My Sources for Tales
This page is where I share the sources I use in creating my fairy tale videos. First up I will share some frequent books and websites I use. Following that is a list of all the tales I've told so far, with sources for each. I will update this list as I share stories on my socials.*
*Keeping this list up to date has proved very difficult! So I am now trying to share my sources in the videos themselves as well as captions and descriptions.
*Keeping this list up to date has proved very difficult! So I am now trying to share my sources in the videos themselves as well as captions and descriptions.
Frequently Used Sources:
General:
Brothers Grimm:
Hans Christian Andersen:
Andrew Lang (and Leonora Lang): The Fairy Books, via Gutenberg.org
African American Tales:
Asian Tales
Jewish Tales:
Russian tales:
Various European tales:
Most of these you can find through my collection on Bookshop.org!
- The Internet Archive: Bless these people! Donate when you can!
- Project Gutenberg: Great for the public domain texts. You can donate there too!
Brothers Grimm:
- The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, translated by Jack Zipes (2014) - Bookshop.org
- Grimms' Complete Fairy Tales: Barnes and Noble Collectible Editions (1997) - Barnes and Noble
Hans Christian Andersen:
- Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories, translated by Erik Christian Haugaard (1983)
- The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Maria Tatar (2007) - Amazon.com
Andrew Lang (and Leonora Lang): The Fairy Books, via Gutenberg.org
African American Tales:
- The Annotated African American Folktales, collected by Henry Louis Gates and Maria Tatar (2017)
- Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales, collected by Virginia Hamilton (1995)
- The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, collected by Virginia Hamilton (1993)
Asian Tales
- Why the Piña Has 100 Eyes and Other Classic Philippine Tales About Fruit (Phillipines)
- Yaganita Kunio Guide to the Japanese Folktale, edited and translated by Fanny Hagin Mayer (Indiana University Press)
Jewish Tales:
- Elijah's Violin and Other Jewish Fairy Tales, translated by Howard Schwartz (1994)
- Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook, collected by Jane Yolen (2020)
- Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural, translated by Howard Schwartz (1991) - Amazon.com
Russian tales:
- Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals, by Pavel Bazhov (2002 reprint)
- Russian Fairy Tales (Illustrated), by Alexander Afanasyev and Ivan Bilibin (2012 reprint)
Various European tales:
- Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain and Ireland, by Kevin Crossley-Holland and Frances Castle (2019)
- The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe, translated by Tiina Nunnally (2019)
- Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (2007 reprint)
- The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, translated by W. Heath Robinson (2020)
- Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts, collected and/or translated by D. L. Ashliman
- The Island of Happiness: Tales of Madame d'Aulnoy, edited by Natalie Frank, and translated by Jack Zipes
- The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa (2016)
Most of these you can find through my collection on Bookshop.org!
Past Tales Told - this list is way out of date!
But I keep playlists of past tales on YouTube and TikTok.
- 12/18 - 12/25 Eight Nights of Jewish Fairy Tales - sources are cited in the videos!
