess.... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Princess Rosette Princess Rosette Princess Rosette is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.Italo Calvino included an orally collected tale, The King of the Peacocks, in his Italian Folktales, but observed in the notes that it was clearly a variant on Princess... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
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| The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress "The Princess That Wore a Rabbit-skin Dress" is an American fairy tale from Kentucky, collected by Marie Campbell in Tales from the Cloud Walking Country, listing her informant as Uncle Tom Dixon.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B... |
1958 | Kentucky | Marie Campbell | Tales from the Cloud Walking Country | |
| The Princess Who Never Smiled The Princess Who Never Smiled The Princess Who Never Smiled or The Unsmiling Tsarevna is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.-Synopsis:... |
Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki Narodnye russkie skazki Russian Fairy Tales , is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, Grimm's Fairy Tales.... |
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| The Prince Who Wanted to See the World The Prince Who Wanted to See the World The Prince who wanted to see the World is a Portuguese fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A king's only son wanted to see the world and was so persistent that his father let him go... |
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| The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground is a German fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A king had three sons and divided his property. The older two squandered theirs, but the youngest son was prudent, and became rich... |
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| Prunella Prunella (fairy tale) Prunella is an Italian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it The Grey Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 310, the Maiden in the Tower.A version of the tale also appears in A Book of Witches, by Ruth Manning-Sanders.... |
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| Puddocky Puddocky "Puddocky" is a German fairy tale. A variant, "Cherry," was collected by the Brothers Grimm, and in French, Madame d'Aulnoy retold it in a literary fairy tale as "The White Cat", altering the tale's frog into a cat.-Synopsis:... |
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| Puss in Boots | 1697 | French | Charles Perrault | Mother Goose Tales | |
| The Queen Bee The Queen Bee The Queen Bee is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 62. It is Aarne-Thompson type 554, the grateful animals.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles is a French fairy tale from Cabinet des Fées. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A widowed queen that was a jerk of the Flowery Isles had two daughters... |
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| The Tale of the Queen Who Sought a Drink From a Certain Well The Tale of the Queen Who Sought a Drink From a Certain Well The Tale of the Queen Who Sought a Drink From a Certain Well is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as Mrs. MacTavish, Port Ellen, Islay, and noting the story could be traced back to 1548.It is Aarne-Thompson 440,... |
1890 | Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| The Ram | 1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
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| Rapunzel Rapunzel "Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm | Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Raven The Raven (Italian fairy tale) The Raven is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. The story is a man winning a bride for his brother the king, and then having to protect the couple from perils that he can not tell anyone about, without being turned to stone.It is... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Raven The Raven (Brothers Grimm) "The Raven" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 93 in their collections.It is Aarne-Thompson type 401, the girl transformed into an animal.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Red Ettin The Red Ettin The Red Ettin or The Red Etin is a fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs. It was included by Andrew Lang in The Blue Fairy Book.-Synopsis:Two widows lived in a hut, and one had two sons and the other had one -- or a single widow had three sons... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs | English Fairy Tales | |
| The Red Shoes The Red Shoes (fairy tale) "The Red Shoes" is a fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen 7 April 1845 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Third Collection. 1845.... |
1844 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen | ||
| The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother is a Portuguese fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Lilac Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A rich old man with two sons, lost his wife. The older son lived with him and the younger son lived in the city. One day, the man learned that his older son had secretly... |
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| Riquet with the Tuft | 1697 | French | Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... |
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| The Riddle The Riddle (fairy tale) The Riddle is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 22. It is Aarne-Thompson type 851, winning the princess with a riddle. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book. It is sometimes known as A Riddling Tale and is about a man whose wife is transformed into a flower... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| A Riddling Tale A Riddling Tale A Riddling Tale is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 407, the girl as a flower. The tale portion of it is subordinate to the riddle, and the tale is not widely found in the oral tradition.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Rider Of Grianaig, And Iain The Soldier's Son The Rider Of Grianaig, And Iain The Soldier's Son The Rider Of Grianaig, And Iain The Soldier's Son is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as Donald MacNiven, a lame carrier, in Bowmore, Islay; the story was written down by Hector MacLean on 5 July, 1859... |
1890 | Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| The Ridere of Riddles The Ridere of Riddles The Ridere of Riddles is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing as his informant John Mackenzie, a fisherman near Inverary. Joseph Jacobs included it, somewhat altered, in More Celtic Fairy Tales.-Synopsis:A king's queen died when... |
1890 | Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| The Ridiculous Wishes The Ridiculous Wishes The Ridiculous Wishes or The Three Ridiculous Wishes is a French literary fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It is Aarne-Thompson type 750A.-Synopsis:... |
French | Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... |
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| The Robber Bridegroom The Robber Bridegroom (fairy tale) The Robber Bridegroom is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 40. Joseph Jacobs included a variant, Mr Fox in English Fairy Tales, but the original provenance is much older; Shakespeare alludes to the Mr. Fox variant in Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 1:It is... |
