compiled, translated, and classified by
D. L. Ashliman
© 1998-2020
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No.
English Title
German Title
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Type
Type titles not given resemble the tales' titles
4
The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear
Märchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen
Type 326
7
Type 1642. Includes an episode of type 1610, Sharing Strokes with the King's Guard
8
Type 151, Music Lessons for Wild Animals. Cf. type 1159, Catching the Would-Be Musician in a Crack
13
The Three Little Men in the Woods
Type 403B, The Black and the White Bride. Includes an episode of type 480, The Kind and the Unkind Girls
15
Type 327A. Includes an episode of type 1121, Burning the Witch in Her Own Oven
17
The White Snake
Type 673. Includes an episode of type 554, The Grateful Animals
20
Type 1640. Includes episodes of type 1060, Squeezing Water from a Stone; type 1062, A Contest in Throwing Stones; type 1052, A Contest in Carrying a Tree; type 1051, Springing with a Bent Tree; type 1115, Attempting to Kill the Hero in His Bed
29
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren
Type 461, Three Hairs from the Devil; type 930, The Prophecy That a Poor Boy Will Marry a Rich Girl
30
Type 2022, An Animal Mourns the Death of a Spouse
34
Clever Elsie
Type 1450. Ends with an episode of type 1383, A Woman Does Not Know Herself
36
Table-Be-Set, Gold-Donkey, and Cudgel-out-of-the-Sack
Tischchendeckdich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack
Type 563, introduced by type 212, The Goat That Lied
37
Type 700, Tom Thumb. Includes an episode of type 41, Overeating in the Pantry
39
Three tales. Tale one: type 503*, Helpful Elves. Also categorized as a migratory legend, type 7015. Tale two: type 476*, A Midwife (or Godmother) for the Elves. Also categorized as a migratory legend, type 5070. Tale three: migratory legend, type 5085, The Changeling.
46
Type 311, The Heroine Rescues Herself and Her Sisters. Similar to type 312, Bluebeard
48
Type 101, The Old Dog Rescues the Child. Concludes with an episode of type 103, Wild Animals Hide from an Unfamiliar Animal, and of type 104, War between the Village Animals and the Forest Animals
56
Type 1119, Ogres Kill Their Own Children, followed by type 313, The Girl Helps the Hero Flee; the Forgotten Fiancée
59
Freddy and Katy Lizzy
Der Frieder und das Catherlieschen
Types 1387, A Woman Draws Beer in the Cellar; 1385*, A Woman Loses Her Husband's Money; 1291B, A Fool Greeses the Cracked Earth with Butter; 1291, Sending One Cheese After Another; 1653A, Securing the Door; 1653, The Robbers under the Tree; 1383, A Woman Does Not Know Herself; 1791, Dividing Up the Dead
60
The Two Brothers
Type 567A, The Magic Bird Heart; followed by type 303, The Blood Brothers. Includes an episode of type 300, The Dragon Slayer
61
Type 1535, The Rich Peasant and the Poor Peasant. Includes an episode of type 1737, Trading Places with the Trickster in a Sack. Similar to type 1539, Tricksters and Their Victims
64
The Golden Goose
Type 571, All Stick Together, plus an episode of type 513B, The Land and Water Ship
70
The Three Children of Fortune
Type 1650, Three Brothers Inherit a Rooster, a Scythe, and a Cat. Includes episodes of types 1202, Harvesting Grain with a Cannon; 1651, Dick Whittington and His Cat; and 1281, Burning the Barn to Destroy an Unknown Animal
74
The Fox and His Cousin
Der Fuchs und die Frau Gevatterin
Type 152A*, The Scalded Wolf, followed by type 4, Getting a Ride by Pretending to Be Injured
78
The Old Grandfather and His Grandson
Der alte Großvater und der Enkel
Type 980, The Ungrateful Son
80
Type 2021. Includes an episode of type 2021A The Cock Seeks Help for the Choking Hen
81
Brother Merry
Includes episodes of type 785, Who Ate the Lamb's Heart?; type 753A, The Unsuccessful Resuscitation; type 330B, The Devil in the Sack; type 330*, Entering Heaven by a Trick;
84
Hans Gets Married
Types 859B, The Penniless Wooer: Money in Hand, and 859A, The Penniless Wooer: Patch of Land
85
The Gold-Children
