Aarne-Thompson classification system
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The Aarne–Thompson classification system is a system for classifying folktales
. First developed by Antti Aarne
and published in 1910, it was translated and enlarged by Stith Thompson
. As a treatment of morphology
, it uses motifs rather than actions to group the tales.
Over all, the tales are grouped by Animal Tales, Fairy Tales, Religious Tales, Realistic Tales, Tales of the Stupid Ogre, Jokes and Anecdotes, and Formula Tales. Within each group, they are further subdivided by motifs until the individual type.
was the student of Julius Krohn
and his son Kaarle Krohn
. He further developed their historic-geographic method of comparative folkloristics, and developed the initial version of what became the Aarne–Thompson classification system of classifying folktales
, first published in 1910. The American
folklorist Stith Thompson
, in translating Aarne's motif-based classification system in 1928, enlarged its scope, and with his second addition to Aarne's catalogue in 1961 created the AT-number system (also referred to as AaTh system) often used today.
Thompson noted that it might well be called The Types of the Folk-Tales of Europe, West Asia, and the Lands Settled by these Peoples.
This list on this page (below) employs the 1961 AaTh index as released by Thompson.
of the Formalist
school of the 1920s, for ignoring the functions of the motifs by which they are classified. Furthermore, the "macro-level" analysis means that the stories that repeat motifs may not be classified together, while stories with wide divergences may be, because the classification must select some features as salient. He also observed that while the distinction between animal tales and tales of the fantastic was basically correct - no one would classify Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf
an animal tale because of the wolf - it did raise questions because animals tales often contained fantastic elements, and tales of the fantastic often contained animals; indeed a tale could shift categories if a peasant deceived a bear rather than a devil.
In describing the motivation for his work in 2000, Uther presents several criticisms of the original index. He points out that Thompson's focus on oral tradition sometimes neglects older versions of stories, even when written records exist. The distribution of stories is uneven, with eastern and southern Europe being underrepresented, and some included stories having dubious importance.
Closely related types are often grouped within a type: 510, Persecuted Heroine, has 510A, such as Cinderella
and 510B such as Catskin
, and 400, The Quest for a Lost Bride, has the subtype 401*, the Swan Maiden.
Wild Animals
The Devil
Morphology (folkloristics)
Morphology, broadly, is the study of form or structure. Folkloristic morphology, then, is the study of the structure of folklore and fairy tales....
. First developed by Antti Aarne
Antti Aarne
Antti Amatus Aarne was a Finnish folklorist.-Background:Aarne was the student of Julius Krohn and his son Kaarle Krohn...
and published in 1910, it was translated and enlarged by Stith Thompson
Stith Thompson
Stith Thompson was an American scholar of folklore. He is the "Thompson" of the Aarne-Thompson classification system.- Biography :...
. As a treatment of morphology
Morphology (folkloristics)
Morphology, broadly, is the study of form or structure. Folkloristic morphology, then, is the study of the structure of folklore and fairy tales....
, it uses motifs rather than actions to group the tales.
Over all, the tales are grouped by Animal Tales, Fairy Tales, Religious Tales, Realistic Tales, Tales of the Stupid Ogre, Jokes and Anecdotes, and Formula Tales. Within each group, they are further subdivided by motifs until the individual type.
Background
Antti AarneAntti Aarne
Antti Amatus Aarne was a Finnish folklorist.-Background:Aarne was the student of Julius Krohn and his son Kaarle Krohn...
was the student of Julius Krohn
Julius Krohn
Julius Leopold Fredrik Krohn was a Finnish folk poetry researcher, a professor of Finnish literature, a poet, a hymn writer, a translator and a journalist. He was born in Viipuri. Krohn worked as a lecturer on Finnish language in Helsinki University from the year 1875 and as a supernumerary ...
and his son Kaarle Krohn
Kaarle Krohn
Kaarle Krohn was a Finnish folklorist, professor and developer of the geographic-historic method of folklore research. He was born in Helsinki. He was the son of journalist and poet Julius Krohn, and his sister was Aino Kallas, a Finnish author. Krohn is best known outside of Finland for his...
. He further developed their historic-geographic method of comparative folkloristics, and developed the initial version of what became the Aarne–Thompson classification system of classifying folktales
Morphology (folkloristics)
Morphology, broadly, is the study of form or structure. Folkloristic morphology, then, is the study of the structure of folklore and fairy tales....
, first published in 1910. The American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
folklorist Stith Thompson
Stith Thompson
Stith Thompson was an American scholar of folklore. He is the "Thompson" of the Aarne-Thompson classification system.- Biography :...
, in translating Aarne's motif-based classification system in 1928, enlarged its scope, and with his second addition to Aarne's catalogue in 1961 created the AT-number system (also referred to as AaTh system) often used today.
- The Aarne-Thompson system catalogues some 2500 basic plots from which, for countless generations, European and Near Eastern storytellers have built their tales. As Europeans and Near-Easterners travelled to the New World, the Far East, Africa, and other distant places, their tales migrated as well, often flourishing in their new environments. Hence, the Aarne-Thompson system encompasses tales found around the world.
—Ashliman, p. ix
Thompson noted that it might well be called The Types of the Folk-Tales of Europe, West Asia, and the Lands Settled by these Peoples.
Hans-Jörg Uther
The AaTh system was updated and expanded in 2004 with the publication of The Types of International Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography by Hans-Jörg Uther. Uther noted that many of the earlier descriptions were cursory, and that the existing system did not allow for expansion. To remedy these shortcomings Uther developed the Aarne-Thompson-Uther classification (ATU number) system, and includes international folktales in the expanded listing.This list on this page (below) employs the 1961 AaTh index as released by Thompson.
Criticism
The classification was criticized by Vladimir ProppVladimir Propp
Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp was a Russian and Soviet formalist scholar who analyzed the basic plot components of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irreducible narrative elements.- Biography :...
of the Formalist
Russian formalism
Russian formalism was an influential school of literary criticism in Russia from the 1910s to the 1930s. It includes the work of a number of highly influential Russian and Soviet scholars such as Viktor Shklovsky, Yuri Tynianov, Vladimir Propp, Boris Eichenbaum, Roman Jakobson, Grigory Vinokur who...
school of the 1920s, for ignoring the functions of the motifs by which they are classified. Furthermore, the "macro-level" analysis means that the stories that repeat motifs may not be classified together, while stories with wide divergences may be, because the classification must select some features as salient. He also observed that while the distinction between animal tales and tales of the fantastic was basically correct - no one would classify 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...
an animal tale because of the wolf - it did raise questions because animals tales often contained fantastic elements, and tales of the fantastic often contained animals; indeed a tale could shift categories if a peasant deceived a bear rather than a devil.