1832 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Rosanella Rosanella Rosanella is a French literary fairy tale by the Comte de Caylus. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book.-Plot summary:The Queen of the Fairies having died, the fairies tried to elect a new one, but there were two candidates they could not chose between. They decided whoever did the... |
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| The Rose-Tree The Rose-Tree The Rose-Tree is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales.Also included within A Book Of British Fairytales by Alan Garner.It is Aarne-Thompson type 720, my mother slew me; my father ate me... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs | English Fairy Tales | |
| Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin is the eponymous character and protagonist of a fairy tale which originated in Germany . The tale was collected by the Brothers Grimm, who first published it in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| Rushen Coatie Rushen Coatie Rushen Coatie or Rashin-Coatie is a Scottish fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his More English Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510A, the persecuted heroine, as is Cinderella.-Synopsis:A queen with a daughter died... |
1894 | Scottish | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| Sadko Sadko Sadko is a Russian medieval epic . The title character is an adventurer, merchant and gusli musician from Novgorod.-Synopsis:Sadko played the gusli on the shores of a lake. The Sea Tsar enjoyed his music, and offered to help him... |
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| Sapia Liccarda Sapia Liccarda Sapia Liccarda is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. It is not known whether he had a specific source, either literary or oral, for this tale.... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| Schippeitaro Schippeitaro Shippeitaro is a Japanese fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book, listing his source as Japanische Marchen.-Synopsis:A young warrior wandered the land in search of adventure... |
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| The Sea-Maiden The Sea-Maiden The Sea-Maiden is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as John Mackenzie, fisherman, near Inverary. Joseph Jacobs included it in Celtic Fairy Tales.-Synopsis:... |
1890 | Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| The Seven Foals The Seven Foals The Seven Foals is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe.The hero of the story is sometimes called, in an analogue to Cinderella, Cinder-lad.-Synopsis:... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Seven Ravens The Seven Ravens The Seven Ravens is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.It is tale number 25, and Aarne-Thompson type 451, the brothers who were turned into birds. Georgios A Megas collected another, Greek variant in Folktales of Greece... |
1819 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Shadow The Shadow (fairy tale) "The Shadow" is a fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The tale was first published in 1847.- Plot summary :Once a learned man from the northern regions of Europe went on a voyage south. One night, he sat on his terrace, while the fire behind him cast his shadow on the... |
1847 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
New Fairy Tales, Second Volume, First Collection | |
| The Sharp Grey Sheep The Sharp Grey Sheep The Sharp Grey Sheep or The Sharp-Horned Grey Sheep is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as John Dewar, labourer, from Glendaruail, Cowal.... |
1890 | Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| The She-Bear The She-Bear "The She-bear" is an Italian literary fairy tale, written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.Ruth Manning-Sanders included it in A Book of Princes and Princesses.... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Tale of the Shifty Lad, the Widow's Son The Tale of the Shifty Lad, the Widow's Son The Tale of the Shifty Lad, the Widow's Son is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands. Andrew Lang included it, as The Shifty Lad in The Lilac Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
1890 | Scottish | John Francis Campbell | Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| Shita-kiri Suzume Shita-kiri Suzume , translated literally into "Tongue-Cut Sparrow", is a traditional Japanese fable telling of a kind old man, his avaricious wife and an injured sparrow... |
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| Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor | before 850 | Persian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... /Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book... |
One Thousand and One Nights | ||
| Shortshanks Shortshanks Shortshanks is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr. Under the title "Minnikin", it was included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Silent Princess The Silent Princess The Silent Princess is a Turkish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Olive Fairy Book. It contains inset tales that are similar to ones in Arabian Nights.-Synopsis:... |
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| Sinbad the Sailor Sinbad the Sailor Sinbad the Sailor is a fictional sailor from Basrah, living during the Abbasid Caliphate – the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin... |
before 850 | Persian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... /Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book... |
One Thousand and One Nights | ||
| The Singing Bone The Singing Bone The Singing Bone is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 28.It is Aarne-Thompson type 780.This tale is also found in ballad form, in The Twa Sisters, where the siblings are sisters instead of brothers.-Synopsis:... |
1832 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Singing, Springing Lark The Singing, Springing Lark The Singing, Springing Lark or The Singing, Soaring Lark is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, appearing as tale no. 88.It is Aarne-Thompson type 425C. Others of this type include Beauty and the Beast and The Small-tooth Dog.... |
1832 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Sister of the Sun | Sami Sami people The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost... |
J. C. Poestion | Lapplandische Märchen | ||
| The Six Swans The Six Swans The Six Swans is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. It is tale number 49. Andrew Lang included a variant in The Yellow Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 451: the brothers who were turned into birds... |
1832 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Slave Mother The Slave Mother The Slave Mother is an Italian fairy tale, collected by Italo Calvino in Italian Folktales, from Terra d'Ortano.-Synopsis:A couple of tenant farmers had five sons. One day the woman heard an owl ask her whether she would rather be rich while young or in old age. After telling her husband of it,... |
1956 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Italo Calvino Italo Calvino Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,... |
Italian Folktales Italian Folktales Italian Folktales is a collection of 200 Italian folktales published in 1956 by Italo Calvino. Calvino began to undertake the project that will lead to the Italian Folktales in 1954, influenced by Vladimir Propp's Morphology of the Folktale; his intention was to emulate the Brothers Grimm in... |
