Folktexts: A library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology, page 1 Touching the Elements (Shetland Islands). The Aged Bride (Denmark). A Smith Rescues a Captured Woman from a Troll (Denmark). The Sea Nymph (Sweden). Advice Well Taken . Folktales of type 910B. The Three Advices (Ireland). The Three Advices Which the King with the Red Soles Gave to His Son (Ireland). The Highlander Takes Three Advices from the English Farmer (Scotland). The Three Admonitions (Italy). The Prince Who Acquired Wisdom (India). Aesop. Aesop's Fables . Joseph Jacobs' classic retelling of 82 fables and included in the Harvard Classics, vol. 17, part 1. This site is part of Great Books Online: bartleby.com . Aesop's Fables , edited by John R. Long. Aesop's Children . A selection of fables depicting the relationship between children and adults. Aging and Death in Folklore . An essay by D. L.

Ashliman, with supporting texts from proverbs, folktales, and myths from around the world. Air Castles . Tales of type 1430 about daydreams of wealth and fame. The Broken Pot (India, The Panchatantra). The Poor Man and the Flask of Oil (India, Bidpai). The Story of the Devotee Who Spilt the Jar of Honey and Oil (India / Persia). What Happened to the Ascetic When He Lost His Honey and Oil (Kalilah and Dimnah). The Daydreamer (India, Cecil Henry Bompas). Sheik Chilli (India, Alice Elizabeth Dracott). The Fakir and His Jar of Butter (1001 Nights). The Barber's Tale of His Fifth Brother (1001 Nights). Day-Dreaming (1001 Nights, retold by Joseph Jacobs). The Milkmaid and Her Pail (Aesop). Story of an Old Woman, Carrying Milk to Market in an Earthen Vessel (France, Jacques de Vitry). What Happened to a Woman Called Truhana (Spain, Prince Don Juan Manuel).

The Dairywoman and the Pot of Milk (France, Jean de La Fontaine). Lazy Heinz (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). Lean Lisa (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). Buttermilk Jack (England, Thomas Hughes). The Lad and the Fox (Sweden, Gabriel Djurklou). The Peasant and the Cucumbers (Russia, Leo Tolstoy). The Milkmaid and Her Bucket (USA, Ambrose Bierce). The $30,000 Bequest (USA, Mark Twain). Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves from the 1001 Nights. The classic "Open Sesame" tale (type 676). The Forty Thieves (retold by Andrew Lang). Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (translated by Richard F. Burton). Amleth, Prince of Denmark, from the Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus. This account, written about 1185 but based on older oral tradition, describes the same players and events that were immortalized by William Shakespeare in his The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, written about 1602.

Andersen, Hans Christian (1805-1875). Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories . An excellent home page featuring Denmark's most famous writer. Included here are a chronological listing of Andersen's folk-like fairy tales, electronic texts of most stories, and links to additional information. The H. C. Andersen Home Page . Links to Andersen's works in Danish. This site is sponsored by the Danish Royal Library. H. C. Andersen-Centret , a treasure trove of information (in Danish and in English) from the H. C. Andersen Center in Odense, Denmark. Androcles and the Lion . Tales of type 156, in which a man pulls a thorn from a lion's paw, thus gaining the beast's eternal gratitude and loyalty. Androcles (Aesop). The Slave and the Lion (Aesop). Androcles and the Lion (Joseph Jacobs). The Lion and the Saint [Saint Jerome] (Andrew Lang). Of the Remembrance of Benefits (Gesta Romanorum). The Lion and the Thorn (Ambrose Bierce). Animal Brides . Folktales of type 402.

Chonguita the Monkey Wife (Philippines). The Dog Bride (India). The Cat Who Became a Queen (India). The Mouse Maiden (Sri Lanka). The Frog's Skin (Georgia). The Bear Who Married a Woman (Tsimshian). The Girl Who Married the Crow (Thompson [Ntlakyapamuk]). The Woman Who Became a Horse (Thompson [Ntlakyapamuk]). The Woman Who Became a Horse (Skidi Pawnee). The Bear Woman (Okanagon). The Man Who Married a Bear (Nez Percé). Of the Woman Who Loved a Serpent Who Lived in a Lake (Passamaquoddy). Ant and Grasshopper . Fables of Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 280A, Perry Index number 373, and similar stories about work, reward, and charity. The Fable of the Ant and of the Sygalle [Cigala, Grasshopper] (Aesop, Caxton, 1484). An Ant and a Grasshopper (Anianus, L'Estrange, 1692).

An Ant Formerly a Man (Aesop, L'Estrange, 1692). The Ant and the Grasshopper (Aesop, Croxall, 1775). The Ant and the Grasshopper (Aesop, Bewick, 1818). The Ant and the Grasshopper (Aesop, James, 1848). The Ant and the Grasshopper (Aesop, Jacobs, 1894). The Grasshopper and the Ants (Aesop, Jones, 1912). The Grasshopper and the Ant (La Fontaine, 1668). The Grasshopper and the Ant (Ambrose Bierce, 1899). The Ants and the Grasshopper (Ambrose Bierce, 1899). The Story of the Little Red Hen (USA, 1874). Anti-Semitic Legends . A collection of legends reflecting anti-Jewish sentiment among European Christians. These tales, like their witchcraft analogs , illustrate an unfortunate chapter in human history. The Jews' Stone (Austria). The Girl Who Was Killed by Jews (Germany).

Pfefferkorn the Jew at Halle (Germany). The Expulsion of the Jews from Prussia (Germany). The Bloody Children of the Jews (Germany). The Imprisoned Jew at Magdeburg (Germany). The Chapel of the Holy Body at Magdeburg (Germany). The Lost Jew (Germany). The Story of Judas (Italy). Malchus at the Column (Italy). Buttadeu (Sicily). The Eternal Jew on the Matterhorn (Switzerland). The Jew in the Thorns (Germany). A Man and Two Wives (Aesop -- L'Estrange, type 1394). The Man and His Two Wives (Aesop -- Jacobs, type 1394). The Middle-Aged Man between Two Ages and His Two Mistresses (Jean de La Fontaine, type 1394). A Horse-Man's Wig Blown Off (Avianus). The Bald Man and the Fly (Aesop, type 1586). The Pedant, the Bald Man, and the Barber (Europe, type 1284). The Foolish Bald Man and the Fool Who Pelted Him (India).

How Saint Peter Lost His Hair (Germany, type 774J). How Come Mr. Buzzard to Have a Bald Head (African-American). The Bear Trainer and His Cat . Folktales of Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 1161 (also categorized as migratory legends of Christiansen type 6015) in which a troll or other sinister creature mistakes a bear for a cat (or other domestic animal), then quickly learns that bears do not make good pets. Peer Gynt and the Trolls (Norway). The Cat on the Dovrefjell (Norway). The Cat of Norrhult (Sweden). The Troll and the Bear (Denmark). The Kobold and the Polar Bear (Germany). The Cat Mill (Germany). The Water Nix in the Oil Mill near Frauendorf (Germany). The Water-Man (Moravia). Kelpie and the Boar (Scotland). Bearskin and other tales of type 361, in which a man gains a fortune and a beautiful bride by entering into a pact with the devil. Bearskin (Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Germany). Bearskin (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Germany).

The Devil as Partner (Switzerland). Hell's Gatekeeper (Austria). Don Giovanni de la Fortuna (Sicily). The Reward of Kindness (Philippines) Beauty and the Beast . Folktales of type 425C. Beauty and the Beast (Reconstructed from various European sources by Joseph Jacobs). Beauty and the Beast (France, Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont). The Story of Beauty and the Beast (France, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve). Beauty and the Beast (France, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve [abridged and retold by Andrew Lang]). The Small-Tooth Dog (England, Sidney Oldall Addy). Rose (Irish-American). The Summer and Winter Garden (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). The Singing, Springing Lark (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). The Clinking Clanking Lowesleaf (Germany, Carl and Theodor Colshorn). The Little Nut Twig (Germany, Ludwig Bechstein). Little Broomstick (Germany, Ludwig Bechstein). The Enchanted Frog (Germany, Carl and Theodor Colshorn). Beauty and the Horse (Denmark, J.

