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
Ages 9-12
Iron Hans
A wild man of iron is caged in the courtyard; a prince frees him, gets golden hair, and wins war and bride with Iron Hans's help.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
Hans in Luck
Hans trades his silver wages for a horse, cow, pig, goose, and grindstones—then thanks Heaven when the heavy stones sink in the river.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Hansel and Gretel
Abandoned in the forest, Hansel and Gretel find a house of bread and sugar—and Gretel turns the witch's own oven against her.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
Frederick and Catherine
Catherine's helpful disasters spill the ale, trade gold for dishes, and grease bruised trees—until a carried door falls on the thieves.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Fundevogel
A bird-snatched child and the forester's daughter flee a cook's kettle, shifting into rose, church, and pond until the witch drowns.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Wedding of Mrs Fox: First Story
An old fox fakes death to test his wife; only a nine-tailed suitor is accepted—until he leaps from under the bench with a cudgel.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Clever Hans
Clever Hans keeps following his mother's advice for the gift he got last time, which goes badly wrong with each new visit to Gretel.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Doctor Knowall
A poor peasant named Crabb buys an ABC book, hangs out a sign calling himself Doctor Knowall, and must find a rich lord's stolen money.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Clever Elsie
Clever Elsie frets over a cellar pickaxe, naps in the corn under a net of bells, and runs away no longer sure she is herself.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Clever Gretel
A merry cook tastes two roast fowls bite by bite while her master's guest is late, then talks her way out of trouble with a clever lie.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Cat-Skin
Fleeing a forbidden marriage, a princess hides in a thousand-fur mantle as Cat-skin—until three ball gowns and soup-trinkets give her away.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Briar Rose
A fairy's death curse is softened to a hundred years of sleep, and a prince reaches the briar-bound castle when that time ends.