The country / origin of the tale is taken from the website Andrew Lang's Fairy Books which also has translations of the tales.
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.
Danish | Esben and the Witch | 327B, 328, 1121 | Pink |
Danish | Fir-Tree | NA | Pink |
Danish | Flying Trunk | NA | Pink |
Danish | Goblin and Grocer | NA | Pink |
Danish | Hans the Mermaid's Son | NA | Pink |
Danish | I Know What I have Learned | NA | Pink |
Danish | Maiden Bright-Eye | 480 | Pink |
Danish | Master and Pupil | 325 | Pink |
Danish | Merry Wifes | 1406 | Pink |
Danish | Peter Bull | 1675 | Pink |
Danish | Princess in the Chest | 307 | Pink |
Danish | Shirt-Collar | NA | Pink |
Danish | Snow Man | NA | Pink |
Danish | Snow-Queen | NA | Pink |
Danish | Troll's Daughter | 302 | Pink |
Danish | White Dove | 313 | Pink |
Danish | Story of the Emperor's New Clothes | NA | Yellow |
Danish | Green Knight | 510 | Olive |
Danish | Prince and the Princess in the Forest | NA | Olive |
Danish | Magic Book | 325 | Orange |
Danish | Ugly Duckling | NA | Orange |
English | Voyage to Lilliput | NA | Blue |
English | Story of the Three Bears | 171 | Green |
English | Comb and the Collar | NA | Olive |
Estonian | Child Who Came from an Egg | NA | Violet |
Estonian | Grateful Prince | 313 | Violet |
Estonian | Headless Dwarfs | 326 | Violet |
Estonian | Tale of the Tontlawald | NA | Violet |
Estonian | Underground Workers | NA | Violet |
Estonian | Young Man Who Would have his Eyes Opened | NA | Violet |
Estonian | Dragon of the North | 300 | Yellow |
Estonian | Tiidu Piper | 566 | Crimson |
European | Biter Bit | 1539 | Green |
European | Magic Swan | 571 | Green |
Finnish | Gifts of the Magician | NA | Crimson |
Finnish | Six Hungry Beasts | 20, 20B, 37, 56A, 1310C | Crimson |
Finnish | How Brave Walter Hunter Wolves | NA | Lilac |
Finnish | Little Lasse | 700 | Lilac |
Finnish | Raspberry Worm | NA | Lilac |
Finnish | Sea King's Gift | NA | Lilac |
French | Rosanella | NA | Green |
French | Snuff-Box | 560 | Green |
French | Sylvain and Jocosa | NA | Green |
French | Donkey Skin | 510B | Grey |
French | Fairy's Blunder | NA | Grey |
French | Goblin Ponty | NA | Grey |
French | Story of Fair Circassians | NA | Grey |
French | Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles | NA | Grey |
French | Brownie of the Lake | NA | Lilac |
French | Castle of Kerglas | NA | Lilac |
French | Four Gifts | NA | Lilac |
French | French Puck | NA | Lilac |
French | Groac'h of Isle of Lok | NA | Lilac |
French | Lost Paradise | NA | Lilac |
French | Stones of Plouhinec | NA | Lilac |
French | Story of a Very Bad Boy | 1539 | Lilac |
French | Blue Parrot | NA | Olive |
French | Punishment of the Fairy Gangana | NA | Olive |
French | Satin Surgeon | NA | Olive |
French | Story of Little King Loc | NA | Olive |
French | Frog and Lion Fairy | NA | Orange |
French | White Doe | 898 | Orange |
Hungarian | Glass Axe | 313 | Yellow |
Hungarian | Grateful Beasts | 613 | Yellow |
Hungarian | Boy Who Could Keep a Secret | NA | Crimson |
Hungarian | Eisenkopf | NA | Crimson |
Hungarian | Gold-Bearded Man | 502 | Crimson |
Hungarian | Lovely Ilonka | 408 | Crimson |
Hungarian | Lucky Luck | 460B | Crimson |
Hungarian | Prince Who Would Seek Immortality | NA | Crimson |
Hungarian | Shepherd Paul | 301 | Crimson |
Hungarian | Story of Seven Simons | 513B | Crimson |
Hungarian | Strong Prince | 590 | Crimson |
