The Big Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales Animals List

Looking for fairy tales about animals? On this page you will find ALL Animals that have a role in the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (now 42% complete).

At the bottom of this page I explain the choices I made in building this list. If that interests you, go directly to the bottom by clicking here.

All Animals in the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales:

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Bear

• The Wedding of Mrs. Fox
• Wishing Table, Gold Ass and Cudgel in the Sack

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Bee

• The Queen Bee
• Wishing Table, Gold Ass and Cudgel in the Sack

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Bird

• Cinderella
• Fitcher’s Bird
• Fundevogel
• Hansel and Gretel
• The Brave Little Tailor
• The Golden Bird
• The Juniper Tree
• The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage
• The Three Languages

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Cat

• Cat and Mouse in Partnership
• Herr Korbes
• Old Sultan
• The Bremen Town Musicians
• The Fox and the Cat
• The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
• The Wedding of Mrs. Fox

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Chicken

• Herr Korbes
• Mother Holle
• The Beam
• The Bremen Town Musicians
• The Pack of Ragamuffins
• Thumbling’s Travels

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Cow

• Clever Hans
• The Flail from Heaven
• Thumbling
• Thumbling’s Travels

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Crow

• The Hare’s Bride

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Deer

• Little Brother and Little Sister
• The Girl Without Hands
• The Wedding of Mrs. Fox

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Dog

• Frederick and Catherine
• Old Sultan
• Sleeping Beauty
• The Bremen Town Musicians
• The Dog and the Sparrow
• The Fox and His Cousin
• The Fox and the Cat
• The Good Bargain
• The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage
• The Three Languages

Here you can find a special page about fairy tales with dogs.

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Donkey

• The Bremen Town Musicians
• Wishing Table, Gold Ass and Cudgel in the Sack

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Dove

• Cinderella
• The Three Languages

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Duck

• Fundevogel
• Hansel and Gretel
• Herr Korbes
• Sweetheart Roland
• The Pack of Ragamuffins
• The Queen Bee
• The Three Little Men in the Woods
• The White Snake

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Fish

• The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
• The White Snake

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Flea

• The Louse and The Flea

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Flounder

• The Fisherman and His Wife

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Fly

• Sleeping Beauty
• The Brave Little Tailor

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Fox

• The Fox and His Cousin
• The Fox and the Cat
• The Fox and the Geese
• The Fox and the Horse
• The Golden Bird
• The Hare’s Bride
• The Wedding of Mrs. Fox
• The Wolf and the Man
• The Wonderful Musician
• Thumbling’s Travels

Here you can find a special page about fairy tales with a fox.

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Frog

• Sleeping Beauty
• The Frog Prince
• The Good Bargain
• The Three Languages

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Goat

• Clever Hans
• The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats
• Wishing Table, Gold Ass and Cudgel in the Sack

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Goose

• The Fox and the Geese

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Hare

• Knoist and His Three Sons
• The Hare’s Bride
• The Wedding of Mrs. Fox
• The Wonderful Musician

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Horse

• Faithful John
• Sleeping Beauty
• The Dog and the Sparrow
• The Fox and the Horse
• The Golden Bird
• The Riddle
• Thumbling

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Lion

• The Fox and the Horse
• The Wedding of Mrs. Fox

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Louse

• The Louse and The Flea

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Mouse

• Cat and Mouse in Partnership
• Herr Korbes
• The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Pig

• Old Sultan
• Snow White
• The Brave Little Tailor
• The Singing Bone

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Pigeon

• Cinderella
• Sleeping Beauty

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Raven

• Faithful John
• The Riddle
• The Seven Ravens
• The Twelve Brothers
• The White Snake

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Sparrow

• The Dog and the Sparrow

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Swan

• The Six Swans

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Toad

• The Ungrateful Son

Grimm Fairy Tales with an Unicorn

• The Brave Little Tailor

Grimm Fairy Tales with a Wolf

• Little Red Riding Hood
• Old Sultan
• The Fox and His Cousin
• The Wedding of Mrs. Fox
• The Wolf and the Man
• The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats
• The Wonderful Musician
• Thumbling

Here you can find a special page about fairy tales with a wolf.

About The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales Animals List

Criteria for including an animal

I chose to include an animal only when it has an active role in the fairy tale. The easiest way to explain this is with this table:

excluded from the list	included in the list
a horse that is only used as transportation	a horse that is killed or speaks
a fox who just happens to be part of the scenery	a fox that plays an active role in the fairy tale

Bird / Raven

In a lot of fairy tales you’ll find a ‘bird’. But what kind of bird? Nobody knows. In other fairy tales the kind of bird is mentioned (a raven, a chicken, a pigeon etc.)

To not overly complicate the list I have chosen to include fairy tales only under one heading. So ‘bird’ only under ‘bird’, chicken only under ‘chicken’, raven only under ‘raven’ etc.

Rooster / Hen / Chicken

In some fairy tales you’ll find a rooster, in others a hen. In this list I have chosen not to include the animals by gender. So the fairy tales with a rooster you find only under the heading ‘chicken’, and the fairy tales with a hen you also find only under the heading ‘chicken’.

Roe buck / Roe deer / Deer

I made some judgement calls. There is a fairy tale with a ‘roe buck’. It could be listed under ‘roe deer’ but I chose the bigger family of ‘deer’.

Work in progress

This list is a work in progress. Right now it is 42% finished. As I keep adding more of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, it automatically updates itself.

Enjoyed reading about these fairy tale animals? Check out the Brothers Grimm fairy tale characters list.

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