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Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected them originally), made them an immensely influential collection. As acknowleged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and telling of the actual stories. Image File history File links Rumpelstiltskin. ...
Image File history File links Rumpelstiltskin. ...
Illustration of Rumpelstilskin from Andrew Langs The Blue Fairy Book, ca. ...
Henry Justice Ford, also known as Henry J. Ford or H.J. Ford, was a British illustrator. ...
A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ...
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Many of them were illustrated by Henry J. Ford. Henry Justice Ford, also known as Henry J. Ford or H.J. Ford, was a British illustrator. ...
He repeatedly explained in the prefaces that the tales he told were all old, and not his, and that he found new fairy tales no match for them:
- But the three hundred and sixty-five authors who try to write new fairy tales are very tiresome. They always begin with a little boy or girl who goes out and meets the fairies of polyanthuses and gardenias and apple blossoms: 'Flowers and fruits, and other winged things.' These fairies try to be funny, and fail; or they try to preach, and succeed. Real fairies never preach or talk slang. At the end, the little boy or girl wakes up and finds that he has been dreaming.
- Such are the new fairy stories. May we be preserved from all the sort of them!
The Books
Blue Fairy Book (1889) text East of the Sun and West of the Moon is a Norwegian fairy tale, collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. ...
A depiction by Gustave Dore Little Red Riding Hood (French: Le petit chaperon rouge; lit. ...
Sir Edward Burne-Jones painted The Sleeping Beauty. ...
Gustave Dorés illustration for Cendrillon For other uses, see Cinderella (disambiguation). ...
Aladdin in the Magic Garden, an illustration by Max Liebert from Ludwig Fuldas Aladdin und die Wunderlampe Aladdin (a corruption of the Arabic name Alauddin/Ê¿AlÄʾu d-DÄ«n, Arabic: علاء الدين, Chinese: 阿拉ä¸) is one of the tales with a Syrian origin in the collection 1001 Nights and one of...
The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear or The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. ...
Illustration of Rumpelstilskin from Andrew Langs The Blue Fairy Book, ca. ...
Beauty and the Beast is a traditional folktale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). ...
The Master Maid is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. ...
Gustave Dor s 19th century engraving of le chat bott Puss in Boots is a European folktale collected by Charles Perrault in his Contes de ma m re lOye (Mother Goose Tales), and earlier in 1634, by Giambattista Basile as Gagliuso. ...
Viktor Vasnetsov The Frog Tsarevna 1918 The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that exists in many versions from several countries. ...
Perseus with the head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova, completed 1801 (Vatican Museums) Perseus, or Perseos (Greek: ΠεÏσεÏÏ‚, ΠεÏσÎως), the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits helped establish the hegemony of Zeus and the Twelve Olympians...
The Story of Pretty Goldilocks is a literary fairy tale written by Madame dAulnoy and collected by Andrew Lang in The Blue Fairy Book. ...
Dick Whittington is a character in British pantomime, very loosely based on the real-life Richard Whittington. ...
Hop o My Thumb is an ancient folk tale first retold by Charles Perrault. ...
Ali Baba (Arabic: علي بابا ) is a fictional character described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves which was added to the traditional collection of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights by its European transcriber, Antoine Galland, an 18th-century French orientalist who had heard it...
Gretel tricks the witch Hansel and Gretel (German: Hänsel und Gretel) is a fairy tale of Germanic origin, collected by the Brothers Grimm. ...
Snow-White and Rose-Red (German: Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot) is a fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm. ...
The Goose Girl is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. ...
Diamonds and Toads or Toads and Diamonds is a fairy tale by Charles Perrault, and titled by him Les Fees or The Fairies. ...
Bluebeard is the title character in a famous fairy tale about a violent nobleman and his all too curious wife. ...
Trusty John, Faithful John, Faithful Johannes, or John the True is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 6, and by Joseph Jacobs in his European Folk and Fairy Tales. ...
The Brave Little Tailor is a 1938 Disney animated short film based on the Grimm Fairy Tale, The Valiant Little Tailor. ...
Gulliver Gullivers Travels (1726, amended 1735) is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the travellers tales literary sub-genre. ...
The Princess on the Glass Hill is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Chr. ...
Jack the Giant Killer is a fairy tale. ...
The Black Bull of Norroway is a fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs. ...
The Red Ettin or The Red Etin is a fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs. ...
Red Fairy Book (1890) text The story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses goes that twelve beautiful and fun loving princesses live in a far-away kingdom. ...
Soria Moria Castle is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. ...
The Death of Koschei the Deathless is a Russian fairy tale included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book. ...
The Master Thief is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Chr. ...
Brother and Sister is a well known European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of Childrens and Household Tales. ...
The Wonderful Birch is a Russian fairy tale. ...
Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. ...
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Katie Woodencloak or Kari Woodengown is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe and included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book It is Aarne-Thompson type 510A, the persecuted heroine. ...
Drakestail is one example of a folk tale where repetition forms most of the logic behind the plot. ...
The oldest picture of Pied Piper (watercolor) copied from the glass window of Marktkirche in Hameln by Freiherr Augustin von Moersperg. ...
A depiction by Gustave Dore Little Red Riding Hood (French: Le petit chaperon rouge; lit. ...
The Three Little Men in the Wood or The Three Dwarfs is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 13. ...
Dapplegrim is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. ...
Rapunzel is a fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Childrens and Household Tales. ...
Farmer Weathersky is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Chr. ...
Mother Hulda is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812 as part of Childrens and Household Tales. ...
Shortshanks is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. ...
Snow White in her coffin, Theodor Hosemann, 1867. ...
The Golden Goose (Die goldene Gans) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (Tale 64). ...
The Seven Foals is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. ...
Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr, German: Siegfried) was a legendary hero of Norse mythology, as well as the central character in the Völsunga saga. ...
Green Fairy Book (1892) text The Blue Bird is a literary fairy tale by Madame dAulnoy, collected by Andrew Lang in The Green Fairy Book. ...
Three Little Pigs is a fairy tale featuring talking animals. ...
Heart Of Ice is the second episode of the American animated television series Batman: The Animated Series. ...
The Golden Bird is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale about the troubled pursuit of a golden bird by a kings three sons. ...
Puddocky is a German fairy tale. ...
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a popular childrens fairy tale from England. ...
Jorinde and Joringel is a story by the Brothers Grimm and thats how it goes: There was once an old castle in the midst of a large and dense forest, and in it an old woman who was a witch dwelt all alone. ...
Allerleirauh or All-Kinds-of-Fur is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. ...
The Riddle is a song written by Nik Kershaw which was a Number 3 hit in the UK singles chart in 1984, and the title track to his second album. ...
Hans My Hedgehog is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. ...
The Gold-Children is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 85. ...
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The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish (1950 animated film) The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish (Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке) is a 1835 poem by Aleksandr Pushkin. ...
Yellow Fairy Book (1894) text 1 A KING was once hunting 2 in a great wood, 3 and he hunted the game so eagerly that none of his courtiers 4 could follow him. ...
The Emperors New Clothes is a short story written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837. ...
The Iron Stove is a fairy tale, collected by the Brothers Grimm, as tale number 127. ...
The Dragon and his Grandmother or The Devil and His Grandmother is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 125. ...
The Crow is a comic book series created by James OBarr. ...
The Frosted Death is the 6th pulp magazine story to feature The Avenger. ...
The Three Brothers The Three Brothers who tend the Tree of Corruption, the god of the Lotus religion. ...
Father Frost is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev. ...
The Witch is a play by Thomas Middleton. ...
The Swineherd (Svinedrengen) is a fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. ...
The Real Princess. ...
The Tinder Box is a Danish fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. ...
Thumbelina is a classic childrens story by Hans Christian Andersen. ...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Nightingale The Nightingale is a fairy tale by Danish author and poet Hans Christian Andersen. ...
Cover of a modern Danish edtion of The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Den Standhaftige Tinsoldat) The Steadfast Tin Soldier is a Danish fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen and first published in 1838, as part of his fourth volume of Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn (Fairy Tales, Told for Children). ...
Pink Fairy Book (1897) text - The Cat's Elopement
- How the Dragon was Tricked
- The Goblin and the Grocer
- The House in the Wood
- Uraschimataro and the Turtle
- The Slaying of the Tanuki
- The Flying Trunk
- The Snow Man
- The Shirt-Collar
- The Princess in the Chest
- The Three Brothers
- The Snow-queen
- The Fir-Tree
- Hans, the Mermaid's Son
- Peter Bull
- The Bird 'Grip'
- Snowflake
- I know what I have learned
- The Cunning Shoemaker
- The King who would have a Beautiful Wife
- Catherine and her Destiny
- How the Hermit helped to win the King's Daughter
- The Water of Life
- The Wounded Lion
- The Man without a Heart
- The Two Brothers
- Master and Pupil
- The Golden Lion
- The Sprig of Rosemary
- The White Dove
- The Troll's Daughter
- Esben and the Witch
- Princess Minon-Minette
- Maiden Bright-eye
- The Merry Wives
- King Lindworm
- The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther
- The Little Hare
- The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue
- The Story of Ciccu
- Don Giovanni de la Fortuna
Kachi-Kachi Yama (Japanese: kachi-kachi is a onomonopaeia of the sound a fire makes; -yama is a suffix, meaning mountain), roughly translates to Fire-Crackle Mountain, is one of the few Japanese folktales in which a tanuki is the villain, rather than the boisterous and well-endowed alcoholic. ...