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| Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault or Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment, and a handsome prince... |
1697 | French | Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... |
Mother Goose Tales | |
| The Sleeping Prince The Sleeping Prince (fairy tale) The Sleeping Prince is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece.It is Aarne-Thompson 425G: False Bride takes the heroine's place as she tries to stay awake; recognition when heroine tells her story... |
Greek | Georgias A. Megas | Folktales of Greece | ||
| The Small-tooth Dog The Small-tooth Dog The Small-tooth Dog is an English fairy tale collected by Sidney Oldall Addy in Household Tales and Other Traditional Remains.It is Aarne-Thompson type 425C. Others of this type include Beauty and the Beast and The Singing, Springing Lark.... |
1895 | English | Sidney Oldall Addy | Household Tales and Other Traditional Remains | |
| The Snake Prince The Snake Prince The Snake Prince is an Indian fairy tale, Punjabi story collected by Major Campbell Feroshepore. Andrew Lang included it in The Olive Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Snow Maiden The Snow Maiden The Snow Maiden: A Spring Fairy Tale is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed during 1880–1881. The Russian libretto, by the composer, is based on the like-named play by Alexander Ostrovsky .The first performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera took place at the... |
Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... |
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| Snegurochka Snegurochka Snegurochka , or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales.In one story, she is the daughter of Spring and Frost, and yearns for the companionship of mortal humans. She grows to like a shepherd named Lel, but her heart is unable to know love... |
Russian | Louis Leger | Contes Populaires Slaves | ||
| The Snow Queen The Snow Queen The Snow Queen is a fairy tale by author Hans Christian Andersen . The tale was first published in 1845, and centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Gerda.... |
1845 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
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| Snow White Snow White "Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| Snow-White and Rose-Red Snow-White and Rose-Red Snow-White and Rose-Red is a German fairy tale. In the seventeenth century Charles Perrault was the first to write it down, but the best-known version is the one collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 161.... |
1832 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| Snow-White-Fire-Red Snow-White-Fire-Red Snow-White-Fire-Red is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales.-Synopsis:A king and queen made a vow that, if they had a child, they would make one fountain run with oil and another with wine. The queen gave birth to a son, and they set up the fountains... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane | Italian Popular Tales | |
| The Snowman The Snowman (fairy tale) "The Snowman" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a snowman who falls in love with a stove. It was published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen as Sneemanden on 2 March 1861... |
1861 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
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| The Soldier and Death | 1945 | English | Arthur Ransome | ||
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice The Sorcerer's Apprentice The Sorcerer's Apprentice is the English name of a poem by Goethe, Der Zauberlehrling, written in 1797. The poem is a ballad in fourteen stanzas.-Story:... |
1797 | German | Goethe | ||
| Soria Moria Castle Soria Moria Castle Soria Moria Castle is a Norwegian fairy tale made famous by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their classic Norske Folkeeventyr... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 188.It is Aarne-Thompson type 585.-Synopsis:... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | ||
| The Spirit in the Bottle The Spirit in the Bottle The Spirit in the Bottle is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 99. It is Aarne-Thompson type 331.-Synopsis:Once upon a time, there was an old woodcutter and his young son. The woodcutter always wanted his son to go to school and become a doctor, but his son did not... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | ||
| The Sprig of Rosemary The Sprig of Rosemary The Sprig of Rosemary is a Spanish fairy tale collected by Dr. D. Francisco de S. Maspons y Labros in Cuentos Populars Catalans. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, the search for the lost husband.... |
1885 | Spanish | Dr. D. Francisco de S. Maspons y Labros | Cuentos Populars Catalans | |
| Stan Bolovan Stan Bolovan Stan Bolovan is a Romanian fairy tale collected in Rumanische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book.A version of the tale also appears in A Book of Dragons and A Choice of Magic, by Ruth Manning-Sanders.-Synopsis:... |
Romanian | Rumanische Märchen | |||
| The Star Money The Star Money The Star Money or The Star Talers is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 779, Divine Rewards and Punishments.- Synopsis :... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| Starlight (fairy tale) Starlight (fairy tale) -Synopsis:A king whose kingdom was constantly imperiled by another king had an only son who had fallen in love with a slave, Starlight. Her family was quite unknown, but he cared nothing for anything but her. Angry, the queen had the slave imprisoned in a tower. A beautiful white cat kept her... |
French | Henriette-Julie de Murat Henriette-Julie de Murat Henriette-Julie de Murat was an aristocratic French writer of the late 17th century.She published fairy tales and slightly scandalous faux memoirs, one of which got her exiled to the provincial town of Loches for several years... |
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| The Steadfast Tin Soldier The Steadfast Tin Soldier "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. After several adventures, the tin soldier perishes in a fire with the ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A... |
1838 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
Fairy Tales Told for Children (1838) Fairy Tales Told for Children (1838) Fairy Tales Told for Children is collection of three fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen published in Copenhagen, Denmark by C. A. Reitzel on 2 October 1838... |
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| The Stonecutter The Stonecutter The Stonecutter is a Chinese folklore of unknown authorship. It is closely related to the themes of The Fisherman and His Wife, a well known fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. In the legend, a poor stonecutter takes notice of the lifestyles of those from higher in the social hierarchy and... |
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| Stone soup Stone soup Stone Soup is an old folk story in which hungry strangers persuade local people of a town to give them food. It is usually told as a lesson in cooperation, especially amid scarcity. In varying traditions, the stone has been replaced with other common inedible objects, and therefore the fable is... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Strega Nona Strega Nona Strega Nona is an original children's book written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola about an elderly lady who helps her fellow villagers out with their troubles, most notably by curing headaches, helping single women find husbands, and ridding people of warts... |