- 12/5/2022 The Yule Buck and the Girl (80 Folktales series) - FolkloreThursday
- 12/1/2022 Tatterhood (Asbjørnsen & Moe)
- 11/28/2022 The Battle of the Mountains (80 Folktales series) - Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- 11/23/2022 Whuppity Stoorie (Ashliman)
- 11/21/2022 Legend of the Hummingbird (80 Folktales series) - Pura Belpré
- 11/17/2022 Thumbelina (Andersen)
- 11/14/2022 The Cat Who Became Queen (80 Folktales series) - Indian Folk Tales (Ness)
- 10/31/2022 The Fall of the House of Usher (Poe)
- 10/27/2022 The Monkey's Paw (Jacobs)
- 10/19/2022 Florinda (80 Folktales) - Cinderella Tales from Around the World
- 10/13/2022 Bogeyman tales - the Boto-Man, the Jersey Devil, and Black Annis
- 10/12/2022 Puteri Walinong Sari (80 Folktales series) - Legendary Princesses of Malaysia
- 10/6/2022 The Demon in the Tree (Schwartz)
- 10/5/2022 The Poor Man and His Wife of Wood (80 Folktales series) - African Myths and Legends
- 9/29/2022 The Mermaid Who Laughed Three Times - Folk and Fairy Tales from Denmark
- 9/28/2022 The Wolf and the Raven (80 Folktales series) - Latvian Folktales
- 9/22/2022 Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse - English Fairy Tales (Jacobs)
- 9/15/2022 Hiddensee Island (Germany) - Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles
- 9/8/2022 Boitata legend (Brazil - Folklore with Friends series)
- 9/1/2022 Lean Lisa/Hans Trina (Grimm)
- 8/24/2022 Crow, The (Poland - Lang)
- 8/20/2022 Kate Crackernuts (Scotland) - Sacred Texts
- 8/13/2022 Maria Morevna (Russia)
- 8/10/2022 Bony-Legs (Russia) - Ashliman translation
- 8/8 Vasilisa the Beautiful (Russia)
- 8/3/2022 Tinderbox, the (Andersen)
- 7/31/2022 StruwelPeter (Hoffman) - Gutenberg.org
- 7/25/2022 Three Little Pigs (English) - Ashliman
- 7/23/2022 Cannetella (Basile)
- 7/17/2022 Three Snake Leaves (Grimm)
- 7/14/2022 Boy Who Cried Wolf, The (Aesop)
- 6/30/2022 Young Woman/Young Man (Lang, adapted by Cosbrarian)
- 6/23/2022 Silver-Tree and Gold Tree (English - Jacobs) - Sacred Texts
- 6/15/2022 Ugly Duckling, The (Andersen)
- 6/8/2022 Happy Prince, The (Wilde)
- 6/2/2022 Rumpelstiltskin (Grimm)
- 5/30/2022 Why the Mango is Shaped Like a Heart (Philippines)
- 5/28/2022 Buried Arm, The (Philippines)
- 5/27/2022 Why the PIna Has 100 Eyes (Philippines)
- 5/22/2022 Five Chinese Brothers/Ten Brothers (China)
- 5/15/2022 Wife of the Dragon Palace, The (Japan - Kunio)
- 5/13/2022 Pirate Princess, The (Jewish - Schwartz)
- 5/8/2022 Story of a Mother, The (Andersen)
- 5/4/2022 Man Make Fly (Marshallese - Pacific Island legends : tales from Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Australia, via Archive.org)
- 5/1/2022 Kuzunoha (Japan - "Magic Fox of Japan")
- 4/23/2022 Cap O'Rushes (England) - Sacred Texts
- 4/20/2022 Prince and the Pauper, The (Dickens) - via Gutenberg.org
- 4/10/2022 Maiden and the Unicorn, The (Scotland) - Folk Tales of the Moor and Mountain
- 4/6/2022 Cantuña and the Devil (Ecuador) - "The Story of Cantuna and the Devil"
- 4/2/22 Red Shoes, The (Andersen)
- 3/18/22 White Cat, The (d'Aulnoy)
- 3/4/22 Wonder Tales of the Baltic Wizards (Baltic) - Baltic Tales
- 2/16/2022 Snow Queen, The (Andersen)
- 2/14/2022 Robber Bridegroom (Grimm)
- 2/3/2022 The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Terror (China) - StoryMuseum.org
- 2/3/2022 Tiger and the Dried Persimmon (Korea) - National Folk Museum of Korea
- 2/1/2022 Cat and Rat of the Zodiac (China) - adapted from Ed Young's version
- 1/28/2022 Frau Holle (Grimm)
- 1/25/2022 Ivan and the Chestnut Horse (Russia) - Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book