The Three Brothers The Three Brothers who tend the Tree of Corruption, the god of the Lotus religion. ...
Cover of a modern Danish edtion of The Snow Queen (Sneedronningen) The Snow Queen (Danish: Sneedronningen) is a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen and first published in 1845. ...
Snow crystal A snowflake is a component of snow, an aggregate of ice crystals that forms while falling in and below a cloud. ...
Catherine and her Destiny is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales, and included by Andrew Lang in The Pink Fairy Book. ...
The Two Brothers is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 60. ...
A lindworm (called lindorm in Scandinavia and Lindwurm in Germany; the name consists of two Germanic roots meaning roughly ensnaring serpent) is a large serpent-like dragon from European mythology and folklore. ...
Bearskin is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, as tale no. ...
Grey Fairy Book (1900) text - Donkey Skin
- The Goblin Pony
- An Impossible Enchantment
- The Story of Dschemil and Dachemila
- Janni and the Draken
- The Partnership of the Thief and the Liar
- Fortunatus and his Purse
- The Goat-faced Girl
- What came of picking Flowers
- The Story of Bensurdatu
- The Magician's Horse
- The Little Gray Man
- Herr Lazarus and the Draken
- The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles
- Udea and her Seven Brothers
- The White Wolf
- Mohammed with the Magic Finger
- Bobino
- The Dog and the Sparrow
- The Story of the Three Sons of Hali
- The Story of the Fair Circassians
- The Jackal and the Spring
- The Bear
- The Sunchild
- The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch
- Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye, or the Limping Fox
- The Unlooked for Prince
- The Simpleton
- The Street Musicians
- The Twin Brothers
- Cannetella
- The Ogre
- A Fairy's Blunder
- Long, Broad, and Quickeye
- Prunella
Fortunatus, is the legendary hero of a popular European chap-book. ...
Bobino is a French language childrens television show made in Quebec. ...
View of The Bear public house from Bear Lane. ...
The Ogre may refer to: The Ogre (mountain), a mountain in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya The Ogre, the English title of Volker Schlöndorffs 1996 film Der Unhold. ...
Prunella is the scientific name of a genus of birds: see Accentor and Dunnock Prunella is also the scientific name of a genus of plants: see Self-heal This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Violet Fairy Book(1901) text - A Tale of the Tontlawald
- The finest Liar in the World
- The Story of three Wonderful Beggars
- Schippeitaro
- The Three Princes and their Beasts
- The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan
- The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples
- The Lute Player
- The Grateful Prince
- The Child who came from an Egg
- Stan Bolovan
- The Two Frogs
- The Story of a Gazelle
- How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water
- Two in a Sack
- The Envious Neighbour
- The Fairy of the Dawn
- The Enchanted Knife
- Jesper who herded the Hares
- The Underground Workers
- The History of Dwarf Long Nose
- The Nunda, Eater of People
- The Story of Hassebu
- The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet
- The Monkey and the Jelly-fish
- The Headless Dwarfs
- The young Man who would have his Eyes opened]
- The Boys with the Golden Stars
- The Frog
- The Princess who was hidden Underground
- The Girl who pretended to be a Boy
- The Story of Halfman
- The Prince who wanted to see the World
- Virgililus the Sorcerer
- Mogarzea and his Son
Viktor Vasnetsov The Frog Tsarevna 1918 The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that exists in many versions from several countries. ...
Crimson Fairy Book (1903) text - Lovely Ilonka
- Lucky Luck
- The Hairy Man
- To your Good Health!
- The Story of the Seven Simons
- The Language of Beasts
- The Boy who could keep a Secret
- The Prince and the Dragon
- Little Wildrose
- Tiidu the Piper
- Paperarello
- The Gifts of the Magician
- The Strong Prince
- The Treasure Seeker
- The Cottager and his Cat
- The Prince who would seek Immortality
- The Stone-cutter
- The Gold-bearded Man
- Tritill, Litill, and the Birds
- The Three Robes
- The Six Hungry Beasts
- How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro
- The Rogue and the Herdsman
- Eisenkopf
- The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife
- Motikatika
- Niels and the Giants
- Shepherd Paul
- How the wicked Tanuki was punished
- The Crab and the Monkey
- The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder
- The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious Tailor
- The Colony of Cats
- How to find out a True Friend
- Clever Maria
- The Magic Kettle
The Stonecutter is a Japanese folktale of unknown authorship. ...
Bubuku Chagama is a Japanese folktale about a raccoon-dog, or tanuki, that uses its shapeshifting powers to reward its rescuer for his kindness. ...