Christian Bay). The Singing Rose (Austria, Ignaz and Joseph Zingerle). The Bear Prince (Switzerland, Otto Sutermeister). Beauty and the Beast (Basque, Wentworth Webster). Zelinda and the Monster (Italy, Thomas Frederick Crane). The Snake-Prince (Greece, Lucy M. J. Garnett). The Enchanted Tsarévich (Russia, Alexander Afanasyev). The Fairy Serpent (China, Adele M. Fielde). Bells. The Bell of Justice . Folktales of type 207C, in which a serpent or an abandoned old horse gains justice by tugging on a bell rope. Of the Vicissitude of Everything Good, and Especially of a Right Justice (Gesta Romanorum). The Emperor Charlemagne and the Serpent (Switzerland). The Bell of Atri (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn). The Dumb Plaintiff (Germany). Sunken Bells . Legends of type 7070. Kentsham Bell (Herefordshire, England). The Bells of Forrabury Church (Cornwall, England).

The Bosham Bell (Sussex, England). The Whitby Abbey Bells (Yorkshire, England). The Whitby Abbey Bells (Yorkshire, England). The Buried Chime (Yorkshire, England). The Bells of Brinkburn (Brinkburn/Durham, England). Big Peter and Little Peter , a classic trickster tale of type 1535 from Norway. The Bird's Three Precepts . Fables of type 150, in which a captured bird gains its freedom by giving its captor three pieces of advice. Of Hearing Good Counsel (Gesta Romanorum). The Three Proverbs (Poland). The Birthmarks of the Princess . Folktales of type 850 in which a low-born suitor wins the hand of a princess by describing her hidden birthmarks. The Swineherd Who Married a Princess (Europe). The Princess's Birthmarks (Denmark). The Pig-Boy and the Princess (Germany). The Nobleman's Daughter and the Shepherd (Germany). Three Golden Hairs (Wendish). The Emperor's Daughter and the Swineherd (Slavic). The Shepherd and the King's Daughter (Serbia).

The Enchanted Lambs (Russia). The Youngest Prince and the Youngest Princess (Hungary). The Rivals (Bukovina). The Swineherd (Hans Christian Andersen). The Clever Little Tailor (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). The Black School . Migratory legends of type 3000, in which a wizard in training escapes from his satanic teacher, albeit with the loss of his shadow. The Black School (Iceland). The Blue Light . Folktales of type 562. The Blue Light (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). The Deserter with the Tinderbox (Austria, J. R. Bünker). The Iron Man (Germany, August Ey). The Three Dogs (Germany, Georg Schambach and Wilhelm Müller). The Soldier and the Tinderbox (Germany, Wilhelm Busch). The Giants and the Tinderbox (Germany, Heinrich Pröhle). The Transverse Flute (Germany, Carl and Theodor Colshorn). The Tinderbox (Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen). Lars, My Lad! (Sweden, G. Djurklo). Sir Buzz (India, Flora Annie Steel). Bluebeard .

Folktales of types 312 and 312A about women whose brothers rescue them from their ruthless husbands or abductors. Bluebeard (France, Charles Perrault). Filippo Balducci and His Son (abstracted from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio). A Young Monk Wanted to Have a Goose (Germany). An Inexperienced Youth (Italy, The Facetiæ of Poggio). The Historic Fart (1001 Nights). The Hodja as Envoy to the Kurds (Turkey). How Till Eulenspiegel Became a Furrier's Apprentice (Germany). Till Eulenspiegel and the Innkeeper at Cologne (Germany). Deceiving the Devil (Germany). The Bremen Town Musicians and other folktales of type 130, about aging animals who make a new life for themselves. The Bremen Town Musicians (Germany). The Robber and the Farm Animals (Germany/Switzerland). The Choristers of St. Gudule (Flanders). The Story of the White Pet (Scotland). The Bull, the Tup, the Cock, and the Steg (England). Jack and His Comrades (Ireland).

How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune, version 1 (USA). How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune, version 2 (USA). The Dog, the Cat, the Ass, and the Cock (USA). Benibaire (Spain). The World's Reward (South Africa). Bride Tests . Folktales about housekeeping tests used for choosing a bride. The Hurds (type 1451, Germany). Choosing a Bride (type 1452, Germany). The Cheese Test (type 1452, Switzerland). The Storehouse Key in the Distaff (type 1453, Norway). The Suitor (types 1450, 1453, and 1457; Denmark). Brothers. The Place Where There Were No Graves (Egypt). The Country Where Death Is Not (Sudan). Cat and Mouse . Fables about cats and mice. Cat and Mouse in Partnership (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm), type 15. Mouse and Mouser (England), type 111. Belling the Cat (Aesop), type 110. The Cat and the Mice (Aesop), type 113*.