- 1/18/2022 Marriage of the Rat's Daughter (Japan - Lang)
- 1/14/2022 Three Ridiculous Wishes (France - Perrault)
- 1/11/2022 Cinderella - Little Saddleslut (Greek) - Ashliman
- 1/6/2022 Cinderella - Fair, Brown, and Trembling (Ireland) - Ashliman
- 1/4/2022 Cinderella - Grimm
- 12/30/2021 Cinderella - Naples, Cat Cinderella (Basile)
- 12/23/2021 Befana, the Italian Xmas Witch - Ottowa Italians
- 12/22/2021 Christmas Spider (Ukraine) - Wikipedia.org
- 12/20/2021 Gingerbread Man (American) - Ashliman
- 12/16/2021 Little Match Girl, The (Andersen)
- 12/12/2021 Gift of the Magi, The (Henry) - AmericanEnglish.state.gov
- 12/10/2021 St Nicholas and the Evil Butcher - Saint Nicholas Center
- Smee (Burrage) - The Paris Review
- 11/28/2021 Little Red Hen (American) - Google Books
- 11/26/2021 Beauty and the Beast (Literary - Madame de Villeneuve)
- 11/24/2021 Why the Sea is Salty (Norway) - Ashliman
- 11/24/2021 Water Mother, The (China)
- 11/24/2021 Sweet Porridge (Grimm)
- 11/18/2021 Bird, Mouse, and Sausage (Grimm)
- 11/12/2021 Three Bears, The (English - Eleanor Mure)
- 11/7/2021 Clam Wife, The (Japan - Kunio)
- 11/4/2021 Most Sensitive Woman (Italy)
- 11/4/2021 Three Fastidious Men (India - Ocean of Story)
- 11/4/2021 Princess and the Pea, The (Andersen)
- 10/28/2021 Cask of Amontillado (Poe Museum)
- 10/27/2021 Finger, The (Jewish - Schwartz)
- 10/25/2021 Zibirinis legend (Hungary)
- 10/25/2021 Skeleton lore (America)
- 10/21/2021 Yotsuya Kaidan (Japan)
- 10/15/2021 Godfather Death (Grimm)
- 10/11/2021 Tailypo (Appalachia)
- 10/8/2021 Adventures of a German Student/The Green Ribbon (Irving)
- 10/5/2021 La Ramee and the Phantom (France)
- 10/1/2021 Willful Child, The (Grimm)
- 9/29/2021 Story of Tấm and Cám, The (Vietnam)
- 9/24/2021 Malachite Casket, the (Ural Mountains)
- 9/17/2021 Ungrateful Son, the (Grimm)
- 9/14/2021 One Eyes Two Eyes Three Eyes (Grimm)
- 9/9/2021 Nightingale, The (Andersen)
- 9/1/2021 How Children Played at Slaughter (Grimm)
- 8/31/2021 Mistress of the Copper Mountain, the (Ural Mountains)
- 8/24/2021 Maiden with No Hands, The (Grimm)
- 8/13/2021 Flayed Old Woman, The (Basile)
- 8/9/2021 Ricky of the Tuft (Perrault)
- 8/8/2021 Girl Who Trod on a Loaf, The (Andersen)
- 8/7/2021 Goose Girl, The (Grimm)
- 8/1/2021 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Arthurian)
- 7/30/2021 Everyone Thinks Their Own Children Are Best (Asbjornsen and Moe)
- 7/25/2021 Red Riding Hood (Thurber)
- 7/24/2021 Red Riding Hood (Millien)
- 7/11/2021 Enchanted Snake, The (Lang)
- 7/10/2021 Singing Bone, the (Grimm)
- 7/5/2021 Seven Ravens, the (Grimm)
- 7/3/2021 Sleeping Beauty (Chinese myth)
- 7/1/2021 Sleeping Beauty (Perceforest)
- 6/23/2021 Sleeping Beauty (Basile)
- 6/19/2021 Sleeping Beauty (Perrault)
- 6/12/2021 Sleeping Beauty (Grimm)
- 6/8/2021 Pink, The (Grimm)
- 6/5/2021 Swineherd, The (Andersen)
- 5/31/2021 Six Swans, The (Grimm)
- 5/27/2021 Musicians of Bremen, The (Grimm)
- 5/24/2021 Molly Whuppie (Scotland)
- 4/29/2021 Butterfly, The (Andersen)
- 4/25/2021 Fitcher's Bird, The (Grimm)
- 4/19/2021 Selkie Myth (Ireland)
- 4/15/2021 Baker's Daughter, The (Ireland)
- 4/9/2021 12 Dancing Princesses, The (Grimm)
- 3/27/2021 Frog King, the (Grimm)
- 3/20/2021 Juniper Tree, The (Grimm)
- 3/14/2021 Strange Feast, The (Grimm)
- 3/12/2021 Little Mermaid, The (Andersen)
- 3/6/2021 Clever Elsie (Grimm)
- 3/3/2021 Snow White and Rose Red (Grimm)
- 3/1/2021 Rapunzel (Grimm)
- 2/27/2021 Faithful John (Grimm)
- 2/26/2021 Princess in Disguise (Grimm)