Hungarian | Tritill, Litill, and the Birds | 401A | Crimson |
Icelandic | Story of Sigurd | NA | Red |
Icelandic | Hermod and Hadvor R | NA | Yellow |
Icelandic | Prince Ring | 444* | Yellow |
Icelandic | Witch in the Stone Boat | 403 | Yellow |
Icelandic | Cottager and His Cat | 1651 | Crimson |
Icelandic | Horse Gullfaxi and Sword Gunnfoder | NA | Crimson |
Icelandic | Rogues and Herdsman | NA | Crimson |
Icelandic | Three Robes | 403 | Crimson |
Icelandic | Geirlug the King's Daughter | NA | Olive |
Indian | Jogi's Punishment | NA | Lilac |
Indian | Billy Goat and the King | 670 | Olive |
Indian | Diamond Cut Diamond | NA | Olive |
Indian | Dorani | NA | Olive |
Indian | Fate of the Turtle | 225A | Olive |
Indian | Five Wise Words of the Guru | NA | Olive |
Indian | Grasp All Lose All | 776 | Olive |
Indian | Kupti and Imani | NA | Olive |
Indian | Long-Bow Story | 1920 | Olive |
Indian | Snake Prince | 425A | Olive |
Indian | Thanksgiving of the Wazir | NA | Olive |
Irish | Black Thief and Knight of Glen | NA | Red |
Irish | Fairy Nurse | 476* | Lilac |
Irish | Wonderful Tune | NA | Lilac |
Irish | Adventures of Covan Brown-Haired | NA | Orange |
Italian | Catherine and Her Destiny | 938 | Pink |
Italian | Cunning Shoemaker | 1539 | Pink |
Italian | Don Giovanni de la Fortuna | 361 | Pink |
Italian | Golden Lion | 860A* | Pink |
Italian | How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter | NA | Pink |
Italian | King Who Would have a Beautiful Wife | NA | Pink |
Italian | Story of Ciccu | 569 | Pink |
Italian | Two Brothers | 303 | Pink |
Italian | Frog | 402 | Violet |
Italian | How the Beggar Turned into Count Piro | 545B | Crimson |
Italian | How to Find Out a True Friend | NA | Crimson |
Italian | Paperarelloo | 314 | Crimson |
Italian | Cannetella | 900 | Grey |
Italian | Goat-Faced Girl | 900A | Grey |
Italian | Ogre | 563 | Grey |
Italian | Simpleton | 513 | Grey |
Italian | Story of Bensurdatu | 301 | Grey |
Japanese | Cat's Elopement | NA | Pink |
Japanese | Slaying of Tanuki | NA | Pink |
Japanese | Sparrow with Slit Tongue | 480 | Pink |
Japanese | Uraschimataro and the Turtle | 681 | Pink |
Japanese | Envious Neighbor | NA | Violet |
Japanese | Maiden with Wooden Helmet | NA | Violet |
Japanese | Monkey and Jelly-Fish | NA | Violet |
Japanese | Schippeitaro | 300 | Violet |
Japanese | Two Frogs | NA | Violet |
Japanese | Crab and Money | NA | Crimson |
Japanese | How the Wicked Tanuki was Punished | NA | Crimson |
Japanese | Magic Kettle | NA | Crimson |
Japanese | Stone-Cutter | 555 | Crimson |
Lapp | Andras Baive | NA | Orange |
Lapp | How the Stalos Were Tricked | 328 | Orange |
Lithuanian | Three Princes and Their Beasts | NA | Violet |
MidEast | Bronze Ring | NA | Blue |
Native American | Boy and Wolves or Broken Promise | NA | Yellow |
Native American | Dead Wife | NA | Yellow |
Native American | In Land of Souls | NA | Yellow |
Native American | Adventures of an Indian Brave | NA | Orange |
Native American | Mink and Wolf | NA | Orange |
Native American | Owl and Eagle | NA | Orange |
Norwegian | Bushy Bride | 403 | Red |
Norwegian | Dapplegrim | NA | Red |
Norwegian | Farmer WeatherBeard | 325 | Red |
Norwegian | Kari Woodengown | 510A | Red |
Norwegian | Minnikin | NA | Red |
Norwegian | Seven Foals | NA | Red |
Norwegian | Soria Moria Castle | NA | Red |
Norwegian | Master Thief | 1525A | Red |