1975 | Italian | Tomie dePaola Tomie dePaola Thomas Anthony "Tomie A." dePaola , is an American author and illustrator of over 200 children's books, including Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona and Newbery Honor book 26 Fairmount Avenue. DePaola was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 2011.-Biography:DePaola was born in Meriden,... |
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| A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers or The Golden Twins is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor.-Synopsis:... |
Romanian | Petre Ispirescu | Legende sau basmele românilor | ||
| Sweet porridge Sweet Porridge Sweet Porridge, often known in English under the title of The Magic Porridge Pot, is a folkloric German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm, as tale number 103 in Grimm's Fairy Tales, in the 19th century. It is Aarne-Thompson type 565, the magic mill... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | ||
| Sweetheart Roland Sweetheart Roland Sweetheart Roland is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 56.It combines several Aarne-Thompson types: type 1119, Ogres Kill Their Own Children; type 313C, the girl helps the hero flee; and type 884, the forgotten fiancée. Others of the second type include The Master Maid,... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Swineherd The Swineherd "The Swineherd" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a prince who disguises himself as a swineherd to woo an arrogant princess. The tale was first published 20 December 1841 by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark in Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. The... |
Danish | Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
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| The Tailor in Heaven The Tailor in Heaven The Tailor in Heaven is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 35.It is Aarne-Thompson type 800.-Synopsis:God went to walk in the heavenly garden and took everyone except St. Peter. A tailor arrived at the gate. St. Peter refused to admit him, because he had stolen... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Tailor Who Sold His Soul to the Devil The Tailor Who Sold His Soul to the Devil The Tailor Who Sold His Soul to the Devil is a Mexican fairy tale collected by Vicente T. Medoza and Virginia Rodriguez Rivera de Mendoza in Piedra Gorda.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1096, The tailor and the ogre in a sewing contest.-Synopsis:... |
Mexican | Americo Paredes Americo Paredes Americo Paredes was a Mexican-American author born in Brownsville, Texas who authored several texts focusing on the border life that existed between the United States and Mexico, particularly around the Rio Grande region of South Texas. His family on his father’s side, however, had been in the... |
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| The Story of Tam and Cam The Story of Tam and Cam The Story of Tấm and Cám is an ancient Vietnamese fairy tale. Best known as the Vietnamese version of Cinderella.The last section of the story has been the subject of controversy. An edited version was published in secondary school textbooks in 2011. This was supported by some educators and... |
1858 | Vietnamese | L. T. Bach-Lan | Vietnamese Legends | |
| Tattercoats Tattercoats Tattercoats is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his More English Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B, the persecuted heroine... |
1894 | English | Joseph Jacobs | More English Fairy Tales | |
| Tatterhood Tatterhood Tatterhood is a fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe.It is Aarne-Thompson type 711, the beautiful and the ugly twin... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter , also known as , is a 10th century Japanese folktale. It is considered the oldest extant Japanese narrative and an early example of proto-science fiction.... |
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| The Tale of Tsar Saltan The Tale of Tsar Saltan The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and of the Beautiful Princess-Swan is an 1831 poem by Aleksandr Pushkin, written after the Russian fairy tale edited by Vladimir Dahl... |
1831 | Russian | Aleksandr Pushkin Aleksandr Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.... |
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| Thank God It Wasn't A Peso Thank God It Wasn't A Peso Thank God It Wasn't A Peso is a Mexican fairy tale collected by Americo Paredes in Ajusco, Mexico from J. F., a mestizo man in his fifties, and included by him in Folktales of Mexico. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1689, Thank God They Weren't Peaches.... |
Mexican | Americo Paredes Americo Paredes Americo Paredes was a Mexican-American author born in Brownsville, Texas who authored several texts focusing on the border life that existed between the United States and Mexico, particularly around the Rio Grande region of South Texas. His family on his father’s side, however, had been in the... |
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| The Thief and His Master The Thief and His Master The Thief and His Master is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 68.It is Aarne-Thompson type 325, The Magician and His Pupil, containing a transformation chase. Others of this type include Farmer Weathersky and Master and Pupil. This tale type... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Thirteenth Thirteenth (fairy tale) Thirteenth is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales. It is Aarne-Thompson type 328, the boy steals the giant's treasures.-Synopsis:... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane | Italian Popular Tales | |
| The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin "The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin" is an Irish fairy tale collected by Jeremiah Curtin in Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland.Ruth Manning-Sanders included it in A Book of Dragons.-Synopsis:A king had thirteen sons... |
1890 | Irish | Jeremiah Curtin Jeremiah Curtin Jeremiah Curtin was an American translator and folklorist.-Life:Born in Detroit, Michigan, Curtin spent his early life in Milwaukee County and later graduated from Harvard College in 1863. In 1864 he went to Russia, where he worked as both a translator and for the U.S. legation... |
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| The Three Apprentices The Three Apprentices The Three Apprentices or The Three Journeymen is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 120.It is Aarne-Thompson type 360, The Three Apprentices and the Devil.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Three Aunts The Three Aunts The Three Aunts is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.-Synopsis:A poor man made his living by shooting. He had lost his wife, and one day, his pretty daughter decided to go seek her fortune. She got a place with the queen, and... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Three Billy Goats Gruff Three Billy Goats Gruff Three Billy Goats Gruff is a Norwegian fairy tale. The fairy tale was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr, first published between 1841 and 1844... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