In describing the motivation for his work in 2000, Uther presents several criticisms of the original index. He points out that Thompson's focus on oral tradition sometimes neglects older versions of stories, even when written records exist. The distribution of stories is uneven, with eastern and southern Europe being underrepresented, and some included stories having dubious importance.
Types
The Aarne-Thompson catalogue divides the following tales into sections with their "AT" number entries. The names given are typical, but usage varies; the same type number may be referred to by its central motif, or by one variant folk tale of that type, which can itself vary, especially when used in different countries where different variants are well known. It does not have to be accurate for all tales; The Cat as Helper (545B) includes tales where a fox helps the hero.Closely related types are often grouped within a type: 510, Persecuted Heroine, has 510A, such as 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...
and 510B such as 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,...
, and 400, The Quest for a Lost Bride, has the subtype 401*, the Swan Maiden.
The Clever Fox or other animal 1-69
- The theft of fish 1
- How the bear lost his tail 2 (NorwegianWhy the Bear Is Stumpy-TailedWhy 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:...
) - Biting the foot 5
- The calling of three tree names 7
- The unjust partner 9
- Stealing the Partner's Butter 15 (GermanCat and Mouse in PartnershipCat and Mouse in Partnership is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. It is Aarne-Thompson type 15, Stealing the Partner's Butter.-Plot:A cat and a mouse decide to keep house together. In times of need they bought a pot of fat and put it in the church where it would be safe...
) - The fox as shepherd 37
- The bear and the honey 49
- The Lion's shareLion's ShareThe lion's share is an idiomatic expression which develops from a number of fables ascribed to Aesop and is now used as their generic title, although they exist in several different versions...
51 (AesopAesop's FablesAesop'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...
) - Mrs. Fox's Suitors 65 (GermanThe Wedding of Mrs. FoxThe 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:...
) - Greed 68A (The Boy and the FilbertsThe Boy and the FilbertsThe Boy and the Filberts is a fable related to greed and appears as Aarne-Thompson type 68A. The story is credited to Aesop but there is no evidence to support this...
, Aesop)
Other Wild Animals 70-99
- More cowardly than the hare 70
- Too cold for hare to build house in winter 81
- The Mouse, the Bird, and the SausageThe Mouse, the Bird, and the SausageThe Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage is Tale 23 of the Grimm's Fairy Tales. It is Aarne-Thompson number 85.- Synopsis :Once upon a time, the Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage lived happily together. The Bird brings home wood from the forest; the Mouse delivers water, makes the cooking fire, lays...
85 - The Heart of a MonkeyThe Heart of a MonkeyThe 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:...
91 - When the hare was married 96*
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and Domestic AnimalsDomesticationDomestication or taming is the process whereby a population of animals or plants, through a process of selection, becomes accustomed to human provision and control. In the Convention on Biological Diversity a domesticated species is defined as a 'species in which the evolutionary process has been...
100-149
- The old dog rescues the child 101 (GermanOld SultanOld 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...
) - Town Mouse and Country MouseThe Town Mouse and the Country Mouse"The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" is one of Aesop's Fables. It is number 352 in the Perry Index and type 112 in Aarne-Thompson's folk tale index. Like several other elements in Aesop's fables, 'town mouse and country mouse' has become an English idiom....
112 - Eat Me When I'm Fatter 122E (NorwegianThree Billy Goats GruffThree 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...
) - The Wolf and the Seven Young KidsThe Wolf and the Seven Young KidsThe 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...
123 - The Three Little Pigs 124
- Outcast Animals Find a New Home 130 (GermanTown Musicians of BremenThe 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...
, IrishJack and his ComradesJack 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"....
)
Wild Animals and Humans 150-199
- Music lessons for wild animals 151 (GermanThe Wonderful MusicianThe 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...
) - Ingratitude Is the World's Reward 155 (IndianThe Tiger, the Brahmin and the JackalThe 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:...
) - Androcles and the Lion 156
- The Three BearsThe 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...
171 - The Brahmin and the MongooseThe Brahmin and the MongooseThe Brahmin and the Mongoose is a folktale from India, and "one of the world's most travelled tales". It describes the rash killing of a loyal animal, and thus warns against hasty action. The story underlies certain legends in the West, such as that of Llewellyn and his dog Gelert in Wales, or...
178A
Domestic Animals 200-219
- Sheep, duck and cock in peril at sea 204
- The Traveling Animals and the Wicked Man 210 (GermanThe Pack of RagamuffinsThe Pack of Ragamuffins is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 10. The title has been variously translated into English, as in The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet: How They Went to the Mountains to Eat Nuts, The Pack of Ragamuffins, The Vulgar Crew, A Pack of...
, GermanHerr KorbesHerr Korbes is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 41. They found it in both the district of the Maine and Hesse.It is Aarne-Thompson type 210, The Traveling Animals and the Wicked Man. Another tale of this type is the Grimms' The Pack of Ragamuffins.-Synopsis:A cock and a...
) - The hog who was so tired of his daily food 211*
Other Animals and Objects 220-299
- The Geese's Eternal Prayer 227 (GermanThe Fox and the GeeseThe Fox and the Geese is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 78.It is Aarne-Thompson type 227, The Geese's Eternal Prayer.-Synopsis:...
) - Imitating Bird Sounds, 236* (GermanThe Crumbs on the TableThe Crumbs on the Table is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 190.It is Aarne-Thompson type 236*, Imitating Bird Sounds, because in the original Swiss dialect, the responses imitate live chickens. .-Synopsis:...
) - The Child and the Snake 285
- The Straw, the Coal, and the BeanThe Straw, the Coal, and the BeanThe Straw, the Coal, and the Bean is the eighteenth story in Grimm's Fairy Tales. It is Aarne-Thompson number 295.-Synopsis:An old woman has got some beans that she intends to cook over her fire. Being in a hurry, she grabs some straw to make the fire light faster. She pours the beans in the pot...
295 - Wind and Sun 298 (GreekThe North Wind and the SunThe North Wind and the Sun is one of Aesop's Fables . It is type 298 in the Aarne-Thompson folktale classification.-The story and its application:...
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Supernatural Opponents 300 - 399
- The Dragon-SlayerDragonslayersDragonslayers are people who slay dragons for various reasons. Dragonslayers and the creatures they hunt have been seen in many popular books and films. They also are generally portrayed as heroes. Most common among Dragonslayers would be the knights of Middle Ages fiction, who slew dragons to save...
300 - The Three Kidnapped Princesses 301 (GermanThe 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:...
) - The Giant Without A HeartThe Giant Who Had No Heart in His BodyThe 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...
, 302 - The Twin Brothers, 303 (GermanThe Two BrothersThe 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:...
, Another German variantThe Gold-ChildrenThe 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:...
) - Seven Sisters, Seven Brothers 303A
- The Trained Hunter 304
- The Twelve Dancing PrincessesThe Twelve Dancing Princesses"The Twelve Dancing Princesses" is a German fairy tale originally published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 in Kinder- und Hausmärchen as tale number 133...