Brown Fairy Book (1904) text - What the Rose did to the Cypress
- Ball-Carrier and the Bad One
- How Ball-Carrier finished his Task
- The Bunyip
- Father Grumbler
- The Story of the Yara
- The Cunning Hare
- The Turtle and his Bride
- How Geirald the Coward was Punished
- Habogi
- How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers
- The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe
- The Wicked Wolverine
- The Husband of the Rat's Daughter
- The Mermaid and the Boy
- Pivi and Kabo
- The Elf Maiden
- How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones
- Fortune and the Wood-Cutter
- The Enchanted Head
- The Sister of the Sun
- The Prince and the Three Fates
- The Fox and the Lapp
- Kisa the Cat
- The Lion and the Cat
- Which was the Foolishest?
- Asmund and Signy
- Rubezahl
- Story of the King who would be Stronger then Fate
- Story of Wali Dad the Simple-hearted
- Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey
- The Knights of the Fish
The bunyip (devil or spirit) is a mythical creature from Australian Aboriginal mythology. ...
Orange Fairy Book (1906) text - The Story of the Hero Makoma
- The Magic Mirror
- Story of the King who would see Paradise
- How Isuro the Rabbit tricked Gudu Ian, the Soldier's Son
- The Fox and the Wolf
- How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon
- The Ugly Duckling
- The Two Caskets
- The Goldsmith's Fortune
- The Enchanted Wreath
- The Foolish Weaver
- The Clever Cat
- The Story of Manus Pinkel the Thief
- The Adventures of a Jackal
- The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son
- The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal
- The Three Treasures of the Giants
- The Rover of the Plain
- The White Doe
- The Girl-Fish
- The Owl and the Eagle
- The Frog and the Lion Fairy
- The Adventures of Covan the Brown-haired
- The Princess Bella-Flor
- The Bird of Truth
- The Mink and the Wolf
- Adventures of an Indian Brave
- How the Stalos were Tricked Andras Baive
- The White Slipper
- The Magic Book
How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon is a Scottish fairy tale, collected by John Francis Campbell and included by Andrew Lang in The Orange Fairy Book. ...
The Ugly Duckling (Danish: Den grimme ælling) is a classic-contemporary story by Hans Christian Andersen about a duckling, notably larger, clumsier and uglier than the other ducklings in his brood. ...
Olive Fairy Book (1907) text - Madschun
- The Blue Parrot
- Geirlug The King's Daughter
- The Story of Little King Loc
- A Long-Bow Story
- Jackal or Tiger?
- The Comb and the Collar
- The Thanksgiving of the Wazir
- Samba the Coward
- Kupti and Imani
- The Strange Adventures of Little Maia
- Diamond Cut Diamond
- The Green Knight
- The Five Wise Words of the Guru*
- The Golden-Headed Fish
- Dorani
- The Satin Surgeon
- The Billy Goat and the King
- The Story of Zoulvisia
- Grasp All, Lose All
- The Fate of the Turtle
- The Snake Prince
- The Prince and the Princess in the Forest
- The Clever Weaver
- The Boy Who Found Fear At Last
- He Wins Who Waits
- The Steel Cane
- The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana
- The Silent Princess
Thumbelina is a classic childrens story by Hans Christian Andersen. ...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th century metrical romance recorded in a manuscript containing three other pieces of an altogether more Christian orientation, which are linked by a commonality of dialect usage. ...
Lilac Fairy Book (1910) text - The Shifty Lad
- The False Prince and the True
- The Jogi's Punishment
- The Heart of a Monkey
- The Fairy Nurse
- A Lost Paradise
- How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves
- The Ring of the Waterfalls
- A French Puck
- The Three Crowns
- The Story of a Very Bad Boy
- The Brown Bear of Norway
- Little Lasse
- 'Moti'
- The Enchanted Deer
- A Fish Story
- The Wonderful Tune
- The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother
- The One-Handed Girl
- The Bones of Djulung
- The Sea Ring's Gift
- The Raspberry Worm
- The Stones of Plouhinec
- The Castle of Kerglas
- The Battle of the Birds
- The Lady of the Fountain
- The Four Gifts
- The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok
- The Escape of the Mouse
- The Believing. Husbands
- The Hoodie-Crow
- The Brownie of the Lake
- The Winning of Olwen
The Brown Bear of Norway is a Scottish fairy tale. ...
Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain is one of the Three Welsh Romances associated with the Mabinogion. ...
Llwyd of Cil Coed is a character in Welsh mythology, specifically in the story of Manawydan ap LlÅ·r. Spoiler warning: Llwyd, a lord in Annwfn, is an ally of Gwawl ap Clud. ...
In Welsh mythology, Olwen (white track) was a daughter of Ysbaddaden. ...
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