Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales [Complete List]

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Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: The Complete List

1. The Frog Prince
2. Cat and Mouse in Partnership
3. Mary’s Child
4. The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
5. The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats
6. Faithful John
7. The Good Bargain
8. The Wonderful Musician
9. The Twelve Brothers
10. The Pack of Ragamuffins
11. Little Brother and Little Sister
12. Rapunzel
13. The Three Little Men in the Woods
14. The Three Spinners
15. Hansel and Gretel
16. The Three Snake-Leaves
17. The White Snake
18. The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
19. The Fisherman and His Wife
20. The Brave Little Tailor
21. Cinderella
22. The Riddle
23. The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
24. Mother Holle
25. The Seven Ravens
26. Little Red Riding Hood
27. The Bremen Town Musicians
28. The Singing Bone
29. The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
30. The Louse and The Flea
31. The Girl Without Hands
32. Clever Hans
33. The Three Languages
34. Clever Elsie
35. The Tailor in Heaven
36. Wishing Table, Gold Ass, and Cudgel in the Sack
37. Thumbling
38. The Wedding of Mrs. Fox
39. The Elves and the Shoemaker
40. The Robber Bridegroom
41. Herr Korbes
42. The Godfather
43. Mother Trudy
44. Godfather Death
45. Thumbling’s Travels
46. Fitcher’s Bird
47. The Juniper Tree
48. Old Sultan
49. The Six Swans
50. Sleeping Beauty
51. Fundevogel
52. King Thrushbeard
53. Snow White
54. The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn
55. Rumpelstiltskin
56. Sweetheart Roland
57. The Golden Bird
58. The Dog and the Sparrow
59. Frederick and Catherine
60. The Two Brothers
61. The Little Peasant
62. The Queen Bee
63. The Three Feathers
64. The Golden Goose
65. All-Kinds-Of-Fur
66. The Hare’s Bride
67. The Twelve Huntsmen
68. The Thief and His Master
69. Jorinde and Joringel
70. The Three Children of Fortune
71. How Six Men Got On in the World
72. The Wolf and the Man
73. The Wolf and the Fox
74. The Fox and His Cousin
75. The Fox and the Cat
76. The Pink
77. Clever Grethel
78. The Old Man and His Grandson
79. The Water Nixie
80. The Death of the Little Hen
81. Brother Lustig
82. Gambling Hansel
83. Hans in Luck
84. Hans Married
85. The Gold-Children
86. The Fox and the Geese
87. The Poor Man and the Rich Man
88. The Singing, Springing Lark
89. The Goose Girl
90. The Young Giant
91. The Gnome
92. The King of the Golden Mountain
93. The Raven
94. The Peasant’s Clever Daughter
95. Old Hildebrand
96. The Three Little Birds
97. The Water of Life
98. Dr. Know-All
99. The Spirit in the Bottle
100. The Devil’s Sooty Brother
101. Bearskin
102. The Willow-Wren and the Bear
103. Sweet Porridge
104. Wise Folks
105. Stories about Snakes
106. The Poor Miller’s Boy and the Cat
107. The Two Travellers
108. Hans the Hedgehog
109. The Little Shroud
110. The Jew among Thorns
111. The Skillful Huntsman
112. The Flail from Heaven
113. The Two Kings’ Children
114. The Cunning Little Tailor
115. The Bright Sun Brings It to Light
116. The Blue Light
117. The Willful Child
118. The Three Army Surgeons
119. The Seven Swabians
120. The Three Apprentices
121. The King’s Son Who Feared Nothing
122. Donkey Cabbages
123. The Old Woman in the Wood
124. The Three Brothers
125. The Devil and His Grandmother
126. Ferdinand the Faithful
127. The Iron Stove
128. The Lazy Spinner
129. The Four Skillful Brothers
130. One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes
131. Fair Katrinelje and Pif Paf Poltrie
132. The Fox and the Horse
133. The Shoes that Were Danced to Pieces
134. The Six Servants
135. The White Bride and the Black One
136. Iron John
137. The Three Black Princesses
138. Knoist and His Three Sons
139. The Maid of Brakel
140. Domestic Servants
141. The Lambkin and the Little Fish
142. Simeli Mountain
143. Going Travelling
144. The Donkey
145. The Ungrateful Son
146. The Turnip
147. The Old Man Made Young Again
148. The Lord’s Animals and the Devil’s
149. The Beam
150. The Old Beggar Woman
151. The Three Sluggards / 151a The Twelve Idle Servants
152. The Shepherd Boy
153. The Star Money
154. The Stolen Farthings
155. Looking for a Bride
156. Odds and Ends
157. The Sparrow and His Four Children
158. The Story of Schlauraffen Land [The Tale of Cockaigne]
159. The Ditmarsh Tale of Wonders
160. A Riddling Tale
161. Snow White and Rose Red
162. The Wise Servant
163. The Glass Coffin
164. Lazy Harry
165. The Griffin
166. Strong Hans
167. The Peasant in Heaven
168. Lean Lisa
169. The Hut in the Forest
170. Sharing Joy and Sorrow
171. The Willow-Wren
172. The Sole [The Flounder]
173. The Bittern and Hoopoe
174. The Owl
175. The Moon
176. The Duration of Life
177. Death’s Messengers
178. Master Pfriem
179. The Goose-Girl at the Well
180. Eve’s Various Children
181. The Nixie of the Mill-Pond
182. The Little Folks’ Presents
183. The Giant and the Tailor
184. The Nail
185. The Poor Boy in the Grave
186. The True Sweetheart [The True Bride]
187. The Hare and the Hedgehog
188. The Spindle, the Shuttle, and the Needle
189. The Peasant and the Devil
190. The Crumbs on the Table
191. The Sea Hare
192. The Master Thief
193. The Drummer
194. The Ear of Corn
195. The Grave Mound
196. Old Rinkrank
197. The Crystal Ball
198. Maid Maleen
199. The Boot of Buffalo Leather
200. The Golden Key

