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