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| The Three Crowns The Three Crowns The Three Crowns is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.-Synopsis:A childless king heard a voice asking him whether he would rather have a daughter who would flee him or a son who would destroy him... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Three Daughters of King O'Hara The Three Daughters of King O'Hara The Three Daughters of King O'Hara is an Irish fairy tale collected by Jeremiah Curtin in Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland.-Synopsis:A king had three daughters. One day, when he was away, his oldest daughter wished to marry. She got his cloak of darkness, and wished for the handsomest man in the... |
1890 | Irish | Jeremiah Curtin Jeremiah Curtin Jeremiah Curtin was an American translator and folklorist.-Life:Born in Detroit, Michigan, Curtin spent his early life in Milwaukee County and later graduated from Harvard College in 1863. In 1864 he went to Russia, where he worked as both a translator and for the U.S. legation... |
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| The Three Dogs The Three Dogs The Three Dogs is a German fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book, listing his source as the Brothers Grimm. A version of this tale appears in A Book of Dragons by Ruth Manning-Sanders.... |
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| The Three Enchanted Princes The Three Enchanted Princes The Three Enchanted Princes is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.-Synopsis:... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Three Fairies The Three Fairies The Three Fairies is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.It is Aarne-Thompson tale 480, the kind and the unkind girls, and appears to stem from an oral source... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Three Heads in the Well The Three Heads in the Well The Three Heads in the Well is a fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson tale 480, the kind and the unkind girls. Others of this type include Shita-kiri Suzume, Diamonds and Toads, Mother Hulda, Father Frost, The Three Little Men in the Wood, The Enchanted... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| The Three Languages The Three Languages The Three Languages is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 33.It is Aarne-Thompson type 671.-Synopsis:A count's son could learn nothing. The count sent him to find a master who could teach him something. One year, he came back saying he knew what dogs said when they... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Three Little Birds The Three Little Birds The Three Little Birds is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 96. The story is originally written in Low German.It is Aarne-Thompson type 707, the dancing water, the singing apple, and the speaking bird.... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Three Little Men in the Wood The Three Little Men in the Wood The Three Little Men in the Wood or The Three Dwarfs is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 13. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book, and a version of the tale appears in A Book of Dwarfs by Ruth Manning-Sanders.It is Aarne-Thompson type 403B, the black and the... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Three Little Pigs Three Little Pigs Three Little Pigs is a fairy tale featuring anthropomorphic animals. Printed versions date back to the 1840s, but the story itself is thought to be much older... |
1898 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| The Three May Peaches The Three May Peaches The Three May Peaches is a French fairy tale collected by Paul Delarue. He collected more than thirty French types of this tale, which is known in Europe, North Africa, and Asia as far as India.It is Aarne-Thompson type 570, the Rabbit Herd.... |
1953 | French | Paul Delarue | Contes du Nivernais et du Morvan | |
| The Three Princes and their Beasts The Three Princes and their Beasts The Three Princes and their Beasts is a Lithuanian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book.-Synopsis:Three princes had a stepsister. They all set out one day, hunting, and were going to shoot a wolf when it offered to give each of the princes a cub if they did not. The same... |
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| The Three Princesses of Whiteland The Three Princesses of Whiteland The Three Princesses of Whiteland is a Norwegian fairy tale, collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. Andrew Lang collected it in The Red Fairy Book.... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Three Sisters The Three Sisters (fairy tale) The Three Sisters is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.-Synopsis:A woman had three daughters; the two older were very unlucky but the youngest, Nella, was very fortunate. A prince married her and hid her from his wicked mother, visiting... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Three Spinners The Three Spinners The Three Spinners is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. It is tale no 14 and Aarne-Thompson type 501. It is widespread throughout Europe.It has obvious parallels to Rumpelstiltskin, and obvious differences, so that they are often compared.... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Three Treasures of the Giants The Three Treasures of the Giants The Three Treasures of the Giants is a Slavonic fairy tale collected by Louis Léger in Contes Populaires Slaves. Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book. Ruth Manning-Sanders included it as "King Johnny" in A Book of Giants.-Synopsis:... |
Slavonic | Louis Leger | Contes Populaires Slaves | ||
| The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars is a Serbian fairy tale. It is also known as Vasilii the Unlucky its Russian form, collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.... |
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| Thumbelina Thumbelina "Thumbelina" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Traveling Companion" in the second installment of Fairy Tales Told for Children. "Thumbelina" is about a tiny girl and... |
1836 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. consists of nine fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. The tales were published in a series of three installments by C. A... |
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| The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal is a popular Indian fairy tale with a long history and many variants. A version was included in Joseph Jacobs' collection Indian Fairy Tales.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Tinderbox | 1835 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. consists of nine fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. The tales were published in a series of three installments by C. A... |
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| Tom Thumb Tom Thumb Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621, and has the distinction of being the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| A Tale Of the Tontlawald A Tale Of the Tontlawald A Tale Of The Tontlawald is an Estonian fairy tale collected by Dr. Friedrich Kreutzwald in Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud. W. F. Kirby included it, as "The Wood of Tontla" in The Hero of Esthonia. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book; he listed his source as Ehstnische Märchen,... |
1866 | Estonian | Friedrich Kreutzwald | Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud | |
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| Town Musicians of Bremen Town Musicians of Bremen The Town Musicians of Bremen is a folktale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Despite the title of the fairy tale, the characters never actually arrive in Bremen... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Tritill, Litill, and the Birds Tritill, Litill, and the Birds Tritill, Litill, and the Birds is a Hungarian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Crimson Fairy Book.A version of the tale also appears in A Book of Ogres and Trolls, by Ruth Manning-Sanders. That version is said to come from Iceland.... |
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| The Troll's Daughter The Troll's Daughter The Troll's Daughter is a Danish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.Ruth Manning-Sanders included it, as "The Troll's Little Daughter", in A Book of Ogres and Trolls.-Synopsis:... |
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| True and Untrue True and Untrue True and Untrue is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. It is Aarne-Thompson type 613, The Two Travelers: Truth and Falsehood.-Synopsis:... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The True Bride The True Bride The True Bride or The True Sweetheart is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale 186.It combines two Aarne-Thompson types: 510, the persecuted heroine, and 884, the forsaken fiancée... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Trusty John Trusty John Trusty John, Faithful John, Faithful Johannes, or John the True is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 6, and by Joseph Jacobs in his European Folk and Fairy Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 516. Others of this type are... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.It is Aarne-Thompson type 550, the quest for the golden bird/firebird... |
Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki Narodnye russkie skazki Russian Fairy Tales , is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, Grimm's Fairy Tales.... |
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| The Turnip The Turnip (fairy tale) The Turnip is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 146.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1960D, the giant vegetable, and type 1689A, two presents for the king, with elements from type 1737, trading places with the trickster in a sack.-Synopsis:Two... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Twelve Brothers The Twelve Brothers The Twelve Brothers is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 9. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 451, the brothers who were turned into birds... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Twelve Dancing Princesses | 1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Twelve Huntsmen The Twelve Huntsmen The Twelve Huntsmen is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 67 in their Grimm's Fairy Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 884, the forsaken fiancée... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Twelve Months The Twelve Months (fairy tale) The Twelve Months is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece.It is Aarne-Thompson type 480, the kind and the unkind girls... |
Greek | Georgias A. Megas | Folktales of Greece | ||
| The Twelve Wild Ducks The Twelve Wild Ducks The Twelve Wild Ducks is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.It is Aarne-Thompson type 451, the brothers who were turned into birds.-Plot summary:... |
1845 | Norwegian | Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The Tale of Two Brothers Tale of Two Brothers The Tale of Two Brothers is an ancient Egyptian story that dates from the reign of Seti II, who ruled from 1200 to 1194 BC during the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. The story is preserved on the Papyrus D'Orbiney, which is currently preserved in the British Museum. The British Museum dates the... |
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| The Two Brothers The Two Brothers The Two Brothers is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 60. It is Aarne-Thompson type 567A, the magic bird heart, and type 303, the blood brothers.-Synopsis:... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Two Caskets The Two Caskets The Two Caskets is a Scandinavian fairy tale included by Benjamin Thorpe in his Yule-Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions. Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book.... |
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| The Two Kings' Children The Two Kings' Children The Two Kings' Children is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, tale number 113.It is Aarne-Thompson type 313C, the girl helps the hero flee, and type 884, the forgotten fiancée... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| Udea and her Seven Brothers Udea and her Seven Brothers Udea and her Seven Brothers is a Northern African fairy tale collected by Hans von Stumme in Märchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 451.-Synopsis:... |
Northern African | Hans von Stumme | Märchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis | ||
| The Ugly Duckling The Ugly Duckling "The Ugly Duckling" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen . The story tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from his neighbors until, much to his delight , he matures into a beautiful swan, the most beautiful bird of all... |
1843 | Danish | Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
New Fairy Tales (1844) New Fairy Tales (1844) New Fairy Tales is a collection of four fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark on 10 November 1843. As was customary at the time however, the title page is dated 1844. The tales are completely Andersen's invention, owe no debt to folk... |
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| The Unlooked for Prince | Polish | Louis Léger | Contes Populaires Slaves | ||
| Urashima Tarō Urashima Taro is a Japanese legend about a fisherman who rescues a turtle and is rewarded for this with a visit to Ryūgū-jō, the palace of Ryūjin, the Dragon God, under the sea... |
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| The Valiant Little Tailor The Valiant Little Tailor The Valiant Little Tailor or The Brave Little Tailor is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 20. Joseph Jacobs collected another variant A Dozen at One Blow in European Folk and Fairy Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| Vasilii the Unlucky | Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki Narodnye russkie skazki Russian Fairy Tales , is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, Grimm's Fairy Tales.... |
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| Vasilisa The Priest’s Daughter Vasilisa The Priest’s Daughter Vasilisa The Priest's Daughter is a Russian fairy tale collected by Aleksandr Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.-Synopsis:... |
Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki Narodnye russkie skazki Russian Fairy Tales , is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, Grimm's Fairy Tales.... |
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| Vasilissa the Beautiful Vasilissa the Beautiful Vasilisa the Beautiful , commonly known as Vasilisa's Doll, is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.... |
1862 | Russian | Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
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| Water and Salt Water and Salt Water and Salt is an Italian fairy tale, it can be found in the collection Italian Popular Tales, collected by Thomas Frederick Crane.In the Aarne-Thompson classification system, Water and Salt is Type 923.-Synopsis:... |
