Europe
Explore European fairy tales and folk narratives, from household tales and fairy realms to enchanted castles and difficult quests. The collection filters help distinguish Grimm, Celtic, Norse and other sources; their individual tellings can have very different audiences and endings.
150 stories are in this region right now.
See also: Turkey, Russia, Ancient Greece.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Pink
A queen bears a wishing-child; a cook steals him, walls her in a tower—and years later the boy comes home with a pink in his pocket.
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The Little Peasant
A poor peasant's tricks bring wealth and revenge, but also lead to the deaths of a shepherd and other villagers.
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The Miser in the Bush
An underpaid servant receives magical gifts, then uses a compulsory-dancing fiddle to extort money and overturn a court sentence.
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The King of the Golden Mountain
A merchant sells whatever meets him first for a dwarf's gold—and twelve years later his son Heinel must outwit the bargain.
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The Goose-Girl
A waiting-maid steals a princess's place and has Falada killed; the true bride keeps geese until a horse's head and an old king expose the fraud.
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The Juniper-Tree
After a child is murdered, his sister gathers his bones beneath a juniper tree; a singing bird returns with gifts and a deadly millstone.
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Ages 6-8
The Golden Goose
Dummling shares his poor cake with a grey man, finds a golden goose that glues a whole procession—and makes a solemn princess laugh.
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Ages 9-12
The Golden Bird
A golden feather leads a gardener's youngest son on a fox-guided quest for a golden bird, a wind-swift horse, and a princess.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Frog-Prince
A princess promises companionship for her golden ball, then tries to break her word—until the frog she throws becomes a prince.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Fox and the Horse
An old horse must prove himself stronger than a lion; a fox ties the lion to the horse's tail, and the horse hauls him home.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Four Clever Brothers
Four brothers master theft, stars, the bow, and magic sewing—then argue who rescued the princess, until the king pays each half a kingdom.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
The Fisherman and His Wife
A talking fish grants the fisherman's wife ever-greater wishes—cottage, castle, king, emperor, pope—until she asks to rule the sun and loses all.