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
Cat and Mouse in Partnership
A cat and a mouse store a pot of fat for winter, but the cat keeps inventing christenings to sneak off and eat it, one lick at a time.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
How Partlet Died and Was Buried, and How Chanticleer Died of Grief
When Partlet chokes on a nut, Chanticleer seeks help through a chain of requests, followed by a disastrous funeral journey.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ashputtel
Birds sort peas from ashes and a hazel-tree dresses Ashputtel for three royal feasts—until a golden slipper exposes her stepsisters' bloody cheat.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
How Chanticleer and Partlet Went to Visit Mr Korbes
A rooster, a hen and their unusual travelling companions visit Mr Korbes and arrange a series of painful traps in his house.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
How They Went to the Mountains to Eat Nuts
Chanticleer and Partlet feast on mountain nuts, then pick up a duck, a pin and a needle on their way home to a very unlucky innkeeper.
European Fairy Tales
The Little Mermaid
A sea princess trades her voice for legs to win a prince and a soul, but when he weds another she refuses to harm him and rises into the air.