The Hypocritical Cat (Tibet), type 113B. The Cat and the Mice (Tibet), type 113B. The Cat as Holy Man (Palestine), type 113B. The Town Mouse and the Field Mouse (Romania), types 112 and 113B. The Dog, the Cat, and the Mouse (Romania), type 200. The Cat and the Mouse (England), type 2034. Cat and Mouse (Germany), type 2034. Why the Cat Kills Rats (Nigeria). Cattarinetta , a folktale from Italy of type 333A about a careless girl who is eaten up by a witch. The Old Woman and Her Pig (England). Moorachug and Meenachug (Scotland). The Wife and Her Bush of Berries (Scotland). The Wifie an Her Kidie (Scotland). Nanny Who Wouldn't Go Home to Supper (Norway). The Transformed Mouse Seeks a Bridegroom (India). A Story on Caste (India). The Rats and Their Daughter (Japan).

A Bridegroom for Miss Mole (Korea). The Most Powerful Husband in the World (French North Africa). The Vole Who Sought a Wife (Marie de France). The Mouse Metamorphosed into a Maid (Jean de La Fontaine). The Story of the Rat and Her Journey to God (Romania). The Cock and the Mouse (Italy). The Sexton's Nose (Italy). The Timid Hare and the Flight of the Beasts (India). The Flight of the Beasts (Tibet). The Story of Chicken-Licken (England). Henny-Penny and Her Fellow Travelers (Scotland). Henny-Penny (England/Australia). The End of the World (Ireland) The Cock and the Hen That Went to Dovrefjell (Norway). The Little Chicken Kluk and His Companions (Denmark). The End of the World (Flanders). Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise (African-American). The Grain of Corn (India). The Little Blackbird (India). German Changeling Legends . Stories from German-speaking countries. Scandinavian Changeling Legends . Stories from Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Charms against Sprains .

Charms recorded in the Orkney and Shetland Islands during the nineteenth century that bear a close similarity to the famous pre-Christian Merseburg Incantation (Merseburger Zauberspruch) number 2 from Germany. Chaucer, Geoffrey (ca. 1340-1400). The Enchanted Pear Tree . Tales of type 1423. Child Custody . Tales of type 926 in which a wise judge decides a disputed child custody case. Solomon and the Two Women (Bible, First Book of Kings). The Iugement of the kynge Salamon (Geoffroy de La Tour Landry). The Future Buddha as a Wise Judge (The Jataka Tales). The Question Regarding the Son (Ummaga Jataka). The Brahman and His Two Wives (Telugu Folktale). China. Cinderella . Aarne-Thompson-Uther folktale type 510A and related stories of persecuted heroines. The Cinder Maid (reconstructed from various European sources by Joseph Jacobs). Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper (France). Cinderella (Germany).

The Farmer and the Devil on Island of the Popefigs (France, François Rabelais). The Troll Outwitted (Denmark). The Bear and the Fox Go into Partnership (Norway). The Fox and the Wolf Plant Oats and Potatoes (Scotland). The Farmer and the Boggart (England). The Bogie and the Farmer (England). Jack o' Kent and the Devil: The Tops and the Butts (England). Th' Man an' th' Boggard (England). Above the Ground and under the Ground (USA). The Peasant and the Devil (Germany). Saint John and the Devil (Italy/Austria). The Peasant and the Bear (Russia). Mercury and the Traveler (Aesop). Cupid and Psyche , as recorded by the Roman writer Lucius Apuleius. The Parable of the Mustard Seed (A Buddhist parable). The Death of a Dearly Loved Grandson (A Buddhist parable from The Udana). Ubbiri: Why Weep for Eighty-Four Thousand Daughters (A Buddhist parable). The Burial Shirt (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). A Mother's Tears (Thomas of Cantimpré). Let the Dead Rest (Germany).

