ATU 650-699

folk tale from middle east, in '1001 Nights'

Japanese legend

Lāčplēsis ("The Bear-Slayer") is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872 and 1887 based on local legends. It is set during the Livonian Crusades telling the story of the mythical hero Lāčplēsis "the Bear Slayer". Lāčplēsis is regarded as the Latvian national epic.

mythological symbol

fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

literary work

Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev

Grimm fairy tale

fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

Peruonto is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.

Russian fairy tale

fairy tale by Giambattista Basile (1634)