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One Hundred Favorite Folktales

Stith Thompson

First published 1968
Publisher Indiana University Press
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art William Nicoll
Pages xiv+440
Price $12.50

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Three Billy-Goats Gruff Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
2 The Ingrates Domenico Comparetti Short Story
3 John the Bear Emmanuel Cosquin Short Story
8 The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
14 The Castle of No Return A. M. Espinosa Short Story
19 The Danced-Out Shoes A. N. Afanasief Short Story
21 The Maiden in the Tower Léon Pineau Short Story
24 How the Devil Married Three Sisters Georg Widter & Adam Wolf Short Story
26 The White Cat Emmanuel Cosquin Short Story
30 The Little Gardener with Golden Hair Paul Sébillot Short Story
36 Anpu and Bata Battiscombe Gunn Short Story
45 The Doctor and His Pupil Paul Delarue Short Story
48 A Tale of a Boy Who Set Out to Learn Fear Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
55 Haensel and Gretel Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
62 Boots and the Troll Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
66 The Master-Smith Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
72 The Child Sold to the Devil P.-M. Lavenot Short Story
73 Godfather Death Waldemar Liungman Short Story
76 Little Red Riding-Hood Charles Perrault Short Story
78 Maid Lena Svend Grundtvig Short Story
88 The Three Princesses of Whiteland Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
93 The Frog Princess A. N. Afanasief Short Story
97 The White Bride and the Black Bride G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius & George Stephens Short Story
103 The Three Citrons Giambattista Basile Short Story
111 Sleeping Beauty Waldemar Liungman Short Story
113 East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
122 King Bean Dom. Giuseppe Bernoni Short Story
127 King Lindorm Waldemar Liungman Short Story
128 The Frog King Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
132 Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka Aleksandr Afanas'ev Short Story
135 The Six Swans Waldemar Liungman Short Story
137 The Rich Man and His Son-in-Law Waldemar Liungman Short Story
143 The Animal Wife R. M. Dawkins Short Story
147 Friends in Life and Death Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
150 The Two Step-Sisters Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
158 Tom Tit Tot Joseph Jacobs Short Story
162 The Three Aunts Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
166 The Hunchback's Gift T. Crofton Croker Short Story
170 The Princess Who Was Rescued from Slavery Waldemar Liungman Short Story
173 The Hearth-Cat Consiglieri Pedroso Short Story
177 Katie Woodencloak Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
188 One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
194 The Self-Propelled Carriage Louis Queyrat Short Story
199 Faithful John Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
205 The Princess on the Glass Hill Peter Christen Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
215 The Servant Who Took the Place of His Master R. M. Dawkins Short Story
221 The Goose-Girl Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
226 Lord Peter Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
231 The Gold Bird Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
237 The Well at the World's End Patrick Kennedy Short Story
241 The Goldfish A. N. Afanasief Short Story
244 The Grateful Animals and the Talisman R. M. Dawkins Short Story
248 The Ass That Lays Money Gherardo Nerucci Short Story
251 Two Out of the Sack A. N. Afanasief Short Story
254 Horns A. N. Afanasief Short Story
256 The Magic Bird R. M. Dawkins Short Story
258 The King's Hares Peter Asbjørnsen Short Story
265 The Lamb with the Golden Fleece János Kriza Short Story
267 The Blue Belt Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
278 True and Untrue Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
283 The Louse Skin Evald Tang Kristensen Short Story
286 The Young Giant Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
292 The Miller's Four Sons Paul Sébillot Short Story
297 The Speedy Messenger A. N. Afanasief Short Story
303 The Language of Animals Konstantin Pavlof Short Story
306 The Three Languages Domenico Comparetti Short Story
308 The Lazy Boy Svend Grundtvig Short Story
310 Tom Thumb Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
314 The Armless Maiden A. N. Afanas'ev Short Story
319 The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird Giuseppe Pitrè Short Story
326 Snow-White Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
334 The Juniper Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
342 The Poor and the Rich Kurt Ranke Short Story
343 The Greater Sinner Elpiníki Stamouli-Sarantí Short Story
344 The Singing Bone Vittorio Imbriani Short Story
345 The Princess Who Wanted to Solve Riddles A. N. Afanasief Short Story
347 The Princess in the Earth Cave Waldemar Liungman Short Story
350 The Clever Peasant Girl Domenico Comparetti Short Story
353 The King Who Wanted a Beautiful Wife Laura Gonzenbach Short Story
355 The Crumb in the Beard Carolina Coronedi-Berti Short Story
359 The Three Words of Advice R. M. Dawkins Short Story
362 The King and the Bishop Evald Tang Kristensen Short Story
363 Intelligence and Luck Karel Erben Short Story
366 The Treasure Chamber of Rhampsinitus Herodotus Short Story
369 The Anger Bargain Evald Tang Kristensen Short Story
377 Polyphemus, the Cyclops Homer Short Fiction
384 Gudbrand on the Hillside Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
388 Clever Elsie and Her Companions Dom. Giuseppe Bernoni Short Story
391 The Master Thief J. F. Campbell Short Story
395 Shemiaka the Judge A. N. Afanasief Short Story
397 Little Claus and Big Claus Hans Christian Andersen Short Story
408 The Man from Paradise Paul Sébillot Short Story
409 The Just Reward A. N. Afanasief Short Story
410 The Brave Little Tailor Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
418 Crab Isaia Visentini Short Story
420 Salt A. N. Afanasief Short Story
423 Peter Ox Svend Grundtvig Short Story
428 "What Should I Have Said?" A. N. Afanasief Short Story
429 "Is He Fat?" Sidney Oldall Addy Short Story
430 The Pancake Peter Asbjørnsen Short Story
xi Foreward (One Hundred Favorite Folktales) Stith Thompson Essay