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West Europe
  Cinderella (France)                              3   (5)
  Beauty and the Beast (France)                    8   (16)
  Puss in Boots (France)                           24  (4)
  Blue Beard (France)                              28  (4)
  The White Cat (France)                           32  (13)
  Drakestail (France)                              45  (5)
  The Doctor and His Pupil (France)                50  (3)
  Snow-White (Germany)                             53  (8)
  The Brave Little Tailor (Germany)                61  (7)
  Ashenputtle (Germany)                            68  (7)
  Rapunzel (Germany)                               75  (3)
  The Devil's Three Gold Hairs (Germany)           78  (6)
  Darling Roland (Germany)                         84  (4)
  The Fisherman and His Wife (Germany)             88  (7)
  The Frog Prince (Germany)                        95  (3)
  The Goosegirl (Germany)                          98  (6)
  Tom Thumb (Germany)                              104 (5)
  The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (Germany)     109 (3)
  Little Red Riding Hood (Germany)                 112 (3)
  The Juniper Tree (Germany)                       115 (7)
  The Golden Goose (Germany)                       122 (4)
  Thousand-Furs (Germany)                          126 (5)
  Rumpelstiltskin (Germany)                        131 (3)
  Mother Holle (Germany)                           134 (3)
  Sleeping Beauty (Germany)                        137 (3)
  The Queen Bee (Germany)                          140 (2)
  The Bremen Town Musicians (Germany)              142 (3)
  Hansel and Gretel (Germany)                      145 (6)
  The Merman and the Farmer (Germany)              151 (1)
  Crab (Italy)                                     152 (2)
  Bastianelo (Italy)                               154 (3)
  The Cock and the Mouse (Italy)                   157 (1)
  The Thoughtless Abbot (Italy)                    158 (2)
  Don Demonio's Mother-in-law (Spain)              160 (6)
  Tonino and the Fairies (Spain)                   166 (4)
  I Ate the Loaf (Spain)                           170 (1)
  The Half-Chick (Spain)                           171 (3)
  A Legend of Saint Nicholas (Holland)             174 (3)
  The Hare and the Tortoise (Ancient Greece)       177 (1)
  The Fox and the Grapes (Ancient Greece)          178 (1)
  The Goose with the Golden Eggs (Ancient          178 (1)
  Greece)
  The Man, the Boy and the Donkey (Ancient         179 (1)
  Greece)
  Eros and Psyche (Ancient Greece)                 180 (6)
  The Twelve Months (Modern Greece)                186 (7)
British Isles
  Jack and the Beanstalk (England)                 193 (5)
  Jack the Giant-Killer (England)                  198 (9)
  Tom Tit Tot (England)                            207 (4)
  The Boggart (England)                            211 (1)
  Good and Bad News (England)                      212 (1)
  The Hand of Glory (England)                      213 (1)
  Lazy Jack (England)                              214 (2)
  Molly Whuppie (England)                          216 (3)
  Teeny-Tiny (England)                             219 (1)
  The Three Wishes (England)                       220 (1)
  Dick Whittington and His Cat (England)           221 (7)
  The Pied Piper (England)                         228 (3)
  Master of All Masters (England)                  231 (1)
  Munachar and Manachar (Ireland)                  232 (3)
  The Field of Boliauns (Ireland)                  235 (2)
  The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of          237 (10)
  Tricks (Ireland)
  The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin           247 (9)
  (Ireland)
  The Birth of Fin MacCoul (Ireland)               256 (8)
  Fin MacCoul and the Fenians of Erin in the       264 (6)
  Castle of Fear Dubh (Ireland)
  Black, Brown, and Gray (Ireland)                 270 (5)
  The Brownie of Blednock (Scotland)               275 (5)
  The Midwife (Scotland)                           280 (1)
  The Wee, Wee Mannie (Scotland)                   281 (2)
  The Cow on the Roof (Wales)                      283 (4)
Scandinavia and Northen Europe
  East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Norway)    287 (9)
  Boots and the Troll (Norway)                     296 (4)
  Gudbrand on the Hillside or What the Good Man    300 (4)
  Does Is Always Right (Norway)
  The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body           304 (6)
  (Norway)
  The Lad Who Went to the North Wind (Norway)      310 (3)
  The Master Thief (Norway)                        313 (13)
  The Three Billygoats Gruff (Norway)              326 (1)
  The Mastermaid (Norway)                          327 (13)
  Not a Pin to Choose Between Then (Norway)        340 (5)
  Princess on the Glass Hill (Norway)              345 (8)
  Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed (Norway)           353 (1)
  Why the Sea Is Salt (Norway)                     354 (4)
  The Tinderbox (Denmark)                          358 (6)
  Peter Bull (Denmark)                             364 (4)
  Maid Lena (Denmark)                              368 (9)
  The Old Woman and the Tramp or Nail Broth        377 (4)
  (Sweden)
  Salt and Bread (Sweden)                          381 (2)
  The Seal's Skin (Iceland)                        383 (1)
  The Pig-Headed Wife (Finland)                    384 (3)
  The Forest Bride (Finland)                       387 (7)
  God and the Devil Share the Harvest (Latvia)     394 (1)
  The Bul-Bul Bird (Latvia)                        395 (8)
East Europe
  The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship        403 (8)
  (Russia)
  The Baba Yaga (Russia)                           411 (3)
  The Firebird, the Horse of Power and the         414 (8)
  Princess Vasilissa (Russia)
  The Story of King Frost (Russia)                 422 (3)
  Prince Hedgehog (Russia)                         425 (3)
  Salt (Russia)                                    428 (10)
  The Treasure (Russia)                            438 (3)
  Woe (Russia)                                     441 (6)
  Clever Manka (Czechoslovakia)                    447 (5)
  Intelligence and Luck (Czechoslovakia)           452 (3)
  Czar Trojan's Ears (Yugoslavia)                  455 (2)
  A Stroke of Luck (Hungary)                       457 (2)
  It Could Always Be Worse (Yiddish)               459 (1)
  Chelm Justice (Yiddish)                          460 (1)
  Saint or Horse (Yiddish)                         461 (1)
  When Hershel Eats---(Yiddish)                    462 (5)
Middle East
  Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Arabian          467 (11)
  Nights)
  Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arabian          478 (7)
  Nights)
  The Fisherman and the Genie (Arabian Nights)     485 (3)
  The Donkey Driver and the Thief (Arabia)         488 (2)
  The Farmer and His Hired Help (Afghanistan)      490 (5)
  Don't Throw Stones from Not-Yours to Yours       495 (2)
  (Israel)
  The Three Hares (Turkey)                         497 (6)
Asia
  Momotaro or The Peach-Boy (Japan)                503 (3)
  The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings (Japan)     506 (3)
  The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue (Japan)         509 (3)
  The Tale of the Oki Islands (Japan)              512 (4)
  The Stonecutter (Japan)                          516 (3)
  The Wife's Portrait (Japan)                      519 (2)
  Urashima (Japan)                                 521 (2)
  The Magic Kettle (Japan)                         523 (3)
  A Taoist Priest (China)                          526 (2)
  Simple Wang (China)                              528 (3)
  Faithful Even in Death (China)                   531 (3)
  The Young Head of the Family (China)             534 (3)
  The Most Frugal of Men (China)                   537 (2)
  The Magic Brocade (China)                        539 (6)
  Planting a Pear Tree (China)                     545 (1)
  The Groom's Crimes (China)                       546 (1)
  A Clever Judge (China)                           547 (1)
  Money Makes Cares (China)                        548 (2)
  Drinking Companions (China)                      550 (4)
  The King's Favorit (China)                       554 (1)
  The Clever Thief (Korea)                         555 (3)
  The Tiger's Whisker (Korea)                      558 (3)
  Hats to Disappear with (Korea)                   561 (2)
  Why the Parrot Repeats Man's Words (Thailand)    563 (2)
  Mister Lazybones (Laos)                          565 (2)
  The Fisherman and the Gatekeeper (Burma)         567 (2)
  The Little Lizard's Sorrow (Vietnam)             569 (3)
  The Fly (Vietnam)                                572 (3)
  The Valiant Chattee-Maker (India)                575 (6)
  The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal (India)   581 (2)
  How the Raja's Son Won the Princess Labam        583 (9)
  (India)
  How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner       592 (1)
  (India)
  The Monkey and the Crocodile (India)             593 (2)
  Tit for Tat (India)                              595 (4)
The Pacific
  How Ma-ui Fished Up the Great Island (Hawaii)    599 (3)
  Why There Are No Tigers in Borneo (Indonesia)    602 (3)
  How Platypuses Came to Australia (Australia)     605 (3)
  The Bunyip (Australia)                           608 (5)
Africa
  Talk (Africa---Ashanti Trible)                   613 (2)
  Anansi's Hat-shaking Dance (Africa---Ashanti     615 (3)
  Tribe)
  Anansi and His Visitor, Turtle                   618 (2)
  (Africa---Ashanti Tribe)
  How Spider Obtained the Sky-God's Stories        620 (3)
  (Africa---Ashanti Tribe)
  Younde Goes to Town (West Africa)                623 (3)
  How Frog Lost His Tail (Africa---Sukuma Tribe)   626 (1)
  The Rubber Man (Africa---Hausa Tribe)            627 (4)
  The Origin of Death (Africa---Akamba Tribe)      631 (1)
  Man Chooses Death (Africa---Madagascar)          632 (1)
  The Woman and the Childre of the Sycamore        633 (1)
  Tree (Africa---Masai Tribe)
  The Wise Dog (Africa---Yoruba Tribe)             634 (4)
  The Hunter and His Magic Flute                   638 (4)
  (Africa---Yoruba Tribe)
  The Funeral of the Hyena's Mother                642 (2)
  (Africa---Yoruba Tribe)
  Oni and the Great Bird (Africa---Yoruba Tribe)   644 (5)
  The Wooden Spoon and the Whip                    649 (3)
  (Africa---Yoruba Tribe)
  Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise's Shell         652 (1)
  (Africa---Baila Tribe)
  The Fire on the Mountain (Ethiopia)              653 (4)
  Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky         657 (1)
  (Africa---Efik- Ibibio)
  A Tug-of-War (Africa---Fan Tribe)                658 (5)
North America
  People Who Could Fly (Black America)             663 (2)
  Baby in the Crib (Black American)                665 (1)
  The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story (Uncle Remus)       666 (2)
  Paul Bunyan's Cornstalk (Western United          668 (3)
  States)
  The Two Old Women's Bet (Southern United         671 (3)
  States)
  Jack in the Giants' Newground (Southern          674 (12)
  United States)
  Senor Coyote and the Dogs (Mexico)               686 (2)
  The Talking Cat (French Canada)                  688 (6)
  The Indian Cinderella (Canadian Indian)          694 (3)
  The Deserted Children (American Indian---Gros    697 (2)
  Ventre Tribe of Montana)
  The Girl Who Married a Ghost (American           699 (5)
  Indian---The Nisqualli Tribe of Southern
  Washington)
  The Lost Woman (American Indian---Blackfeet      704 (8)
  Tribe)
  The Theft of Fire (American Indian---Chippewa    712 (6)
  Tribe)
  Manabozho and His Toe (American Indian)          718 (1)
  The Raven Brings Light (Alaskan Indian)          719 (2)
  The Sedna Legend (Eskimo)                        721 (6)
Caribbean and West Indies
  The Magic Orange Tree (Haiti)                    727 (4)
  Greedy Mariani (Haiti)                           731 (3)
  Uncle Bouqui and Little Malice (Haiti)           734 (4)
  Bouki Rents a Horse (Haiti)                      738 (3)
  Anasi Play with Fire, Anasi Get Burned           741 (4)
  (Jamaica)
  How El Bizarron Fooled the Devil (Cuba)          745 (3)
  The Story of the Smart Parrot (Puerto Rico)      748 (5)
Central and South America
  How the Devil Constructed a Church (Hondurs)     753 (3)
  Three Magic Oranges (Costa Rica)                 756 (4)
  The Lucky Table (Costa Rica)                     760 (3)
  Brer Rabbit, Businessman (Costa Rica)            763 (4)
  The Search for the Magic Lake (Ecuador)          767 (7)
  The Deer and the Jaguar Share a House (Brazil)   774 (2)
  The Five Brothers (Chile)                        776 (5)
Index of Categories of Tales                       781 (8)
Index of Titles                                    789