Wilhelm Grimm (left) &
Jacob Grimm (right)
These ancient European folk tales were transcribed from local storytellers by the Grimm brothers in the early 19th century.
Several editions were published from 1812 to 1857, and the latest (seventh edition) contained the 211 tales listed below.
They are from Margarate Hunt's 1844 translation into English and the approximate narration time is given for each story.
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| Approximate narration
time (minutes) | Word
count |
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| 160 | A riddling tale | 1 | 186 |
| 139 | The maid of Brakel | 1 | 191 |
| 117 | The wilful child | 1 | 198 |
| 203 | The rose | 1 | 211 |
| 140 | Domestic servants | 1 | 213 |
| 155 | Brides on their trial | 1 | 213 |
| 150 | The old beggar-woman | 1 | 220 |
| 145 | The ungrateful son | 1 | 224 |
| 138 | Knoist and his three sons | 1 | 234 |
| 200 | The golden key | 1 | 240 |
| 207 | Our lady's little glass | 1 | 251 |
| 210 | The hazel-branch | 1 | 257 |
| 156 | Odds and ends | 1 | 261 |
| 151 | The three sluggards | 2 | 280 |
| 159 | The Ditmarsch tale of wonders | 2 | 291 |
| 172 | The sole | 2 | 296 |
| 205 | God's food | 2 | 297 |
| 173 | The bittern and the hoopoe | 2 | 298 |
| 194 | The ear of corn | 2 | 298 |
| 103 | Sweet Porridge | 2 | 299 |
| 190 | The crumbs on the table | 2 | 306 |
| 086 | The fox and the geese | 2 | 309 |
| 078 | The old man and his grandson | 2 | 311 |
| 162 | The wise servant | 2 | 313 |
| 167 | The peasant in heaven | 2 | 314 |
| 184 | The nail | 2 | 321 |
| 109 | The shroud | 2 | 326 |
| 149 | The beam | 2 | 336 |
| 075 | The fox and the cat | 2 | 361 |
| 043 | Frau Trude | 2 | 365 |
| 153 | The star-money | 2 | 396 |
| 208 | The aged mother | 2 | 397 |
| 079 | The water-nixe | 2 | 406 |
| 154 | The stolen farthings | 2 | 406 |
| 158 | The tale of Cockaigne | 2 | 409 |
| 152 | The shepherd boy | 3 | 419 |
| 131 | Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie | 3 | 423 |
| 148 | The Lord's animals and the Devil's | 3 | 428 |
| 170 | Sharing joy and sorrow | 3 | 437 |
| 189 | The peasant and the devil | 3 | 438 |
| 074 | Gossip wolf and the fox (The fox and his cousin) | 3 | 444 |
| 041 | Herr Korbes | 3 | 461 |
| 202 | The twelve apostles | 3 | 461 |
| 072 | The wolf and the man | 3 | 470 |
| 143 | Going a-travelling | 3 | 483 |
| 084 | Hans married | 3 | 502 |
| 112 | The flail from heaven | 3 | 507 |
| 066 | The Rabbit's Bride | 3 | 512 |
| 030 | The Louse and the Flea | 3 | 515 |
| 018 | Straw, Coal, and Bean | 3 | 526 |
| 168 | Lean Lisa | 3 | 527 |
| 132 | The fox and the horse | 3 | 543 |
| 204 | Poverty and humility lead to heaven | 3 | 570 |
| 209 | The heavenly wedding | 4 | 573 |
| 105 | Stories about snakes | 4 | 574 |
| 115 | The bright sun brings it to light | 4 | 605 |
| 023 | The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage | 4 | 629 |
| 176 | The duration of life | 4 | 642 |
| 177 | Death's messengers | 4 | 646 |
| 147 | The old man made young again | 4 | 653 |
| 042 | The Godfather | 4 | 686 |
| 141 | The lambkin and the little fish | 4 | 714 |
| 080 | The death of the little hen | 5 | 733 |
| 180 | Eve's various children | 5 | 733 |
| 124 | The three brothers | 5 | 738 |