Grief-Stricken Mothers (Germany). The Sad Little Angel (Germany). Excessive Grief for the Dead (England). Death of an Underground Person, or of the King of the Cats . Migratory legends of type 6070B and tales of Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 113A. Torke's Child Is Dead / Kilian's Child Is Dead (Germany). Hübel and Habel (Germany). Prilling and Pralling Is Dead (Germany). Pingel Is Dead! (Germany). King Pippe Is Dead! (Denmark). The Troll Turned Cat (Denmark). The Cat of the Carman's Stage (Ireland). The King of the Cats (Ireland). The King of the Cats (Scotland). The King o' the Cats (England). Dildrum, King of the Cats (England). Mally Dixon (England). Johnny Reed's Cat (England). Le Petit Colin (Guernsey). Death of the Seven Dwarfs , a folk legend from Switzerland with an ending quite different from that of the familiar fairy tale "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs" by the Grimm brothers. Devil.

How the Devil Married Three Sisters and other type 311 tales. How the Devil Married Three Sisters (Italy). The Cobbler and His Three Daughters (Basque). Your Hen Is in the Mountain (Norway). Fitcher's Bird (Germany). The Three Chests: The Story of the Wicked Old Man of the Sea (Finland). The Widow and Her Daughters (Scotland). Peerifool (Scotland). Zerendac (Palestine). The Tiger's Bride (India). The Devil (or Ogre) and the Gun . Folktales of type 1157 in which a stupid ogre is tricked into shooting himself. How the Devil Played the Flute (Germany). The Origin of the Jack-o'-Lantern (Wales). Devil's Bridge Legends . Folktales of type 1191, in which the devil builds a bridge, but is then cheated out of the human soul he expected as payment. The Sachsenhäuser Bridge at Frankfurt (Germany). The Bamberg Cathedral and Bridge (Germany). The Devil's Bridge in Lake Galenbeck (Germany). The Devil's Bridge (Austria). Dream Bread . Tales of type 1626.

The Three Dreams (Petrus Alphonsi). The Three Travelers (The Masnavi). Jesus, Peter, and Judas (The Toledot Yeshu). Of the Deceits of the Devil (Gesta Romanorum). Comical History of Three Dreamers. (Spain). The "Dream-Bread" Story Once More (USA). The Three Travelers and the Load (W. A. Clouston). Dream Treasure Turns to Filth . Tales of type 1645b. A Man Who Found Gold During His Sleep (Poggio Bracciolini). The Hodja Dreams That He Had Found a Treasure (Attributed to Nasreddin Hodja). The Man Who Became Rich through a Dream and other tales of type 1645 in which dreamers seek treasure abroad but find it at home. The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through a Dream (The 1001 Nights). A Man of Baghdad (Persia). Numan's Dream (Turkey). How the Junkman Traveled to Find treasure in His Own Yard (Turkey). The Peddler of Swaffham (England). The Swaffham Legend (England). A Cobbler in Somersetshire (England).

Upsall Castle (England). Eat Me When I'm Fatter . Fables of type 122F. The Sheep, the Lamb, the Wolf, and the Hare (Tibet). The Lambikin (India). The Fisher and the Little Fish (Aesop). The Dog and the Wolf (Bohemia). Mr. Hawk and Brother Rabbit (African-America). The Luck of Edenhall (1). A fairy legend from Cumberland, England. The Luck of Eden Hall (2). Another version of the above legend. The Luck of Eden Hall (3). A third version of the above legend. Das Glück von Edenhall. A German ballad by Ludwig Uhland. The Luck of Edenhall. An English translation of Uhland's ballad by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Emperor's New Clothes and other tales of type 1620. The Emperor's New Clothes (Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen). The Invisible Cloth (Spain). How Eulenspiegel Painted the Forbears of the Landgrave of Hessen (Germany). The Miller with the Golden Thumb (England). The King's New Turban (Turkey).