About this list

This list is the complete list of fairy tales from the last (1857) edition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. The original fairy tales were collected in German, and many titles have multiple English translations. I chose the most commonly used titles.

Example: The first story is originally called ‘The Frog King, or Iron Henry.’ However, in English, this fairy tale is better known as ‘The Frog Prince,’ so I went with the latter.

About the Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm are the German brothers Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, who became famous for their collection of fairy tales (Grimm’s Fairy Tales). They lived during the early 19^th century and worked as librarians and university professors. They collected and published over 200 folktales and fairy tales from various oral and written sources.

The brothers did not have an easy life and knew what it was to have little. They had to provide for their mother and siblings for much of their life.

Even so, Wilhelm once wrote: “We five people eat only three portions and only once a day.“

Wilhelm married later in life with Henriette Dorothea Wild, and Jacob kept living with them. They had no children.

Besides their collection of fairy tales, they also published other works about the German language and its history.

About the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales

From the first big edition in 1812/1815 until the last big edition in 1857, the brothers worked on their ‘Children and Household Tales,’ better known as Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

They collected these fairy tales from many different people. Most of these tales were told, but some came from written sources.

Among the people telling them stories were complete families, soldiers, maids, and even Wilhelm’s later wife, Dorothea Wild. Usually, these people visited them, and occasionally they also traveled to collect stories.

They started out trying to stay as close to the ‘original’ as possible. However, in later editions, many tales were heavily edited (mainly by Wilhelm). They made them more suitable for children, which also meant they could more easily earn some money selling their collection.

Example: In the first edition, Rapunzel is made pregnant by the prince. In the last edition, there is no notion of pregnancy.

All Questions Answered

Sources for this article

• Brothers Grimm – Various authors on Wikipedia
• Grimm Brothers’ Home Page – D. L. Ashliman
• The Hard Facts of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales: Expanded Edition – M. Tatar (link to Amazon)
• The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition – J. Grimm, W. Grimm, J. Zipes (link to Amazon)
• Household Tales by Brothers Grimm – J. Grimm, W. Grimm

💡 Check out The Brothers Grimm Society of North America for more about the Brothers Grimm and their fairy tales.

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