306 - The Princess in the Coffin 307 (FrenchLa Ramée and the PhantomLa 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,...
) - RapunzelRapunzel"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...
310 (ItalianThe Canary PrinceThe 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...
, ItalianPrunella (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....
, GreekAnthousa, Xanthousa, ChrisomalousaAnthousa, 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....
, ItalianPetrosinellaPetrosinella or Parsley is an Italian literary fairy tale, written by Giambattista Basile in his collection of fairy tales in 1634, Lo cunto de li cunti , or Pentamerone....
) - Killed by a Giant 311 (ItalianHow the Devil Married Three SistersHow 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...
, GermanFitcher's BirdFitcher'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...
) - The BluebeardBluebeard"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...
312 (FrenchThe 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:...
) - The Magic Flight 313 (NorwegianThe Master MaidThe 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...
, FrenchJean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's DaughterJean, 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'...
, GermanThe Water NixieThe 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...
, GermanThe Two Kings' ChildrenThe 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...
, EnglishNix Nought NothingNix 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...
, GermanFoundling-BirdFoundling-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...
) - The Golden-Haired 314
- The Treacherous Sister 315
- The Mermaid in the Pond 316 (GermanThe Nixie of the Mill-PondThe 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....
) - The Princess and the Sky-tree 317
- The Batamärchen 318
- The Magician and his Apprentice, 325 (GermanThe Thief and His MasterThe 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...
, NorwegianFarmer WeatherskyFarmer 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"....
, DanishMaster 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:...
, ItalianMaestro Lattantio and His Apprentice DionigiMaestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola....
) - The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear IsThe Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear WasThe 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...
326 - The Children With the Witch 327A (FrenchThe 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...
, ScottishMolly WhuppieMolly 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...
, GermanHansel 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...
, DanishEsben and the WitchEsben 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...
, NorwegianButtercup (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...
, FrenchFinette CendronFinette Cendron is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510A...
) - The Small Boy Defeats the Ogre 327B (French, FrenchThe 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,...
, NorwegianBoots and the TrollBoots 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...
) - The Treasures of the Giant 328 (ItalianThirteenth (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:...
, GreekHow the Dragon was TrickedHow 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:...
, EnglishJack and the BeanstalkJack 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...
) - Miss the Magic Mirror 329
- The Spirit in the BottleThe Spirit in the BottleThe 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...
331 - Godfather DeathGodfather DeathGodfather Death is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 44. It is Aarne-Thompson type 332.-Synopsis:...
332 - Little Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding HoodLittle 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....
333 - In the Household of the Witch 334 GermanFrau TrudeFrau 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:...
- The Three Apprentices and the Devil 360 (GermanThe Three ApprenticesThe 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:...
) - Bearskin 361
- Specter Bridegrooms 365 (EnglishSweet William's GhostSweet William's Ghost is a folk song, collected by Francis James Child in 1868 as Child ballad number 77. It exists in many forms but all versions recount a similar story. It was printed in Allan Ramsay's The Tea-Table Miscellany in 1740, and again in Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English...
)
Wife 400-424
- The Quest for a Lost Bride 400 (NorwegianSoria Moria CastleSoria Moria Castle is a Norwegian fairy tale made famous by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their classic Norske Folkeeventyr...
)- Swan Maiden 400* (SerbianThe Nine Peahens and the Golden ApplesThe 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...
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- Swan Maiden 400* (Serbian
- The enchanted princess in her castle 401A (GermanThe King of the Gold MountainThe 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...
) - The Mouse BrideThe Frog PrincessThe 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...
402 (NorwegianDoll i' the GrassDoll 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...
) - The White and the Black BrideThe White and the Black BrideThe 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,...
403 (GermanThe Three Little Men in the WoodThe 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...
, GreekBrother 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:...
, NorwegianBushy BrideBushy Bride is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. It is Aarne-Thompson type 403, the black and the white bride.-Synopsis:...
, ScandinavianThe Enchanted WreathThe Enchanted Wreath is a Scandinavian fairy tale, collected in Benjamin Thorpe in his Yule-Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions...
) - Jorinde and JoringelJorinde 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....
405 - The Flower Girl 407 (GermanA Riddling TaleA 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....
) - The Three LemonsThe 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...
408 - The Goat Girls 409A
- The Sleeping BeautySleeping BeautySleeping 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...
410 (ItalianThe Young SlaveThe 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:...
, GermanThe Glass CoffinThe 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....
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Husband 425-449
- search for the lost husband 425A (ScottishBlack Bull of NorrowayThe 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....
, RomanianThe Enchanted PigThe 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...
, ScottishThe Tale of the HoodieThe 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....
, ItalianThe King of LoveThe 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...
, SpanishThe Sprig of RosemaryThe 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....
, NorwegianEast of the Sun and West of the MoonEast 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...
, NorwegianWhite-Bear-King-ValemonWhite-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...
, ScottishThe Brown Bear of NorwayThe 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...
, ItalianThe Enchanted SnakeThe 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....
, ScottishThe Daughter of the SkiesThe 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...
, ItalianPintosmaltoPintosmalto 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...
, GreekMr SimigdáliMr 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...
, MexicanThe Greenish BirdThe 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...
) - Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the BeastBeauty 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...
425C (EnglishThe Small-tooth DogThe 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....
, GermanThe Singing, Springing LarkThe 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....
) - Vanished Husband learned of by keeping inn 425D (GreekThe Golden CrabThe 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...
) - recognition when heroine tells her story 425G (GreekThe 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...
) - the bird husband 425N (DanishThe 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...
) - Snow White and Rose Red 426
- Prince Donkey 430 (GermanThe 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:...
) - The WaldhausThe Hut in the ForestThe 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:...
431 - The Bird Lover 432 (RussianThe Feather of Finist the FalconThe 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...
, FrenchThe 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...
, MexicanThe Greenish BirdThe 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...
) - King Dragon 433b
- The Frog KingThe 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...
440 (ScottishThe Well of the World's EndThe 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...
, ScottishThe Tale of the Queen Who Sought a Drink From a Certain WellThe 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,...
) - In Enchanted Skin 441 (RomanianThe Enchanted PigThe 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...
, Italian) - The Old Woman in the WoodThe 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:...
442
Brother or Sister 450-459
- Brother and SisterBrother and SisterBrother 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 ...
450 (GermanThe Lambkin and the Little FishThe 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:...
) - The Nurse looking for her Brothers, 451 (GermanThe Seven RavensThe 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...
, GermanThe Twelve BrothersThe 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...
, GermanThe Six SwansThe 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...
, Northern AfricanUdea and her Seven BrothersUdea 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:...
, NorwegianThe Twelve Wild DucksThe 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:...