The King and the Clever Girl (India). The Invisible Silk Robe (Sri Lanka). End of the World . Folktales type 20C,in which storytellers from around the world make light of paranoia and mass hysteria. The Timid Hare and the Flight of the Beasts (India, The Jataka Tales). The Flight of the Beasts (Tibet, Anton Schiefner). The Story of Chicken-Licken (England, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps). Henny-Penny and Her Fellow Travelers (Scotland, Robert Chambers). Henny-Penny (England/Australia). The End of the World (Ireland, Patrick Kennedy). The Cock and the Hen That Went to Dovrefjell (Norway, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe). The Little Chicken Kluk and His Companions (Denmark, Benjamin Thorpe). The End of the World (Flanders, Jean de Bosschère). Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise (African-American, Joel Chandler Harris). England A Woman Caught a Fairy (Wales). The Wonderful Plough (Germany). Krachöhrle! Where Are You? (Germany).

Link to The Leprechaun: Ireland's Fairy Shoemaker, additional tales about captured fairies. Fairy Cup Legends . Migratory legends of type 6045 and other stories of drinking vessels stolen from or abandoned by fairies. The Oldenburg Horn (Germany, Hermann Hamelmann). The Oldenburg Horn (Germany, Adalbert Kuhn and Wilhelm Schwartz). The Osenberg Dwarfs (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). The Stolen Cup (Germany, Karl Müllenhoff). Church Cups (Germany/Denmark, Karl Müllenhoff). The Altar Cup in Aagerup [Ågerup] (Denmark, Thomas Keightley). Svend Fælling and the Elle-Maid (Denmark, J. M. Thiele). The Öiestad [Øyestad] Horn (Norway, Benjamin Thorpe). The Trolls Celebrate Christmas (Sweden, Benjamin Thorpe). Origin of the Noble Name of Trolle (Sweden, Benjamin Thorpe). The Fairy Banquet (England, William of Newburgh). The Fairy Horn (England, Gervase of Tilbury). The Story of the Fairy Horn (England, Ernest Rhys).

The Rillaton Gold Cup (England, Sabine Baring-Gould). The Luck of Edenhall [Eden Hall] (England). The Fairy Cup of Kirk Malew (Isle of Man, George Waldron). The Silver Cup (Isle of Man, Sophia Morrison). The Trowie Pig (Scotland, John Nicolson). The Fairy Flag of Dunraven Castle . Legends from the Scottish Isle of Sky about a gift from a fairy lover. Fairy Gifts . Stories of type 503 from around the world about mortals who are blessed or cursed by the "hidden people." The Fairies and the Hump-Back (Scotland). The Hunchback of Willow Brake (Scotland). The Legend of Knockgrafton (Ireland). The Palace in the Rath (Ireland). A Fairy Tale in the Ancient English Style (Thomas Parnell). Billy Beg, Tom Beg, and the Fairies (Isle of Man). The Fairies and the Two Hunchbacks: A Story of Picardy (France) The Tailor on the Brocken (Germany). The Gifts of the Mountain Spirits (Germany). The Gifts of the Little People (Germany). The Two Humpbacks (Italy).

The Elves and the Envious Neighbor (Japan). How an Old Man Lost His Wen (Japan). The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs (China). Fairy Theft . Legends about thieving fairies. Of the Subterranean Inhabitants (Scotland). Fairy Theft (Scotland). Fairy Control over Crops (Ireland). Fairies on May Day (Ireland). The Sidhe (Ireland). The Silver Cup (Isle of Man). The Three Cows (England). A "Verry Volk" Fest (Wales and Brittany). Riechert the Smith (Germany). The Faithful Wife . Folktales of type 888. Of Chastity (Gesta Romanorum). The Man Hitched to a Plow (France/Germany). Conrad von Tannenberg (Germany). A Story Told by a Hindu (India). Link to Andreas Grein of Purbach , a related legend about Turkish slavery from Burgenland, Austria. Father-daughter incest. Doralice (Italy, Giovanni Francesco Straparola). The She-Bear (Italy, Giambattista Basile). Donkey Skin (France, Charles Perrault).

Ass-Skin (Basque, Wentworth Webster). All-Kinds-of-Fur, also known as "Allerleirauh" (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, version of 1812, with a link to the version of 1857). Cinder Blower (Germany, Karl Bartsch). Kaiser Heinrich in Sudemer Mountain (Germany, A. Kuhn and W. Schwartz). Broomthrow, Brushthrow, Combthrow (Austria, Theodor Vernaleken). The Emperor's Daughter in the Pig Stall (Romania, Arthur and Albert Schott). Fair Maria Wood (Italy, Thomas Frederick Crane). Maria Wood (Italy, Rachel Harriette Busk). All-Kinds-of-Fur (Greece, J. G. von Hahn). The Princess Who Would Not Marry Her Father (Portugal, Consiglieri Pedroso). The Horse's Skin (Portugal, Francisco Adolpho Coelho). The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter (Scotland, J. F. Campbell). Morag a Chota Bhain -- Margery White Coats (Scotland, J. F. Campbell).