Norwegian | Three Princesses of Whiteland | NA | Red |
Norwegian | East of the Sun and West of the Moon | 425A | Blue |
Norwegian | Master-Maid | 313 | Blue |
Norwegian | Princess on Glass Hill | 530 | Blue |
Norwegian | Why the Sea is Salt | 565 | Blue |
Oceania | Fish Story | NA | Lilac |
Pathan | Goldsmith's Fortune | NA | Orange |
Pathan | Story of the King Who Would See Paradise | NA | Orange |
Polish | Crow | 425N | Yellow |
Polish | Glass Mountain | 530 | Yellow |
Polish | Three Brothers | NA | Yellow |
Portuguese | Prince Who Wanted to See the World | 313 | Violet |
Portuguese | Clever Maria | NA | Crimson |
Portuguese | What Came of Picking Flowers | 552 | Grey |
Portuguese | False Prince and True | NA | Lilac |
Portuguese | Rich Brother and Poor Brother | 1534 | Lilac |
Pushto | Moti' | NA | Lilac |
Pushto | Foolish Weaver | 1693 | Orange |
Romanian | Enchanted Pig | 425A | Red |
Romanian | Voice of Death | NA | Red |
Romanian | Boys with Golden Stars | 707 | Violet |
Romanian | Fairy of Dawn | 551 | Violet |
Romanian | Girl Who Pretended to be a Boy | 884B | Violet |
Romanian | Stan Bolovan | 1049, 1060, 1063, 1115, 1149 | Violet |
Romanian | Little Wildrose | NA | Crimson |
Russian | Wonderful Birch | NA | Red |
Russiann | Lute Player | 888 | Violet |
Russiann | Two in a Sack | NA | Violet |
Russiann | Flying Ship | 513B | Yellow |
Russiann | Story of King Frost | 480 | Yellow |
Russiann | Witch | 327 | Yellow |
Russiann | Witch and Her Servants | 550 | Yellow |
Russiann | Hairy Man | 502 | Crimson |
Russiann | To Your Good Health! | 858 | Crimson |
Russiann | King Kojata | 313 | Green |
Scandinavian | Jesper Who Herded the Hares | 570 | Violet |
Scandinavian | Enchanted Wreath | 480 | Orange |
Scandinavian | Pinkel the Thief | NA | Orange |
Scandinavian | Two Caskets | 480 | Orange |
Scotland | History of Jack Giant-Killer | 300 | Blue |
Scotland | History of Jack Giant-Killer | 328 | Blue |
Scottish | Red Etin | 300, 303 | Blue |
Scottish | Black Bull of Norroway | 425A | Blue |
Scottish | Battle of Birds | NA | Lilac |
Scottish | BelievingHusbands | 1406 | Lilac |
Scottish | Brown Bear of Norway | 425A | Lilac |
Scottish | Enchanted Deer | NA | Lilac |
Scottish | Hoodie-Crow | 425A | Lilac |
Scottish | King of Waterfalls | NA | Lilac |
Scottish | Shifty Lad | 1525D | Lilac |
Scottish | Three Crowns | NA | Lilac |
Scottish | How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon | NA | Orange |
Scottish | Ian Soldier's Son | NA | Orange |
Scottish | Story of Manus | NA | Orange |
Serbian | Enchanted Knife | 576 | Violet |
Serbian | Finest Liar in the World | 1920 | Violet |
Serbian | Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan | NA | Violet |
Serbian | Nine Pea-Hens and Golden Apples | 400 | Violet |
Serbian | Story of Three Wonderful Beggars | 461 | Violet |
Serbian | Prince and Dragon | 302 | Crimson |
Slavic | Death of Koshchei thee Deathless | 552 | Red |
Slavic | Snowflake | 703* | Pink |
Slavic | Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye, of the Limping Fox | NA | Grey |
Slavic | Long, Broad, and Quickeye | 513 | Grey |
Slavic | Unlooked-for-Prince | 313 | Grey |
Slavic | Three Treasures of Giants | 569 | Orange |
Spanish | Half-Chick | 715 | Green |
Spanish | Bird of Truth | 707 | Orange |
Spanish | Fox and Wolf | 32, 34 | Orange |
Spanish | Princess Bella-Flor | NA | Orange |
Spanish | White Slipper | NA | Orange |