, RussianThe Magic Swan GeeseThe Magic Swan Geese or is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.It is Aarne-Thompson type 451...
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Supernatural Tasks 460-499
- Three Hairs of the Devil 461 (GermanThe Devil With the Three Golden HairsThe 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."...
, GermanThe 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...
) - The Towering Tree 468
- The Bridge to Another World 471
- Midwife (or Godparent, or Nurse) for the Elves 476* (EnglishFairy ointmentFairy 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....
) - The Kind and the Unkind Girls 480 (RussianFather 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...
, ScandinavianThe Two CasketsThe 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....
, ItalianThe Three FairiesThe 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...
, DanishMaiden Bright-eyeMaiden 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:...
, GreekThe 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...
, GermanThe Three Little Men in the WoodThe 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...
, FrenchDiamonds and ToadsDiamonds 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....
, EnglishThe Three Heads in the WellThe 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...
, EnglishThe Old WitchThe 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....
, ScandinavianThe Enchanted WreathThe Enchanted Wreath is a Scandinavian fairy tale, collected in Benjamin Thorpe in his Yule-Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions...
, ItalianThe MonthsThe 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...
, JapaneseShita-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...
, GermanMother HuldaMother 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 :...
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Supernatural Helpers 500-559
- RumpelstiltskinRumpelstiltskinRumpelstiltskin 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...
500 (ScottishWhuppity StoorieWhuppity 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...
) - The Three SpinnersThe Three SpinnersThe 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....
501 - The Wild Man 502 (ItalianGuerrino and the Savage ManGuerrino and the Savage Man is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola....
, GermanIron 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...
, FrenchGeorgic and MerlinGeorgic 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:...
) - Helpful Elves 503* (GermanThe Elves and the ShoemakerThe 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....
) - Grateful deadGrateful dead (folklore)Grateful dead is a folktale present in many cultures throughout the world. The most common story involves a traveler who encounters a corpse of someone who never received a proper burial, typically stemming from an unpaid debt. The traveler then either pays off the dead person's debt or pays for...
505 - The Mistress of the Monster 507
- Persecuted Heroine 510A (IrishFair, Brown and TremblingFair, 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...
, FrenchFinette CendronFinette Cendron is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510A...
, RussianThe Golden SlipperThe 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:...
, NorwegianKatie WoodencloakKatie 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....
, ScottishRushen CoatieRushen 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...
, ScottishThe Sharp Grey SheepThe 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....
, VietnameseThe Story of Tam and CamThe 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...
, FinnishThe Wonderful BirchThe 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:...
, ChineseBeauty and Pock FaceBeauty 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...
, FrenchCinderella"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...
) - Unnatural Love 510B (AmericanLittle Cat SkinLittle 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....
, EnglishCap 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"...
, FrenchDonkeyskinDonkeyskin 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...
, ScottishThe 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...
, ItalianThe 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....
, EnglishMossycoatMossycoat 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....
, EnglishTattercoatsTattercoats is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his More English Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B, the persecuted heroine...
, AmericanThe 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...
, ItalianThe 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...
, GermanAllerleirauhAllerleirauh is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, it has been recorded as Tale no. 65. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book....
) - One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-EyesOne-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-EyesOne-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...
511 - The Wonderful Helpers 513A
- The Shepherd 515
- The Petrified Friend 516 (GermanTrusty JohnTrusty 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...
, ItalianThe 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...
, FrenchFather RoquelaureFather 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:...
) - The Boy and the Bird-language 517
- Big Fight over Magic Things 518 (GermanThe King of the Gold MountainThe 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...
) - Brunhilde 519
- The Glass MountainThe 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...
530 (NorwegianThe Princess on the Glass HillThe 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....
) - Faithful FerdinandFerdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the UnfaithfulFerdinand 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...
531 (FrenchKing Fortunatus's Golden WigKing 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...
, ItalianCorvettoCorvetto 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...
, RussianThe Firebird and Princess VasilisaThe 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...
, FrenchThe Story of Pretty GoldilocksThe 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....
, LappThe Mermaid and the BoyThe 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....
) - Repressed Bride 533 (GermanThe Goose GirlThe 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....
, AmericanThe Golden BraceletThe 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...
) - The Flight with the Eagle 537
- The Cat as Helper 545B (ItalianDon Joseph PearDon Joseph Pear is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in his Italian Popular Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 545B.-Synopsis:...
, ItalianHow the Beggar Boy turned into Count PiroHow 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...
, FrenchPuss in Boots'Puss' is a character in the fairy tale "The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots" by Charles Perrault. The tale was published in 1697 in his Histoires ou Contes du temps passé...
, NorwegianLord 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...
) - The Golden BirdThe 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,...
550 (RussianTsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray WolfTsarevitch 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...
, EnglishThe Greek Princess and the Young GardenerThe 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....
, SwedishThe 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,...
, SwahiliThe Nunda, Eater of PeopleThe 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:...
) - The Water of Life 551 (German (1823)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:...
, Russian (1862)The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of LifeThe 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:...
, Spanish (1885)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:...
) - Animals and In-laws 552 (German)
- The Bird as a Helper 553
- The Grateful AnimalsThe Grateful BeastsThe 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...
554 (GermanThe Queen BeeThe 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:...
, GermanThe Sea-HareThe Sea-Hare is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 191.It is Aarne-Thompson type 554, The Grateful Animals, and similar to 851, Winning the Princess with a Riddle.-Synopsis:...
) - The Fisherman and his WifeThe Fisherman and His WifeThe 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...
, 555 (JapaneseThe StonecutterThe 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...
, GermanThe Gold-ChildrenThe 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:...
) - The Princess’ Laugh 559
Magic Items 560-649
- The Magic Ring 560 (GermanThe King of the Gold MountainThe 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...
) - AladdinAladdinAladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
561 - The Spirit in the Blue Light 562 (GermanThe 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....
, Danish, GermanThe Three DogsThe 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....
) - The Two Marvelous Pitchers 564
- The Magic Mill 565 (NorwegianWhy the Sea Is SaltWhy 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 ....
, ChineseThe Water MotherThe 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...
, GermanSweet PorridgeSweet 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...
) - FortunatusFortunatusFortunatus is a German proto-novel or chapbook about a legendary hero popular in 15th and 16th century Europe.-The tale:The tale follows the life of a young man named Fortunatus from relative obscurity through his adventures towards fame and fortune; it subsequently follows the careers of his two...
566 - The Magic Bird Heart 567 (GermanThe Two BrothersThe 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:...
) - Bunnies Beware of the King 570 (FrenchThe Three May PeachesThe 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....
) - The Golden GooseGolden GooseThe 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...
571 (EuropeanThe Magic SwanThe 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...