| 073 | The wolf and the fox | 5 | 778 |
| 137 | The three black princesses | 5 | 788 |
| 028 | The Singing Bone | 5 | 801 |
| 183 | The giant and the tailor | 5 | 801 |
| 196 | Old Rinkrank | 5 | 819 |
| 035 | The Tailor in Heaven | 5 | 834 |
| 128 | The lazy spinner | 5 | 853 |
| 038 | The Wedding of Mrs Fox | 5 | 855 |
| 098 | Doctor Know-all | 5 | 867 |
| 174 | The owl | 6 | 894 |
| 068 | The Thief and His Master | 6 | 903 |
| 142 | Simeli mountain | 6 | 907 |
| 062 | The Queen Bee | 6 | 910 |
| 010 | The Pack of Ragamuffins | 6 | 912 |
| 048 | Old Sultan | 6 | 919 |
| 175 | The moon | 6 | 926 |
| 102 | The willow-wren and the bear | 6 | 976 |
| 123 | The old woman in the wood | 6 | 979 |
| 077 | Clever Gretel | 6 | 999 |
| 025 | The Seven Ravens | 7 | 1,000 |
| 033 | The Three Languages | 7 | 1,004 |
| 014 | The Three Spinners | 7 | 1,009 |
| 069 | Jorinda and Joringel | 7 | 1,010 |
| 051 | Foundling Bird (Fundevogel) | 7 | 1,014 |
| 157 | The sparrow and his four children | 7 | 1,015 |
| 070 | The three children of fortune | 7 | 1,042 |
| 002 | Cat and Mouse in Partnership | 7 | 1,051 |
| 206 | The three green twigs | 7 | 1,051 |
| 182 | The little folks' presents | 7 | 1,055 |
| 164 | Lazy Harry | 7 | 1,068 |
| 063 | The Three Feathers | 7 | 1,073 |
| 082 | Gambling Hansel | 7 | 1,075 |
| 005 | The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats | 7 | 1,114 |
| 119 | The Seven Swabians | 7 | 1,119 |
| 067 | The Twelve Huntsmen | 8 | 1,124 |
| 032 | Clever Hans | 8 | 1,126 |
| 008 | The Wonderful Musician | 8 | 1,126 |
| 197 | The crystal ball | 8 | 1,139 |
| 118 | The three army-surgeons | 8 | 1,148 |
| 188 | The spindle, the shuttle, and the needle | 8 | 1,163 |
| 151a | The twelve idle servants | 8 | 1,170 |
| 055 | Rumpelstiltskin | 8 | 1,179 |
| 022 | The Riddle | 8 | 1,203 |
| 201 | St. Joseph in the forest | 8 | 1,225 |
| 171 | The willow-wren | 8 | 1,234 |
| 024 | Mother Hulda | 8 | 1,253 |
| 044 | Godfather Death | 8 | 1,254 |
| 120 | The three apprentices | 8 | 1,258 |
| 146 | The turnip | 8 | 1,290 |
| 185 | The poor boy in the grave | 9 | 1,327 |
| 125 | The devil and his grandmother | 9 | 1,332 |
| 100 | The Devil's sooty brother | 9 | 1,342 |
| 114 | The cunning little tailor | 9 | 1,357 |
| 026 | Little Red Cap | 9 | 1,361 |
| 144 | The donkey | 9 | 1,363 |
| 050 | Sleeping Beauty | 9 | 1,374 |
| 040 | The Robber Bridegroom | 9 | 1,392 |
| 027 | The Bremen Town Musicians | 9 | 1,394 |
| 191 | The sea-hare | 9 | 1,397 |
| 039 | The Elves (and the Shoemaker) | 9 | 1,399 |
| 058 | The Dog and the Sparrow | 9 | 1,412 |
| 034 | Clever Else | 10 | 1,455 |
| 046 | Fitcher's Bird | 10 | 1,458 |
| 187 | The hare and the hedgehog | 10 | 1,458 |
| 095 | Old Hildebrand | 10 | 1,470 |
| 094 | The peasant's wise daughter | 10 | 1,484 |
| 106 | The poor miller's boy and the cat | 10 | 1,487 |
| 096 | The three little birds | 10 | 1,503 |
| 178 | Master Pfriem (Master Cobbler's Awl) | 10 | 1,505 |
| 056 | Roland | 10 | 1,508 |
| 016 | The Three Snake Leaves | 10 | 1,530 |
| 199 | The boots of buffalo-leather | 10 | 1,530 |
| 133 | The shoes that were danced to pieces | 10 | 1,532 |
| 195 | The grave-mound | 10 | 1,544 |
| 001 | The Frog King or Iron Henry | 10 | 1,561 |