Rashen Coatie (Scotland, Peter Buchan). The Princess and the Golden Cow (England, Isabella Barclay). The Story of Catskin (England, James Orchard Halliwell). The Princess in the Cat-Skins (Ireland, Patrick Kennedy). The Beautiful Princess (Lithuania, August Schleicher). Pigskin (Little Russia [Ukraine], Alexander Afanasyev). Kniaz Danila Govorila (Russia, Alexander Afanasyev). Seggu-Jataka: How a Pious Greengrocer Tested His Daughter's Virtue (India, The Jataka). Faust Legends . Stories about mortals who enter into contracts with the demonic powers. Doctor Johann Faustus (Germany, abstracted from the Faust Chapbook of 1587). Dr. Faust at Boxberg Castle (Germany, Bernhard Baader). Faust's Book of Hell's Charms (Germany, Hermann Harrys). Dr. Faust's Hell-Master (Germany, Joh. Aug. Ernst Köhler). Dr. Faust in Erfurt (Germany, J. G. Th. Grässe). Dr.

Faust and Melanchton in Wittenberg (Germany, J. G. Th. Grässe). Dr. Faust in Anhalt (Germany, Ludwig Bechstein). A Scholar Assigns Himself to the Devil (Denmark). Doctor Faustus Was a Good Man (1) (a nursery rhyme from England). Doctor Faustus Was a Good Man (2) (a nursery rhyme from England). Devil Compacts (Scotland). Dafydd Hiraddug and the Crow Barn (Wales, Elias Owen). Selected literary works based on the Faust Legend. Selected musical works based on the Faust Legend. The Fisherman and His Wife and other tales of dissatisfaction and greed. The Fisherman and His Wife (Germany). Hanns Dudeldee (Germany). The Old Man, His Wife, and the Fish (Russia). The Stonecutter (Japan). The Flying Dutchman . Legends about a seaman cursed to sail the oceans forever. A Common Superstition of Mariners (Scotland, 1803). The Story of the Flying Dutchman (A Voyage to New South Wales, 1795).

Vanderdecken's Message Home (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 1821). The Fable of the Flying Dutchman (Heinrich Heine, The Memoirs of Herr von Schnabelewopski, 1833). We Meet the Flying Dutchman (The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "Bacchante," 1881). Links to additional texts. The Foolish Friend and other tales of type 1586, in which a fool kills an insect resting on someone's head, with catastrophic consequences. The Mosquito and the Carpenter (The Jataka Tales). The Foolish Friend (The Panchatantra). The Gardner and the Bear (Bidpai). The Stupid Boy (Sri Lanka). The Seven Wise Men of Buneyr (Pakistan). The Bald Man and the Fly (Aesop). The Bear and the Amateur of Gardening (Jean de La Fontaine). Fortunio (Giovanni Francesco Straparola). Giufà and the Judge (Italy). The Little Omelet (Italy). Permission Granted, but Probably Regreted (Switzerland). Foolish Hans (Austria-Hungary). The Blockhead and the Judge (England).

The Tale of the Butter Tub (Iceland). The Seven Crazy Fellows (Philippines). The Monkeys and the Dragonflies (Philippines). Foolish Wishes . Tales of type 750A and other stories about the foolish use of magic wishes. The Two-Headed Weaver (The Panchatantra). The Three Wishes (1001 Nights). The Ridiculous Wishes (France, Charles Perrault). The Sausage (Sweden, Gabriel Djurklou). Loppi and Lappi (Estonia, Friedrich Kreutzwald). The Wishes (Hungary, W. Henry Jones and Lewis L. Kropf). The Woodman's Three Wishes (England, Thomas Sternberg). The Three Wishes (England, Joseph Jacobs). The Monkey's Paw (England, W. W. Jacobs). The Simpleton with Ten Asses (Turkey). The Hodja and His Eight Donkeys (Turkey). Johha Fails to Count the Donkey He Is Riding (Palestine). Lazy Lars, Who Won the Princess (Denmark). Emelyan the Fool (Russia). Juvadi and the Princess (Italy).