) - The Wings of the Prince 575
- The Order of the King 577
- Favor of Women 580
- Spindle, Shuttle, and NeedleSpindle, Shuttle, and NeedleSpindle, Shuttle, and Needle is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 188.It is Aarne-Thompson type 585.-Synopsis:...
585 - The Prince and the Bracelets 590 (NorwegianThe Blue BeltThe 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:...
) - The Healing Fruit 610 (GermanThe 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...
, FrenchThe Three May PeachesThe 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....
) - True Love 611
- The Three Snake-Leaves 612
- The Two Travelers: Truth and Falsehood 613 (NorwegianTrue and UntrueTrue 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:...
) - Sister and Brother healing the King 613C
Supernatural Power or Knowledge 650-699
- The Sharp Hans 650A
- The Boy Whose Wishes Always Come True 652 (GermanThe PinkThe 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:...
) - The Skillful Brothers 653 (GermanThe Four Skillful BrothersThe 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...
) - The Man in Three Animal Forms 665
- The Boy in Animal Form 667
- The Language of Animals 670
- The Three LanguagesThe Three LanguagesThe 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...
671 - The Schlangenkrönlein 672B
- The White SnakeThe White SnakeThe 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:...
673 - The Wish-Fish 675 (ItalianPeruontoPeruonto 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...
, FrenchThe 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:...
, FrenchHalf-ManHalf-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:...
) - Open Sesame!Open SesameOpen Sesame is a children's television series composed solely of the skits and segments of the long-running American television series Sesame Street. While some countries air the American program in whole, and some create their own versions of the show, many more air this title of loosely...
676
Other stories of the supernatural 700-749
- Tom ThumbTom ThumbTom 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...
700 (GermanThumblingThumbling and Thumbling's Travels are two German fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm...
) - Snow MaidenSnegurochkaSnegurochka , 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...
703* - The Princess and the PeaThe 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...
704 - Born of a Fish 705
- The Girl Without HandsThe Girl Without HandsThe 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:...
706 (RussianThe Armless MaidenThe Armless Maiden is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.It is Aarne-Thompson type 706, the girl without hands...
, SwahiliThe One-Handed GirlThe 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...
, ItalianPenta of the Chopped-off HandsPenta 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....
, ItalianBiancabella and the SnakeBiancabella and the Snake is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola....
) - The Bird of Truth 707 (RussianThe Tale of Tsar SaltanThe 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...
, ItalianThe Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking BirdThe Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales...
, GermanThe Three Little BirdsThe 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....
, FrenchPrincess Belle-EtoilePrincess 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....
, ItalianAncilotto, King of ProvinoAncilotto, King of Provino is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola....
) - The Miraculous Child 708
- Snow WhiteSnow 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...
709 (ItalianBella VeneziaBella 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...
, ArmenianNourie HadigNourie 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...
, ScottishGold-Tree and Silver-TreeGold-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:...
, GreekMyrsinaMyrsina or Myrtle is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece. Other variants were collected by Anna Angelopoulou....
) - The Black Madonna 710 (GermanMary's ChildMary'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...
, NorwegianThe Lassie and Her GodmotherThe Lassie and Her Godmother is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr....
) - The Twin Sisters 711 (NorwegianTatterhoodTatterhood is a fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe.It is Aarne-Thompson type 711, the beautiful and the ugly twin...
, English) - Crescentia 712
- From the Juniper Tree 720 (GermanThe 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....
, EnglishThe Rose-TreeThe 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...
) - The Brother Married the Sister 722
- The Dream 725
- Floating Stone 746
God Rewards and Punishes 750-779
- Foolish Wishes 750A (FrenchThe Ridiculous WishesThe Ridiculous Wishes or The Three Ridiculous Wishes is a French literary fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It is Aarne-Thompson type 750A.-Synopsis:...
) - The Revived Mortem 750B
- The peasant woman is changed into a woodpecker 751A
- Christ and the smith 753
- Sin and grace 755 (ScandinavianThe Woman Who Had No ShadowThe Woman Who Had No Shadow is a Scandinavian fairy tale, included by Sven Grundtvig in Gamle danske Minder i Folkemunde and Ella Ohlson in Sagor från Ångermanland.It is Aarne-Thompson type 755, Sin and grace.-Synopsis:...
) - Deal with the DevilDeal with the DevilDeal With The Devil is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Lizzy Borden released in 2000 .A return to form, featuring a cover by Todd McFarlane.2 covers were recorded...
756B - The various children of Eve 758
- Woman with three hundred and sixty-five children 762
- The seven sleepersSeven SleepersThe Seven Sleepers, commonly called the "Seven Sleepers of Ephesus", refers to a group of Christian youths who hid inside a cave outside the city of Ephesus around 250 AD, to escape a persecution of Christians being conducted during the reign of the Roman emperor Decius...
766 - St Christopher and the Christ child 768
- A Child Returns from the Dead 769 (GermanThe Stolen FarthingsThe Stolen Farthings is Tale 154 from Grimm's Fairy Tales. It is actually a ghost story. It is Aarne-Thompson type 769, A Child Returns from the Dead.-Synopsis:...
) - The legend of the horseshoe 774C
- The wandering JewWandering JewThe Wandering Jew is a figure from medieval Christian folklore whose legend began to spread in Europe in the 13th century. The original legend concerns a Jew who taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion and was then cursed to walk the earth until the Second Coming...
777 - Divine rewards and punishments 779 (GermanThe Willful ChildThe 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....
), GermanThe Star MoneyThe 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 :...
)
The Truth Comes to Light 780-791
- The Singing BoneThe Singing BoneThe 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:...
780 - The Saviour and Peter in night-lodgings 791
The DevilDevilThe Devil is believed in many religions and cultures to be a powerful, supernatural entity that is the personification of evil and the enemy of God and humankind. The nature of the role varies greatly...
810-826
- The devil loses a soul that was promised him 810 (GermanThe King of the Gold MountainThe 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...
) - The man promised to the devil becomes a priest 811
- The Mystery of the Devil 812 (GermanThe Dragon and his GrandmotherThe 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....
) - The thief rescued by the devil 821A
- The lazy boy and the industrious girl 822
- Devil writes down names of men on hide in church 826
Other Religious Tales 827-849
- Men, Animals, and the Span of Life 828 (GermanThe 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....
)
The Man Marries the Princess 850-869
- The Moles of the Princess 850 (GermanThe Clever Little TailorThe 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:...
) - The Riddle of the Suitor 851 (GermanThe 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...
) - That is a lie! 852 (NorwegianBoots 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....
) - Contest in Repartee 853
- The golden ram 854
- The Golden Goat 854A
The Woman Marries the Prince 870-879
- The Princess in the Underground Cave 870 (GermanMaid MaleenMaid 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...
) - The Goose girl 870A
- Brother, Sister and Sister-in-law 872
- The Clever Peasant girl 875 (GreekWhat 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...
