Category
page 1Fairy tales about talking animals
Little Red Riding Hood
European fairy tale (ATU 333)
Beauty and the Beast
folktale type (ATU 425C)
The Snow Queen
literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1844
The Ugly Duckling
literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
Puss in Boots
fairy tale with multiple variants (ATU 545B)
The Three Little Pigs
fairy tale
Thumbelina
Thumbelina (; ) is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Travelling Companion" in the second installment of Fairy Tales Told for Children. Thumbelina is about a tiny girl and her adventures with marriage-minded toads, moles, and cockchafers. She successfully avoids their intentions before falling in love with a flower-fairy prince just her size.
The Frog Prince
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
fairy tale by H.C. Andersen
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
fairy tale
The Fox and the Crow
Aesop's fable
The Nightingale
1843 short story by Hans Christian Andersen
Snow-White and Rose-Red
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
story by E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Wild Swans
1838 literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
The Lion and the Mouse
one of Aesop's Fables
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
1888 collection of fairytales by Oscar Wilde
Brother and Sister
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Fisherman and His Wife
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Seven Ravens
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
Cat and Mouse in Partnership
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
fairy tale by Alexander Pushkin
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish
fairy tale by Alexander Pushkin
The Three Little Men in the Wood
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Tom Thumb
"Thumbling," published in German as "Daumesdick" (literally, "Thumb-thick"), is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1819 (KHM 37). The Grimms included another, similar story, "Thumbling's Travels". Both stories are related to the English Tom Thumb and often share its title when translated into English.
The Goose Girl
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Trusty John
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
The Bear and the Gardener
fable
Eglė the Queen of Serpents
mythological serpent from Lithuanian folklore
The Golden Bird
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Twelve Brothers
fairy tale by the brothers Grimm
The Tortoise and the Eagle
various fables, including Aesop's
The Wonderful Musician
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Dove and the Ant
Aesop's fable
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Norse fairy tale
Jorinde and Joringel
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Juniper Tree
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Frog Princess
folk fairy tale
Bunbuku Chagama
Japanese folk tale
Kachi-kachi Yama
Japanese folk story
The Hare and the Hedgehog
folk tale version by the Brothers Grimm
The Robber Bridegroom
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Deer Without a Heart
Aesop's fable
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Norwegian fairy tale
Tongue-Cut Sparrow
traditional Japanese fable telling of a kind old man, his avaricious wife and an injured sparrow
The Little Humpbacked Horse
Russian fairy tale
Fitcher's Bird
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Old Sultan
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Henny Penny
europian folk tale
The Two Brothers
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Hanasaka Jiisan
Japanese folk story
The Queen Bee
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The White Snake
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Singing, Springing Lark
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
Dwarf Nose
1826 literary fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff
The Three Languages
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Crab and the Monkey
Japanese folk story
Tale of the doomed prince
ancient Egyptian literary text
The Blue Bird
short story by Madame d'Aulnoy