| 135 | The white bride and the black one | 11 | 1,654 |
| 017 | The White Snake | 11 | 1,665 |
| 012 | Rapunzel | 11 | 1,694 |
| 104 | Wise folks | 11 | 1,699 |
| 052 | King Thrushbeard | 11 | 1,702 |
| 064 | The Golden Goose | 11 | 1,710 |
| 129 | The four skilful brothers | 12 | 1,764 |
| 045 | Thumbling's Travels (Thumbling as Journeyman) | 12 | 1,768 |
| 087 | The poor man and the rich man | 12 | 1,798 |
| 116 | The blue light | 12 | 1,866 |
| 076 | The pink (Carnation) | 12 | 1,875 |
| 007 | The Good Bargain | 12 | 1,899 |
| 110 | The jew among thorns | 12 | 1,910 |
| 099 | The spirit in the glass bottle | 12 | 1,911 |
| 091 | The gnome | 13 | 1,926 |
| 169 | The hut in the forest | 13 | 1,955 |
| 003 | Our Lady's Child | 13 | 1,965 |
| 085 | The gold-children | 13 | 1,993 |
| 198 | Maid Maleen | 14 | 2,065 |
| 126 | Ferdinand the faithful | 14 | 2,068 |
| 101 | Bearskin | 14 | 2,072 |
| 013 | The Three Little Men in the Wood | 14 | 2,115 |
| 108 | Hans-my-Hedgehog | 14 | 2,117 |
| 071 | Six soldiers of fortune | 14 | 2,118 |
| 049 | The Six Swans | 14 | 2,145 |
| 083 | Hans in luck | 14 | 2,145 |
| 009 | The Twelve Brothers | 14 | 2,152 |
| 061 | The Little Peasant | 14 | 2,180 |
| 089 | The goose girl | 15 | 2,222 |
| 121 | The king's son who feared nothing | 15 | 2,234 |
| 181 | The nixe of the mill-pond | 15 | 2,234 |
| 065 | All Kinds of Fur (Allerleirauh) | 15 | 2,237 |
| 127 | The iron stove | 15 | 2,258 |
| 093 | The raven | 16 | 2,346 |
| 037 | Thumbling (Tom Thumb) | 16 | 2,362 |
| 097 | The water of life | 16 | 2,383 |
| 054 | The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn | 16 | 2,410 |
| 088 | The singing, springing lark | 16 | 2,415 |
| 031 | The Girl Without Hands | 16 | 2,432 |
| 163 | The glass coffin | 17 | 2,454 |
| 011 | The Brother and Sister | 17 | 2,469 |
| 111 | The skilful huntsman | 17 | 2,511 |
| 161 | Snow-White and Rose-Red | 17 | 2,518 |
| 092 | The king of the golden mountain | 17 | 2,522 |
| 130 | One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes | 18 | 2,698 |
| 059 | Frederick and Catherine | 18 | 2,706 |
| 166 | Strong Hans | 18 | 2,710 |
| 029 | The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs | 18 | 2,720 |
| 186 | The true bride | 19 | 2,735 |
| 021 | Cinderella | 19 | 2,763 |
| 122 | Donkey cabbages | 19 | 2,785 |
| 134 | The six servants | 19 | 2,872 |
| 015 | Hansel and Gretel | 20 | 2,947 |
| 165 | The griffin | 20 | 2,975 |
| 019 | The Fisherman and His Wife | 20 | 3,005 |
| 047 | The Almond Tree (Juniper Tree) | 20 | 3,042 |
| 192 | The master-thief | 21 | 3,117 |
| 090 | The young giant | 22 | 3,153 |
| 053 | Snow White | 22 | 3,173 |
| 057 | The Golden Bird | 22 | 3,211 |
| 006 | Faithful John | 22 | 3,212 |
| 136 | Iron John | 22 | 3,301 |
| 020 | The Gallant Tailor (Seven at One Blow) | 23 | 3,396 |
| 113 | The two kings' children | 24 | 3,582 |
| 193 | The drummer | 27 | 3,926 |
| 036 | The Wishing Table, the Gold Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack | 27 | 3,945 |
| 004 | The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was | 27 | 4,024 |
| 179 | The goose-girl at the well | 27 | 4,025 |
| 081 | Brother Lustig | 29 | 4,319 |
| 107 | The two travellers | 29 | 4,344 |
| 060 | The Two Brothers | 60 | 8,647 |
