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Little Red Riding Hood
European fairy tale (ATU 333)
Hansel and Gretel
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
Rapunzel
"Rapunzel" ( ; ; or ) is a German fairy tale most notably recorded by the Brothers Grimm and it was published in 1812 as part of ''Children's and Household Tales'' (KHM 12). The Grimms' story was developed from the French literary fairy tale of Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1698), which itself is an alternative version of the Italian fairy tale Petrosinella by Giambattista Basile (1634).

Bluebeard
"Bluebeard" ( ) is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by in Paris in 1697 in . The tale is about a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of the present one to avoid the fate of her predecessors. "The White Dove", "The Robber Bridegroom", and "Fitcher's Bird" (also called "Fowler's Fowl") are tales similar to "Bluebeard". The notoriety of the tale is such that Merriam-Webster gives the word Bluebeard the definition of "a man who marries and kills one wife after another". The verb bluebeardi
Jack and the Beanstalk
English folktale closely associated with the tale of "Jack the Giant-killer"
world tree
concept in several religions and mythologies
Yamata no Orochi
Japanese dragon
The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Der Zauberlehrling
Ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
'''Hop-o'-My-Thumb (or Hop-on-My-Thumb and similar spellings) also known as Little Thumbling, Little Thumb, or Little Poucet' (), is one of the eight fairytales published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou Contes du temps passé (1697), now world-renowned. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327B, the small boy defeats the ogre (in other versions of this fairy tale the character is a giant). This type of fairytale, in the French oral tradition, is often combined with motifs from the type 327A, similar to Hansel and Gretel; one such tale is The Lost Children''.
Fionn mac Cumhaill
Irish mythical hero
swan maiden
archetype in myth
Krabat
thumb|Krabat sculpture in Běła Woda
thumb|A figurine of Krabat as a raven in Schwarzkollm.
Krabat () is a character in Sorbian folklore, also dubbed the "Wendish Faust". First records of him were mentioned in 1839 minutes of the Akademischen Vereins für lausitzische Geschichte und Sprache, but all writings of the association were lost.
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
folktale type (ATU 306)
Godfather Death
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Athenodoros Cananites
Greek Stoic philosopher (c.74 BC - 7 AD)
Tale of Two Brothers
ancient Egyptian literary work
Viy
1835 horror novella by Nikolai Gogol
Lenore
poem by Gottfried August Bürger
Fitcher's Bird
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Robber Bridegroom
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

Völundarkviða
thumb|right|180px|From Ardre image stone VIII. Vǫlundr's smithy in the centre, Níðuðr's daughter to the left, and Níðuðr's dead sons hidden to the right of the smithy. Between the girl and the smithy, Vǫlundr can be seen flying away, apparently in bird form.
thumb|Völundr and his two brothers see the swan-maidens bathing. Illustration by [[Jenny Nyström, 1893.]]
thumb|"The three smith boys spy and later marry three valkyrie maidens" (1882) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine.
Vǫlundarkviða (Old Norse: 'The lay of Völund'; modern Icelandic spelling: Völundarkviða) is one of the mythological poems of the
Iron John
German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
The Two Brothers
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Bearskin
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Marya Morevna
Russian folk tale
Sweetheart Roland
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Frau Trude
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

dragonslayer
thumb|right|Saint George slaying the dragon, as depicted by [[Paolo Uccello, ]]
Nikita the Tanner
fictional character

The Nixie of the Mill-Pond
literary work

Jean de l'Ours
character in Jean de l'Ours
The Hare's Bride
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body
Norwegian fairy tale
The Godfather
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Foundling-Bird
"Foundling-Bird" (original German title: Fundevogel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 51.
La Chatte blanche
fairy tale
The Magic Swan Geese
East Slavic fairy folk tale
The Gnome
German tale collected by the Grimm brothers
vampire folklore
The Norka
Russian fairy tale
The Thief and His Master
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Spirit in the Bottle
literary work
Death's Messengers
fairy tale version by the Brothers Grimm
The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise
Russian fairy tale
Golden Apple and Nine Peacocks
South Slav fable
The Gold-Children
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Mestermø
1852 Norse fairy tale
Finette Cendron
Fairy tale by Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy
Eurybarus
Eurybarus or Eurybaros (Ancient Greek: Εὐρύβαρος), Eurybatos (Εὐρύβατος) or Eurybates (Εὐρυβάτης) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Euphemus and a descendant of the river god Axios.
Brother Merry
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Heer Halewijn
song
The Water Nixie
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Petrosinella
"Petrosinella" is a Neapolitan fairy tale, written by Giambattista Basile in his collection of fairy tales in 1634, Lo cunto de li cunti (The Tale of Tales), or Pentamerone, as the first story of the second day.
Alcyoneus
son of Diomus in Greek mythology
The Old Dame and her Hen
Norwegian folk tale
The Two Kings' Children
German fairy tale version by the Brothers Grimm
Gambling Hansel
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Old Rinkrank
fairy tale version by the Brothers Grimm
The Dove
Fairy tale by Giambattista Basile (1634)