The country / origin of the tale is taken from the website Andrew Lang's Fairy Books which also has translations of the tales.
If one of these links does not work, you can find a copy of the story there.
The casual user should be aware that not all the tales in Lang Fairy Books are fairy tales / folk tales There are several
stories from Hans Christian Anderson. A Voyage to Lilliput is from Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
Tales labelled Unattributed, were not given a country or origin by Lang.
Lang Lilac Fairy Book | ||
Tale | AT | Country |
Battle of Birds | NA | Scottish |
BelievingHusbands | 1406 | Scottish |
Bones of Djulung | NA | Unattributed |
Brown Bear of Norway | 425A | Scottish |
Brownie of the Lake | NA | French |
Castle of Kerglas | NA | French |
Enchanted Deer | NA | Scottish |
Escape of Mouse | NA | Welsh |
Fairy Nurse | 476* | Irish |
False Prince and True | NA | Portuguese |
Fish Story | NA | Oceania |
Four Gifts | NA | French |
French Puck | NA | French |
Groac'h of Isle of Lok | NA | French |
Heart of a Monkey | 91 | African |
Hoodie-Crow | 425A | Scottish |
How Brave Walter Hunter Wolves | NA | Finnish |
Jogi's Punishment | NA | Indian |
King of Waterfalls | NA | Scottish |
Lady of Fountain | NA | Welsh |
Little Lasse | 700 | Finnish |
Lost Paradise | NA | French |
Moti' | NA | Pushto |
One-Handed Girl | 706 | African |
Raspberry Worm | NA | Finnish |
Rich Brother and Poor Brother | 1534 | Portuguese |
Sea King's Gift | NA | Finnish |
Shifty Lad | 1525D | Scottish |
Stones of Plouhinec | NA | French |
Story of a Very Bad Boy | 1539 | French |
Three Crowns | NA | Scottish |
Winning of Olwen | NA | Welsh |
Wonderful Tune | NA | Irish |
Lang Olive Fairy Book | ||
AT | Country | |
Billy Goat and the King | 670 | Indian |
Blue Parrot | NA | French |
Boy Who Found Fear at Last | 326 | Turkish |
Clever Weaver | NA | Armenian |
Comb and the Collar | NA | English |
Diamond Cut Diamond | NA | Indian |
Dorani | NA | Indian |
Fate of the Turtle | 225A | Indian |
Five Wise Words of the Guru | NA | Indian |
Geirlug the King's Daughter | NA | Icelandic |
Golden-Headed Fish | 551 | Armenian |
Grasp All Lose All | 776 | Indian |
Green Knight | 510 | Danish |
He Wins Who Waits | NA | Armenian |
Jackal or Tiger? | NA | Unattributed |
Kupti and Imani | NA | Indian |
Long-Bow Story | 1920 | Indian |
Madschun | 577 | Turkish |
Prince and the Princess in the Forest | NA | Danish |
Punishment of the Fairy Gangana | NA | French |
Samba the Coward | NA | African |
Satin Surgeon | NA | French |
Silent Princess | 898 | Turkish |
Snake Prince | 425A | Indian |
Steel Cane | 779 | Armenian |
Story of Little King Loc | NA | French |
Story of Zoulvisia | NA | Armenian |
Strange Adventures of Little Maia | 700 | Unattributed |
Thanksgiving of the Wazir | NA | Indian |