Die GoldkinderType 555, The Fisherman and His Wife, followed by type 303, Blood Brothers
92
The King of the Golden Mountain
Type 401A, The Enchanted Princess in Her Castle. Introduced with an episode of type 810, The Devil Loses a Soul That Was Promised Him. Includes episodes of type 560, The Magic Ring, and type 518, Quarreling Giants Lose Their Magic Objects
93
The Raven
Type 401. The Girl Transformed into an Animal. Includes an episode of type 518, Quarreling Giants Lose Their Magic Objects
96
The Three Little Birds
Type 707, The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird
102
The Wren and the Bear
Type 222, The War between the Birds and the Beasts
104
Type 1384, A Man Seeks Someone as Stupid as His Wife. Includes episodes of type 1385, A Woman Accepts Her Own Cow as Security, and type 1540, The Man from Paradise
105
Tales of the Toad
106
The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat
Der arme Müllerbursch und das Kätzchen
Type 402, The Animal Bride
112
The Threshing-Flail from Heaven
A combination of types 1960A, The Giant Animal; 1960G, The Giant Plant; and 1889K, A Rope Made of Chaff
113
The Two Kings' Children
Type 313, The Girl Helps the Hero Flee; the Forgotten Fiancée
114
The Clever Little Tailor
An expurgated version of type 850, The Princess's Birthmarks. Includes episodes of type 1061, Biting Stones and 1159, Catching the Would-Be Musician in a Crack (expurgated)
115
The Bright Sun Will Bring It to Light
Die klare Sonne bringt's an den Tag
Type 960, The Sun Brings All to Light
119
Several episodes, mostly of type 1321, Fools Are Frightened. One episode is type 1231, Planning the Attack on a Hare. Conclusion belongs to type 1297*, Fools Walk into a River and Drown
120
The Three Journeymen
Type 360, The Three Apprentices and the Devil. Similar to type 1697, We Three, for Money
121
The King's Son Who Is Afraid of Nothing
Der Königssohn, der sich vor nichts fürchtet
Type 590, The Magic Belt; and type 401A, The Enchanted Princess in Her Castle
122
The Cabbage-Donkey
Type 567, The Magic Bird Heart. Similar to type 566, Fruit That Grows Horns (Fortunatus)
134
The Six Servants
Die sechs Diener
Type 513A, Six Go through the Whole World
135
The White Bride and the Black Bride
Die weiße und die schwarze Braut
Type 403A, The Black and the White Bride: The Wishes
137
The Three Black Princesses
De drei schwatten Prinzessinnen
Similar to type 401A, The Enchanted Princess in Her Castle
138
Type 1965. Includes an episode of type 1963, Sailing in a Bottomless Boat
139
The Girl from Brakel
Dat Mäken von Brakel
Type 1476A, Praying to the Statue's Mother
140
Household Servants
Das Hausgesinde
Type 1940, Extraordinary Names
146
The Turnip
Die Rübe
Types 1960D, The Giant Vegetable; and 1689A, Two Presents for the King. Includes an episode of type 1737, Trading Places with the Trickster in a Sack
148
The Lord's Animals and the Devil's
Des Herrn und des Teufels Getier
Unclassified
149
Type 987, False Magician Exposed by Clever Girl. Includes an episode similar to type 1290, A Fool Mistakes a Flax Field for a Lake
151*
The Twelve Lazy Servants
Die zwölf faulen Knechte
Type 1950, A Contest in Laziness
152
The Little Shepherd Boy
Das Hirtenbüblein
Type 922, The King, the Abbot, and the Shepherd
157
The Sparrow and His Four Children
Der Sperling und seine vier Kinder
Similar to type 157, Learning to Fear Man
158
The Tale of Cockaigne
Das Märchen vom Schlauraffenland
Type 1930
159
The Tall Tale from Ditmarsh
Das Diethmarsische Lügenmärchen
Type 1930, Schlaraffenland
161
Snow-White and Rose-Red
Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot
Type 426, The Two Girls, the Bear, and the Dwarf
163
The Glass Coffin
Der gläserne Sarg
Type 410, Sleeping Beauty
165
The Griffin
Types 610, Fruit to Cure the Princess; 461, Three Hairs from the Devil; and 570, The Rabbit Herd
166
Strong Hans
Der starke Hans
Type 650A, The Young Giant; and type 301A, The Quest for the Vanished Princesses
167
The Peasant in Heaven
Das Bürle im Himmel
Type 802
168
Type 1430, Air Castles. Includes an episode of type 2411, Counting Imagined Wealth.