, GermanThe Peasant's Wise DaughterThe 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....
, RussianThe Wise Little GirlThe 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:...
)
Proofs of Fidelity and Innocence 880-899
- The wager on the wife's chastity 882
- The seducer punished 883B
- The forgotten fiancée 884 (GermanThe Two Kings' ChildrenThe 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...
, GermanThe True BrideThe 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...
) - GriseldaGriselda (folklore)Griselda is a figure from certain folklores whose name is eponymous for patience and obedience.In the tale as written by Giovanni Boccaccio, Griselda marries Gualtieri, the Marquis of Saluzzo. He tests her by declaring that their first child—a daughter—must be put to death, likewise their second...
887 - The Faithful Wife 888 (RussianThe Lute PlayerThe 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:...
) - The Pound of Flesh 890 (cf. Shakespeare's The Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...
) - The Serpent in the Bosom 890A
- The children of the king 892
- The Daughter of the Sun 898 (GreekMaroulaMaroula 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....
)
Clever Acts and Words 920-929
- The king and the abbot 922
- Loving the Salt 923 (GermanThe Goose-Girl at the WellThe 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:...
, ItalianWater and SaltWater 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:...
, FrenchThe Dirty ShepherdessThe 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...
, see also King LearKing LearKing Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...
)- Like wind in the hot sun 923A
- Discussion by sign language 924
- Judgment of SolomonJudgment of SolomonThe Judgment of Solomon refers to a story from the Hebrew Bible in which King Solomon of Israel ruled between two women both claiming to be the mother of a child. It has become a metaphor referring to a wise judge who uses a stratagem to determine the truth, tricking the parties into revealing...
926 - Out-riddling the judge 927
Tales of Fate 930-949
- The Prediction 930 (GermanThe Devil With the Three Golden HairsThe 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."...
, EnglishThe Fish and the RingThe 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:...
, IndianThe King Who Would Be Stronger Than FateThe 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...
, Serbian/RussianThe Story of Three Wonderful BeggarsThe 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....
) - OedipusOedipusOedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. He fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought disaster on his city and family...
931 - Death on the Wedding 934B
- The Unhappy Princess 938A (GreekThe Ill-Fated PrincessThe 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...
) - The magic ball of thread 934E
Robbers and Murderers 950-969
- Rhampsinitus 950
- The King and the Soldier 952 (GermanThe Boots of Buffalo LeatherThe Boots of Buffalo Leather is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 198.It is Aarne-Thompson type 952, The King and the Soldier.-Synopsis:...
) - The Robber BridegroomThe 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...
955 - The Sun Brings All to Light 960 (GermanThe Bright Sun Brings it to LightThe Bright Sun Brings it to Light is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, tale number 115.It is Aarne-Thompson type 960, The Sun Brings All to Light.-Synopsis:...
) - The girl who played with the bread 962**
Other Realistic Tales 970-999
- The Wooden Bowl 980B (GermanThe Old Man and his GrandsonThe Old Man and his Grandson is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 78.It is Aarne-Thompson type 980B, The Wooden Bowl.-Synopsis:...
) - The Killing of Old Men 981 (SerbianHow the Killing of the Old Men Was StoppedHow 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....
) - Ungrateful Heirs 982 (Sri LankanHow the Daughter-in-Law Got the CoinsHow 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:...
) - False Magician Exposed by Clever Girl 987 (GermanThe Beam (tale)The Beam is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale 149.It is Aarne-Thompson type 987, False Magician Exposed by Clever Girl, with an episode like type 1290, A Fool Mistakes a Flax Field for a Lake.-Synposis:...
) - Revived from Apparent Death by a Grave-Robber 990
Labor Contract 1000-1029
- Bargain not to become angry 1000
- Dissipation of the ogre's property 1002
- Plowing 1003
- Hogs in the mud; sheep in the air 1004
- Building a bridge . . . 1005
- Casting eyes 1006
- Cleaning the child 1012
- The woman as cuckoo in the tree 1029
Partnership between Man and Ogre 1030-1059
- Man and ogre share the harvest 1030 (GermanThe Peasant and the DevilThe 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:...
) - Granary roof used as threshing flail 1031
- The heavy axe 1049
- Felling trees 1050
- Springing with a Bent Tree 1051 (GermanThe Valiant Little TailorThe 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...
) - A Contest in Carrying a Tree 1052 (GermanThe Valiant Little TailorThe 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...
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Contest between Man and Ogre 1060-1114
- Squeezing Water from a Stone 1060 (GermanThe Valiant Little TailorThe 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...
) - A Contest in Throwing Stones 1062 (GermanThe Valiant Little TailorThe 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...
) - Throwing contest with the golden club 1063
- Contest in shrieking or whistling 1084
- Pushing a hole into a tree 1085
- Rowing contest 1087
- Eating contest 1088
- Contest in words 1093
- The tailor and the ogre in a sewing contest 1096 (MexicanThe Tailor Who Sold His Soul to the DevilThe 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:...
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Man Kills (Injures) Ogre 1115-1144
- Attempting to Kill the Hero in His Bed 1115 (GermanThe Valiant Little TailorThe 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...
) - Attempt at burning 1116
- The ogre's pitfall 1117
- Ogres Kill Their Own Children 1119 (GermanSweetheart RolandSweetheart 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,...
) - Ogre's wife killed through other tricks 1122
- The hot porridge in the ogre's throat 1131
- Making the ogre strong (by castration) 1133
- Eye-remedy 1135
- Self Did It 1137 (EnglishMy Own SelfMe 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...
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Man Outwits the Devil 1155-1169
- The gun as tobacco pipe 1157
- The ogre wants to look through the gun barrel in the smithy 1158
- The ogre in the haunted castle. Beard caught fast 1160
- The Bear Trainer and His Cat 1161 (Norwegian)
- The evil woman thrown into the pit 1164
- The troll and the christening 1165
Souls Saved from the Devil 1170-1199
- The ogre on the ship 1179
- With his whole heart 1186
- Devil's BridgeDevil's BridgeDevil’s Bridge is a term applied to dozens of ancient bridges, found primarily in Europe. Most of these bridges are stone or masonry arch bridges and represent a significant technological achievement...
1191
Stories about a Fool 1200-1349
- The plowing 1201
- The man without a head in the bear's den 1225
- One woman to catch the squirrel; the other to get the cooking pot 1227
- Man sitting on branch of tree cuts it off 1240
- The tree is to be pulled down 1241
- Loading the wood 1242
- Carrying part of the load 1242A
- The wood is carried down the hill 1243
- Sunlight carried in a bag into the windowless house 1245
- A hole to throw the earth in 1255
- The porridge in the ice hole 1260
- Jumping into the sea for fish 1260**
- Numskull strikes all the matches in order to try them 1260B*
- Rowing without going forward 1276
- Marking the place on the boat 1278
- Burning the Barn to Destroy an Unknown Animal 1281 (GermanThe Owl (fairy tale)The Owl is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 174.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1281, Burning the Barn to Destroy an Unknown Animal.-Synopsis:...