1885 | Italian | Thomas Frederick Crane | Italian Popular Tales | |
| The Water Nixie The Water Nixie The Water Nixie or The Water-Nix is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 79. It came from Hanau.It is Aarne-Thompson type 313A, the girl helps the hero flee and revolves about a transformation chase... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Water of Life The Water of Life (Spanish fairy tale) The Water of Life is a Catalan fairy tale collected by D. Francisco de S. Maspous y Labros, in Cuentos Populars Catalans. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
1885 | Spanish | D. Francisco de S. Maspous y Labros | Cuentos Populars Catalan | |
| The Water of Life The Water of Life (German fairy tale) The Water of Life is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 97.It is Aarne-Thompson type 551.John Francis Campbell noted it as a parallel of the Scottish fairy tale, The Brown Bear of the Green Glen.-Synopsis:... |
1823 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Water Mother The Water Mother The Water Mother is a Chinese fairy tale collected by Wolfram Eberhard in Folktales of China. It does not exist in early text, although the cult of the Water Mother existed from the time of the Sung dynasty.It is Aarne-Thompson type 565... |
1965 | Chinese | Wolfram Eberhard | Folktales of China | |
| The Wedding of Mrs. Fox The Wedding of Mrs. Fox The Wedding of Mrs. Fox is two German fairy tales collected under the same title by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as number 38. It was included in all editions.It is Aarne-Thompson type 65, Mrs. Fox's Suitors.-Synopsis:... |
German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Well of the World's End The Well of the World's End The Well of the World's End is an Anglo-Scottish Border fairy tale, recorded in the Scottish Lowlands, collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. His source was The Complaynt of Scotland,and he notes the tale's similarity to the German Frog Prince... |
1890 | English | Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
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| What Came of Picking Flowers What came of picking Flowers What came of picking Flowers is a Portuguese fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A woman had three daughters. One day, one picked a pink rose and vanished. The next day, the second, searching for her sister, picked a rose and vanished. The third day, the third... |
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| What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece.It is Aarne-Thompson type 875 and has many Greek and Slavic variants, generally revolving about the exchange of clever answers. This type of tale is the commonest European tale... |
Greek | Georgias A. Megas | Folktales of Greece | ||
| What the Rose did to the Cypress What the Rose did to the Cypress What the Rose did to the Cypress is a Persian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book , with the note "Translated from two Persian MSS. in the possession of the British Museum and the India Office, and adapted, with some reservations, by Annette S. Beveridge."-Synopsis:A king... |
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| The White and the Black Bride The White and the Black Bride The White Bride and the Black One is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 135. It is Aarne-Thompson type 403A. Other tales of this type include The Three Little Men in the Wood, Brother and Sister, Bushy Bride, and The Enchanted Wreath.-Synopsis:A woman, her daughter,... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| White-Bear-King-Valemon White-Bear-King-Valemon White-Bear-King-Valemon is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by the artist August Schneider in 1870, after a peasant woman, Thore Aslaksdotter , in Setesdal. The tale was for the first time retold and published in Peter Christen Asbjørnsen's Norske Folke-Eventyr. Ny Samling... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| The White Cat Puddocky "Puddocky" is a German fairy tale. A variant, "Cherry," was collected by the Brothers Grimm, and in French, Madame d'Aulnoy retold it in a literary fairy tale as "The White Cat", altering the tale's frog into a cat.-Synopsis:... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Contes Nouveaux ou Les Fees à la Mode | |
| The White Doe The White Doe The White Doe or The Doe in the Woods is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| The White Dove | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
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| The White Dove The White Dove (French fairy tale) The White Dove is a French fairy tale collected by Gaston Maugard in Contes des Pyrénées.It is Aarne-Thompson type 312, and an oral variant of the type, which is best known by the literary tale, Bluebeard.-Synopsis:... |
1956 | French | Paul Delarue | The Borzoi Book of French Folk-Tales | |
| The White Duck The White Duck The White Duck is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... |
Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki Narodnye russkie skazki Russian Fairy Tales , is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, Grimm's Fairy Tales.... |
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| The White Snake The White Snake The White Snake is a German fairy tale included in the complete volume of the Brothers Grimm, tale number 17. It is Aarne-Thompson type 673.-Synopsis:... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.It is Aarne-Thompson type 2, The Tail-Fisher.-Synopsis:... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Why the Sea Is Salt Why the Sea Is Salt Why the Sea Is Salt is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book .... |
1845 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore... and Jørgen Moe Jørgen Moe right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author... |
Norske Folkeeventyr Norske Folkeeventyr Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.-Asbjørnsen and Moe:... |
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| Whuppity Stoorie Whuppity Stoorie Whuppity Stoorie is a Scottish fairy tale collected by Robert Chambers in Popular Rhymes of Scotland. It is Aarne-Thompson type 500, The Name of the Helper... |
1858 | Scottish Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
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| The Wicked Sisters The Wicked Sisters The Wicked Sisters is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.Ruth Manning-Sanders included it, as "The Queen's Children", in A Book of Kings and Queens.-Synopsis:... |
Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... |
Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki Narodnye russkie skazki Russian Fairy Tales , is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, Grimm's Fairy Tales.... |
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| The Wild Swans The Wild Swans "The Wild Swans" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her eleven brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen.... |
1838 | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
Fairy Tales Told for Children (1838) Fairy Tales Told for Children (1838) Fairy Tales Told for Children is collection of three fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen published in Copenhagen, Denmark by C. A. Reitzel on 2 October 1838... |