Peter the Fool (Giovanni Francesco Straparola, The Facetious Nights). Peruonto (Giambattista Basile, The Pentamerone). Fools Cannot Count Themselves . Folktales of type 1287. The Twelve Men of Gotham (England). The Five Traveling Journeymen (Germany). The Seven Wise Men of Buneyr (Pakistan). The Lost Peasant (Kashmir). Forgiveness and Redemption . Legends of type 755 and 756. Tannhäuser (Germany). The Woman Who Had No Shadow (Scandinavia). The Fox and the Cat and other fables of type 105 about the dangers of being too clever. The Fish That Were Too Clever (India, The Panchatantra). The Crow and the Swan (India, The Mahabharata). A Fox and a Cat (Aesop, Roger L'Estrange, 1692). The Fox and the Cat (Aesop, Joseph Jacobs, 1894). The Cat and Fox (France, Jean de La Fontaine). The Fox and the Cat (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm).

The Seven-Witted Fox and the One-Witted Owl (Romania). The Fox and His Bagful of Wits and the One-Witted Hedgehog (Romania). The Fox and the Hedgehog (South Slavonic). The Fox and the Hedgehog (Greece). The Bear as Judge (Finland). Two Losses (Georgia). The Fox and the Crow . Fables of type 57. The Fox and the Crow (Aesop, 4 versions). Le Corbeau et le Renard (La Fontaine). The Crow and the Fox (La Fontaine). Jambu-Khādaka-Jātaka. (India). The Fox and the Flees (Scotland). The Jackal and the Flees (India). The Fox Steals the Butter . Fables of type 15. Reynard and Bruin (Europe). The Fox Cheats the Bear out of His Christmas Fare (Norway). The Fox and The Wolf (Netherlands). The Keg of Butter (Scotland). Cat and Mouse in Partnership (Germany). Mister Rabbit Nibbles Up the Butter (African-American). The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse and other fables of type 47E.

The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse (France, Jean de La Fontaine). Two Foxes and a Horse (Scotland). The Wolf and the Tailor (Russia). The Vixen and the Mule (Italy). Frau Holle by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. A comparison of the versions of 1812 and 1857. Fridleif the Dragon Slayer . An account of a Danish hero from the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus. Frog Kings . Folktales of type 440 about slimy suitors. The Frog King; or, Iron Heinrich (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). The Frog Prince (The first English translation [with an altered title and a revised ending] of the above tale). The Frog Prince (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). The Wonderful Frog (Hungary, W. Henry Jones and Lewis L. Kropf). The Enchanted Frog (Germany, Carl and Theodor Colshorn). The Queen Who Sought a Drink from a Certain Well (Scotland, J. F. Campbell). The Paddo (Scotland, Robert Chambers). The Well of the World's End (Scotland, Joseph Jacobs).

The Maiden and the Frog (England, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps). The Kind Stepdaughter and the Frog (England, W. Henry Jones and Lewis L. Kropf). The Frog Prince (Sri Lanka [Ceylon], H. Parker). A Frog for a Husband (Korea, William Elliot Griffis). G Gambara and the Longbeards (Langobards) . A clever woman, with the help of the goddess Frea (Frigg), tricks Wodan (Odin) into blessing her tribe with victory. Gefion's Home Page . This site contains two accounts, both written by Snorri Sturlason, the 13th-century Icelandic writer, describing how the Æsir goddess Gefion (also spelled Gefjon) created the Danish island of Sjælland (Zealand) by plowing out an enormous field from the Kingdom of Sweden. Ghost Stories Mother Mine, in the Fold, Fold (Iceland). I Should Have Gotten Married (Iceland). The Child Phantom (Sweden). Fine Flowers in the Valley (Scotland). Lady Anne (Scotland). The Crying Child (Poland). The Girl with White Hands .

A Zobell family legend about Kirstine Andersdatter, also known as Christine Andersen.

Question: Which character in European folklore murdered his wives?
Answer: Bluebeard