) - Pulling on the shirt 1285
- Numskull unable to count their own number 1287
- 'These are not my feet' 1288*
- Sending One Cheese After Another 1291 (GermanFrederick and CatherineFrederick and Catherine or Freddy and Katy Lizzy is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 59....
) - A Fool Greases the Cracked Earth with Butter 1291B (GermanFrederick and CatherineFrederick and Catherine or Freddy and Katy Lizzy is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 59....
) - Drowning the crayfish as punishment 1310
- The man takes seriously the prediction of death 1313A
- Other mistaken identities 1319*
- Fools frightened 1321
- Moving the church 1326
Stories about Married Couples 1350-1439
- The loving wife 1350
- The silence wager 1351
- The old woman as troublemakar 1353
- Flight of the woman and her lover from the stable 1360B
- Old HildebrandOld HildebrandOld Hildebrand is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 95.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1360C.-Synopsis:...
1360C - The Snow-childThe Snow-childThe Snow-child is a widespread European folktale, found in many medieval tellings.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1362.-Synopsis:A merchant returns home after an absence of two years to find his wife with a newborn son. She explains one snowy day she swallowed a snowflake while thinking about her...
1362 - The obstinate wife 1365
- The wife insults the husband as a lousy-head 1365C
The Foolish Wife and Her Husband 1380-1404
- The faithless wife 1380
- The talkative wife and the discovered treasure 1381
- A Woman Does Not Know Herself 1383 (GermanFrederick and CatherineFrederick and Catherine or Freddy and Katy Lizzy is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 59....
) - The husband hunts for three persons as stupid as his wife 1384
- A Woman Loses Her Husband's Money 1385* (GermanFrederick and CatherineFrederick and Catherine or Freddy and Katy Lizzy is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 59....
) - Meat as food for cabbage 1386
- A Woman Draws Beer in the Cellar 1387 (GermanFrederick and CatherineFrederick and Catherine or Freddy and Katy Lizzy is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 59....
) - Every hole to tell the truth 1391
The Foolish Husband and His Wife 1405-1429
- The Lazy SpinnerThe Lazy SpinnerThe 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:...
1405 - The merry wives wager . . . 1406
- The man who does his wife's work 1408 (NorwegianThe Husband Who Was to Mind the HouseThe 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:...
) - Trading Away One's Fortune 1415 (GermanHans in LuckHans in Luck is a fairy tale of Germanic origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1415.-Plot summary:Hans worked hard for seven years but wishes to return to see his poor mother. His master pays him his wages which amounts to a lump of gold the size of his head. Hans puts...
) - The mouse in the silver jug. The new Eve 1416
The Foolish Couple 1430-1439
- Air Castles 1430 (GermanLazy HenryLazy Henry or Lazy Heinz is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 164. It was first added in the third edition.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1430, Air Castles.-Synopsis:...
, AesopThe Milkmaid and Her PailThe Milkmaid and Her Pail is a folktale of Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 1430 about interrupted daydreams of wealth and fame. Ancient tales of this type exist in the East but Western variants are not found before the Middle Ages...
) - The contagious yawns 1431
Stories about a Woman 1440-1524
- The tenant promises his daughter to his master against her will 1440
Looking for a Wife 1450-1474
- Clever Elsie 1450
- A suitor chooses the thrifty girl 1451 (GermanThe HurdsThe 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:...
) - Choosing a Bride by How She Cuts Cheese 1452 (GermanLooking for a BrideLooking 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....
) - Bride test: key in flax reveals laziness 1453
- The fast weaver 1453A
- The greedy fiancee 1454*
- The blind fiancée 1456
- The lisping maiden 1457
- The girl who ate so little 1458
- Keeping up appearances 1459**
- The girl with the ugly name 1461
- The unwilling suitor advised from the tree 1462
- Clean and tidy 1462*
- Good housekeeping 1464 C*
- Nothing to cook 1464 D*
- Marrying a stranger 1468*
Jokes about Old Maids 1475-1499
- Praying to the Statue's Mother 1476A (GermanThe Maid of BrakelThe Maid of Brakel is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, tale number 115.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1476A, Praying to the Statue's Mother.-Synopsis:...
) - The wolf steals the old maid 1477
The Clever Man 1525-1639
- The master thief 1525
- Stealing the Count's Horse, Sheet, and Parson 1525A (NorwegianThe Master ThiefThe 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...
) - The robber brothers 1525 R
- Stealing the Count's Horse, Sheet, and Parson 1525A (Norwegian
- The wise carving of the fowl 1533
- The Rich Peasant and the Poor Peasant 1535 (GermanThe Little PeasantThe 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...
) - The woman in the chest 1536A
- The corpse killed five times 1537
- The youth cheated in selling oxen 1538
- Cleverness and gullibility 1539
- The student from Paradise (Paris) 1540
- For the long winter 1541
- The clever boy 1542
- The man without a member 1543*
- The man who got a night's lodging 1544
- The boy with many names 1545
- Stone SoupStone soupStone 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...
1548 - The sailor's promise 1553A*
- Make-believe eating; make-believe work 1560
- The boy 'loses his sight' 1561*
- Wife follows written instructions 1562B
- 'Both' 1563
- The master and the servant at the table 1568*
- Inspecting the daughter 1573**
- The flattering foreman 1574*
- The Pot that Died 1592B (UighurThe Pot Bears a SonThe 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:...
) - The fool as murderer 1600
- The Emperor's New ClothesThe 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...
1620- The conversation of the one-eyed man and the hunchback 1620*
- The learned son and the forgotten language 1628
- EulenspiegelTill EulenspiegelTill Eulenspiegel was an impudent trickster figure originating in Middle Low German folklore. His tales were disseminated in popular printed editions narrating a string of lightly connected episodes that outlined his picaresque career, primarily in Germany, the Low Countries and France...
's tricks 1635*
Lucky Accidents 1640-1674
- The Valiant Little TailorThe Valiant Little TailorThe 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...
1640 - Doctor Know-allDoctor Know-allDoctor 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...
1641 (NorwegianThe Charcoal BurnerThe Charcoal Burner is a Norwegian fairy tale, collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe.Published in the book Norwegian Folk Tales 1 ISBN 82-09-10598-1...
, ItalianAlmondseed and AlmondellaAlmondseed 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:...
) - Whittington's catDick Whittington and His CatDick Whittington and His Cat is an English folk tale that has often been used as the basis for stage pantomimes and other adaptations. It tells of a poor boy in the 14th century who becomes a wealthy merchant and eventually the Lord Mayor of London because of the ratting abilities of his cat...
1651 - The Robbers under the Tree 1653 (GermanFrederick and CatherineFrederick and Catherine or Freddy and Katy Lizzy is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 59....
)- Securing the Door 1653A (GermanFrederick and CatherineFrederick and Catherine or Freddy and Katy Lizzy is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 59....
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- Securing the Door 1653A (German
- The profitable exchange 1655
The Stupid Man 1675-1724
- Two presents for the king 1689A (GermanThe 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...
) - The ox (ass) as mayor 1675
- The boy who had never seen a woman 1678
- Foolish man builds aircastles 1681*
- The groom teaches his horse to live without food 1682
- The forgotten word 1687
- Two match-makers 1688B*
- Thank God They Weren't Peaches 1689 (MexicanThank God It Wasn't A PesoThank 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....
) - What Should I Have Said? 1696 (GermanGoing a TravelingGoing a Traveling is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, tale number 143.It is Aarne-Thompson type 1696, What Should I Have Said?.- Synopsis :...
) - Misunderstood words lead to comic results 1698G
- 'Good day,' - 'a woodshopper' 1698J
- The buyer and the deaf seller 1698K
- Echo answers 1701
- God can't take a joke 1718*
The Clergyman is Tricked 1725-1774
- The foolish parson in the trunk 1725
- The entrapped suitors 1730
- 'Who gives his own goods shall receive it back tenfold' 1735 (MexicanGod Gives a Hundred for OneGod 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:...
) - The stingy parson 1736
- Trading Places with the Trickster in a Sack 1737 (GermanThe Little PeasantThe 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...
, GermanThe 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...
) - What does God do? 1738A*
- The parson and the calf 1739
- Three words at the grave 1745
Clergyman and Sexton 1775-1799
- The hungry parson 1775
- The sexton falls into the brewing-vat 1776
- The sexton carries the parson 1791 (GermanFrederick and CatherineFrederick and Catherine or Freddy and Katy Lizzy is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 59....
) - The stingy parson and the slaughtered pig 1792
Other Jokes about Religious Figures 1800-1849
- Imagined penance for imagined sin 1804
- The eel filled with sand 1804*
- Jokes about catechism 1810
- How many gods are there? 1810A*
- The patience of Job 1811B
- Parody sermon 1824
- The parson drunk 1825A
- The sawed pulpit 1825C
- You shall see me a little while longer 1827
- Cards (liquor bottle) fall from the sleeve of the preacher 1827A
- In trial sermon the parson promises the laymen the kind of weather they want 1830
- The sermon about the rich man 1832
- Boy answers the priest 1832*
- How many sacraments are there? 1832*D
- Boy answers the priest 1832*
- Application of the sermon 1833
- God died for you 1833E
- Other anecdotes of sermons 1833**
- The clergyman with the fine voice 1834
- Not to turn round 1835*
- The drunken parson: 'Do not live as I live, but as I preach' 1836A
- The hog in church 1838
- At the blessing of the grave the parson's ox breaks loose 1840
- Grace before meat 1841
- Parson visits the dying 1843
- No time for sickness 1844A
- The student as healer 1845
Tall Tales 1875-1999
- Hunter turns animal inside out 1889B
- Man swallowed by fish 1889G
- The lucky shot 1890 (EnglishSir Gammer VansSir Gammer Vans is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson 1965, Lying Tales, and includes an episode of 1890, the lucky shot.-Synopsis:...
) - Ramrod shot plus series of lucky accidents 1890D
- The man shoots a ramrod full of ducks 1894
- A man wading in water catching many fish in his boots 1895
- Hunting the wolves with rod and line 1896*
- Contest in lying 1920
- Wishing contests 1925
- The woman who asked for news from home 1931
- Too much talk 1948
- The three lazy ones 1950
- The great ox 1960A
- The great fish 1960B
- The great catch of fish 1960C
- The Giant Vegetable 1960D (GermanThe 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...
) - The great farmhouse 1960E
- The great tree 1960G
- The great ship 1960H
- The great loaf of bread 1960K
- The great insect 1960M
- Other stories of great objects and the like 1960Z
- The big wedding 1961
- Lying tales 1965 (EnglishSir Gammer VansSir Gammer Vans is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson 1965, Lying Tales, and includes an episode of 1890, the lucky shot.-Synopsis:...
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Chains Based on Numbers, Objects, Animals, or Names 2000-2020
- How the rich man paid his servant 2010I
- The house is burned down 2014A
- The goat that would not go home 2015
- Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-PoltrieFair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-PoltrieFair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale 131. A nonsense tale, it was introduced into the first edition as number 45 of the second volume....
2019
Chains Involving Death 2021-2024
- The cock and the hen 2021
- An Animal Mourns the Death of a Spouse 2022 (GermanThe Louse and the FleaThe Louse and the Flea or Little Louse and Little Flea is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 30.It is Aarne-Thompson type 2022, An Animal Mourns the Death of a Spouse, and takes the form of a chain tale, sometimes known as a cumulative tale.-Synopsis:A louse and a flea are...
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Chains Involving Eating 2025-2028
- The Fleeing Pancake 2025 (American, RussianKolobokKolobok is the main character of an East Slavic national fairy tale with the same name, represented as a small yellow spherical being.The fairy tale is prevalent in Slavic regions in a number of variations. A similar fairy tale with a pancake rolling off has also been recorded in German and Nordic...
) - The fat cat 2027
Chains Involving Other Events 2029-2075
- The Old Woman and Her Pig 2030
- The Sky Is Falling 2033
- This Is the House That Jack BuiltThis Is the House That Jack Built"This Is the House That Jack Built" is a popular British nursery rhyme and cumulative tale. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20584. It is Aarne-Thompson type 2035.-Lyrics:This is perhaps the most common set of modern lyrics:...
2035 - The Mouse Who Was to Marry the Sun 2031C (JapaneseThe Husband of the Rat's DaughterThe 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:...
, IndianThe Mouse Turned into a MaidThe mouse turned into a maid is an ancient fable of Indian origin that travelled westwards to Europe during the Middle Ages and also exists in the Far East. Its Classical analogue is the Aesop's Fable of "Venus and the Cat" in which a man appeals to the goddess Venus to change his cat into a woman...
) - Pulling up the turnip 2044
- Tales in which animals talk 2075
Catch Tales 2200-2299
- Unfinished tales 2250 (GermanThe 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...
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External links
- D. L. Ashliman, "Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts"
- Structural Analysis of Variants of Tale Type 361: an example of the Aarne-Thompson analytic method
- Reflections on International Narrative Research on the Example of the Tale of the three Oranges (AT 408)
- Classifying folktales - The Third Revision of the Aarne-Thompson Tale Type Index Index - Schnellsuche Märchentyp AT