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| The Willful Child The Willful Child The Wilful Child is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 117. As a legend, it is widely distributed in Germany.It is Aarne-Thompson type 779, divine rewards and punishments. Another tale of this type is The Star Money.... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales | |
| The Willow-Wren and the Bear | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Wise Little Girl The Wise Little Girl The Wise Little Girl is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.This type of tale is the most common European tales to deal with witty exchanges.-Synopsis:... |
Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... |
Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world... |
Narodnye russkie skazki Narodnye russkie skazki Russian Fairy Tales , is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, Grimm's Fairy Tales.... |
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| The Wise Woman, or The Obstinate Princess: A Double Story The Lost Princess The Lost Princess: A Double Story, first published in 1875 as The Wise Woman: A Parable, is an fairy tale novel by George MacDonald.The story describes how a woman of mysterious powers pays visits to two very different young girls: one a princess, the other a shepherd’s daughter... |
1875 | Scottish Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
George MacDonald George MacDonald George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. It was C.S... |
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| The Witch The Witch (fairy tale) The Witch is a Russian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.A version of the tale, under the title "The Twins and the Snarling Witch", appears in A Book of Witches, by Ruth Manning-Sanders.-Synopsis:... |
Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... |
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| The Witch in the Stone Boat The Witch in the Stone Boat The Witch in the Stone Boat is an Icelandic fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A king told his son, Sigurd, to marry and recommended the daughter of another king. Sigurd went there and asked to marry her... |
Icelandic Icelandic language Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the... |
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| The Wizard King The Wizard King The Wizard King is a French fairy tale collected in Les fees illustres. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book. It is also a comic book trilogy by Wally Wood.-Synopsis:... |
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| The Wolf and the Fox | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 5. It is Aarne-Thompson type 123., but has a strong resemblance to The Three Little Pigs and other Aarne-Thomspson type 124 folktales, and to the variant of Little Red Riding Hood that the Grimms... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Wonderful Birch The Wonderful Birch The Wonderful Birch is a Russian fairy tale.A variant on Cinderella, it is Aarne-Thompson folktale type 510A, the persecuted heroine. It makes use of shapeshifting motifs.Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
Finnish Finnish language Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a... |
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| The Wonderful Musician The Wonderful Musician The Wonderful Musician or The Strange Musician or The Marvellous Musician is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 8 in their Grimm's Fairy Tales... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
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| The Wonderful Tune The Wonderful Tune The Wonderful Tune is an Irish fairy tale collected in Fairy Tales and Traditions of the South of Ireland. Andrew Lang included it in The Lilac Fairy Book.Ruth Manning-Sanders included it, as "The Magical Tune", in A Book of Mermaids.-Synopsis:... |
Irish Irish language Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of... |
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| The Wounded Lion The Wounded Lion The Wounded Lion is a Spanish fairy tale collected by D. Francisco de S. Maspous y Labros, in Cuentos Populars Catalans. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.-Synopsis:... |
1885 | Spanish | D. Francisco de S. Maspous y Labros | Cuentos Populars Catalan | |
| The Yellow Dwarf The Yellow Dwarf The Yellow Dwarf is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book.-Synopsis:A widowed queen spoiled her only daughter , who was so beautiful that kings vied for the honor of her hand, not believing they could attain it. Uneasy that her daughter... |
1698 | French | Madame d'Aulnoy Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales... |
Les Contes des Fees | |
| The Young King Of Easaidh Ruadh The Young King Of Easaidh Ruadh The Young King Of Easaidh Ruadh is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as James Wilson, a blind fiddler, in Islay... |
1890 | Scottish Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
John Francis Campbell John Francis Campbell John Francis Campbell , Celtic scholar, educated at Eton and Edinburgh, was afterwards Secretary to the Lighthouse Commission... |
Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands Popular Tales of the West Highlands is a four-volume collection of fairy tales, collected and published by John Francis Campbell, and often translated from Gaelic as well. Alexander Carmichael was one of the main contributors... |
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| The Young Slave The Young Slave The Young Slave is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.It is Aarne-Thompson type 410, Sleeping Beauty; other variants include The Glass Coffin and Sun, Moon, and Talia.-Synopsis:... |
1634 | Italian | Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
Pentamerone Pentamerone The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:... |
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| The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was 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 is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. It is tale number 4 in the collection... |
1812 | German | Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
Children's and Household Tales Grimm's Fairy Tales Children's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:... |
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| The Story of Zoulvisia The Story of Zoulvisia The Story of Zoulvisia is an Armenian fairy tale collected by Frédéric Macler in Contes Arméniens. Andrew Lang included it in The Olive Fairy Book... |
Armenian Armenian language The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora... |
Frédéric Macler | Contes Arméniens | ||
| Kancil Nyolong Timun (Kancil Steals Cucumbers) | Indonesia Javanese language Javanese language is the language of the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. In addition, there are also some pockets of Javanese speakers in the northern coast of western Java... |
See also
- Grimm's Fairy TalesGrimm's Fairy TalesChildren's and Household Tales is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales .-Composition:...
- Italian FolktalesItalian FolktalesItalian Folktales is a collection of 200 Italian folktales published in 1956 by Italo Calvino. Calvino began to undertake the project that will lead to the Italian Folktales in 1954, influenced by Vladimir Propp's Morphology of the Folktale; his intention was to emulate the Brothers Grimm in...
by Italo CalvinoItalo CalvinoItalo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,... - Joseph JacobsJoseph JacobsJoseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature...
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