Swedish | Bird 'Grip' | 550 | Pink |
Swedish. | King Lindorm | 433B | Pink |
Turkish | Boy Who Found Fear at Last | 326 | Olive |
Turkish | Madschun | 577 | Olive |
Turkish | Silent Princess | 898 | Olive |
Unattributed | Jack and the Beanstalk | 328 | Red |
Unattributed | Norka | 301 | Red |
Unattributed | Twelve Dancing Princesses | 306 | Red |
Unattributed | Man without a Heart | 303A | Pink |
Unattributed | History of Dwarf Long Nose | NA | Violet |
Unattributed | How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water | NA | Violet |
Unattributed | Mogarzea and His Son | NA | Violet |
Unattributed | Virgilius the Sorcerer | 331 | Violet |
Unattributed | Alphege or the Green Monkey | NA | Yellow |
Unattributed | Blockhead-Hans | 853 | Yellow |
Unattributed | Blue Mountains | 301A | Yellow |
Unattributed | Cat and Mouse in Partnership | 15 | Yellow |
Unattributed | Donkey Cabbage | 566 | Yellow |
Unattributed | Dragon and His Grandmother | 812 | Yellow |
Unattributed | Fairer-Than-A-Fairy | NA | Yellow |
Unattributed | How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World | NA | Yellow |
Unattributed | How to Tell a True Princess | 704 | Yellow |
Unattributed | Invisible Prince | NA | Yellow |
Unattributed | Magic Ring | 560 | Yellow |
Unattributed | Nightengale | NA | Yellow |
Unattributed | Six Swans | 451 | Yellow |
Unattributed | Steadfast Tin-Soldier | NA | Yellow |
Unattributed | Story of about a Darning-Needle | 2029 | Yellow |
Unattributed | Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus | NA | Yellow |
Unattributed | Swineherd | NA | Yellow |
Unattributed | Thumbelina | NA | Yellow |
Unattributed | Tinder-Box | 562 | Yellow |
Unattributed | White Duck | 403 | Yellow |
Unattributed | History of Whittington | 1651 | Blue |
Unattributed | Little Red Riding Hood | 333 | Blue |
Unattributed | Sleeping Beauty in the Wood | 410 | Blue |
Unattributed | Terrible Head | 898 | Blue |
Unattributed | Brave Little Tailor | 1640 | Blue |
Unattributed | Water-Lily. Gold-Spinners | 407 | Blue |
Unattributed | Colony of Cats | NA | Crimson |
Unattributed | Language of Beasts | 670 | Crimson |
Unattributed | Niels and the Giants | 304 | Crimson |
Unattributed | Story of the Sham Prince or Ambitous Tailor | NA | Crimson |
Unattributed | Treasure Seeker | NA | Crimson |
Unattributed | Enchanted Snake | 425A | Green |
Unattributed | Story of Caliph Stork | NA | Green |
Unattributed | Three Little Pigs | 124 | Green |
Unattributed | Bear | 510B | Grey |
Unattributed | Bobino | 671 | Grey |
Unattributed | Fortunatus and his Purse | 566 | Grey |
Unattributed | Herr Lazarus and the Draken | 1049, 1115, 1149, 1640 | Grey |
Unattributed | Impossible Enchantment | NA | Grey |
Unattributed | Janni and the Draken | 300 | Grey |
Unattributed | Magician's Horse | 314 | Grey |
Unattributed | Partnership of Thief and Liar | 1654 | Grey |
Unattributed | Prunella | 310 | Grey |
Unattributed | Story of the Three Sons of Hali | NA | Grey |
Unattributed | Sunchild | 898 | Grey |
Unattributed | Twin Brothers | 303 | Grey |
Unattributed | White Wolf | 425A | Grey |
Unattributed | Bones of Djulung | NA | Lilac |
Unattributed | Jackal or Tiger? | NA | Olive |
Unattributed | Strange Adventures of Little Maia | 700 | Olive |
Welsh | Escape of Mouse | NA | Lilac |
Welsh | Lady of Fountain | NA | Lilac |
Welsh | Winning of Olwen | NA | Lilac |