171
The Wren
Der Zaunkönig
Type 221, The Wren Becomes King of the Birds
172
The Flounder
Die Scholle
Type 250A, The Flounder's Crooked Mouth
173
The Bittern and Hoopoe
Rohrdommel und Wiedehopf
Type 236*, Imitating Bird Sounds. Compare type 2075, Imitating Animal Sounds
174
The Owl
Die Eule
Type 1281, Burning the Barn to Destroy an Unknown Animal
175
The Moon
Der Mond
Unclassified
176
Types 173 and 828, Men, Animals, and the Span of Life. (Categorized under two different numbers by Aarne-Thompson)
178
Master Pfriem
Meister Pfriem
Type 801. Includes an episode of type 1248, Loading a Beam Crosswise on a Wagon
179
The Goose-Girl at the Well
Die Gänsehirtin am Brunnen
Type 923, Love Like Salt
182
The Gifts of the Little People
Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes
Type 503, The Hunchbacks and the Elves
183
The Giant and the Tailor
Der Riese und der Schneider
Type 1049, The Heavy Ax; 1053, Shooting Wild Boars; and 1051, Springing with a Bent Tree
185
The Poor Boy in the Grave
Der arme Junge im Grab
Episodes include type 1876, Chickens on a String, and type 1313, The Man Who Thought He Was Dead
186
The True Bride
Die wahre Braut
Type 510, The Persecuted Heroine; followed by type 884, The Forsaken Fiancée
187
Der Hase und der Igel. This link is to a High German translation of the Grimms' original Low German text.
Type 275A*, The Race between the Hedgehog and the Hare. Compare type 1074, A Race Is Won by a Look-Alike Helper
190
Type 236*, Imitating Bird Sounds. Compare type 2075, Imitating Animal Sounds
191
The Rabbit
Das Meerhäschen
Type 554, The Grateful Animals. Similar to 851, Winning the Princess with a Riddle
192
The Master Thief
Der Meisterdieb
Type 1525A, Stealing the Count's Horse, Sheet, and Parson
193
The Drummer
Der Trommler
Type 400, The Quest for a Lost Bride; and type 313, The Girl Helps the Hero Flee; the Forgotten Fiancée. Includes an episode of type 518, Quarreling Giants Lose Their Magic Objects
195
The Grave Mound
Der Grabhügel
Similar to type 815, Keeping Watch at a Rich Man's Grave. Contains an episode of type 1130, A Boot Full of Money
196
Old Rinkrank
Oll Rinkrank
Similar to type 311, The Heroine Rescues Herself and Her Sisters
197
The Crystal Ball
Die Kristallkugel
Type 552A, The Girls Who Married Animals. Includes episodes of type 302, The Giant Whose Heart Was in an Egg, and type 518, Quarreling Giants Lose Their Magic Objects
198
Maid Maleen
Jungfrau Maleen
Type 870, The Entombed Princess
199
The Boot of Buffalo Leather
Der Stiefel von Büffelleder
Type 952, The King and the Soldier
201
St. Joseph in the Woods
Der heilige Joseph im Walde
Type 480, The Kind and the Unkind Girls
204
Poverty and Humility Lead to Heaven
Armut und Demut führen zum Himmel
Unclassified
206
The Three Green Branches
Die drei grünen Zweige
Type 756A, Green Leaves on a Dry Stick
207
Our Lady's Little Glass
Muttergottesgläschen
Unclassified
208
The Aged Mother
Die alte Mütterchen
Unclassified
209
The Heavenly Wedding
Die himmlische Hochzeit
Type 767, Food for the Crucifix
210
The Hazel Switch
Die Haselrute
Unclassified
Revised January 18, 2025.