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Cinderella
Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, is a French fairy tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world. The protagonist is a young girl living in unfortunate circumstances who is suddenly blessed with remarkable fortune, ultimately ascending to the throne through marriage. The earliest known version of the Cinderella story is usually considered to be the Greek story of Rhodopis, as described by the scholar Strabo sometime between 7BC and AD23, about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt.
Snow White
fairy tale version published by the Brothers Grimm
Little Red Riding Hood
European fairy tale (ATU 333)
Sleeping Beauty
classic fairytale (ATU 410)
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).
Puss in Boots
fairy tale with multiple variants (ATU 545B)
Town Musicians of Bremen
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
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
Grimms' fairy tales
collection of German fairy tales first published 1812–15 by the Grimm brothers
Rumplestiltskin
"Rumpelstiltskin" ( ; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of ''Children's and Household Tales''. The story is about an imp who spins straw into gold in exchange for a woman's firstborn child.
The Frog Prince
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
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Mother Hulda
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
The Valiant Little Tailor
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
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Snow-White and Rose-Red
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Mary's Child
Grimm fairy tale
Brother and Sister
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Fisherman and His Wife
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Golden Goose
fairy tale collected 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 Elves and the Shoemaker
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
The Three Spinners
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.
Trusty John
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
The Goose Girl
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Three Little Men in the Wood
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
King Thrushbeard
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Golden Bird
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
folktale type (ATU 306)
Godfather Death
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful Musician
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Twelve Brothers
fairy tale by the brothers Grimm
The Juniper Tree
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Jorinde and Joringel
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Allerleirauh
"Allerleirauh" () 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.
The Hare and the Hedgehog
folk tale version by the Brothers Grimm
Hans in Luck
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
The Six Swans
German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 49
The Girl Without Hands
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
Clever Elsie
folk tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Robber Bridegroom
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Water of Life
Grimm fairy tale
The Old Man and his Grandson
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Fitcher's Bird
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Old Sultan
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Singing Bone
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Bearskin
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Iron John
German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
The Two Brothers
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Queen Bee
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Riddle
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
folk tale by the Brothers Grimm
Maid Maleen
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm