Brother & Sister | Related Tales

The following tales are similar to the Brother and Sister fairy tale, AT-450. I have included the English language tales of this type which have been gathered by title by D. L. Ashliman in his A Guide to Folktales in the English Language. Sometimes I include tales of other classifications when I deem them relevant to the theme. The tales come from many cultures and are similar to the Bluebeard story in various ways. I have placed the tales in alphabetical order with bibliographic information and links to texts of the stories if a text is available on the internet.
Also look at Hansel and Gretel and its variants, a tale itself often called Brother and Sister.




A web version of this tale can be found at The Brother and Sister.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Kúnos, Ignácz. Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1913].

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Massignon, Genevieve, ed. Folktales of France. Jacqueline Hyland, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Ranke, Kurt, ed. Folktales of Germany. Lotte Baumann, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966.

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Dawkins, R. M., ed. and trans. More Greek Folktales. London: Clarendon Press, 1955.

A web version of this tale can be found at The Lambkin and the Little Fish.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987.
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A web version of this tale can be found at The Maiden from whose Head Pearls fell on combing herself.

This tale shares many traits with AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Pedroso, Consiglieri. Portuguese Folk-Tales. Folk Lore Society Publications, Vol. 9. Miss Henrietta Monteiro, translator. New York: Folk Lore Society Publications, 1882. 
[Reprinted: New York: Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1969.]
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Gonzenbach, Laura. Beautiful Angiola: The Great Treasury of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales Collected by Laura Gonzenbach. Jack Zipes, translator and editor. New York: Routledge, 2004.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.)
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A web version of this tale is at Nennillo and Nennella.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Basile, Giambattista. The Pentamerone. Benedetto Croce, translator. New York: Dutton, 1932. Day 5, Tale 8.

Basile, Giambattista. The Pentamerone, or The Story of StoriesJohn Edward Taylor, translator. London: David Bogue, 1850.

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Dawkins, R. M., ed. and trans. Modern Greek Folktales. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1953.

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Espinosa, Aurelio M. The Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest. J. Manuel Espinosa, ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985.
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A web version of this tale is at Alenoushka and Her Brother.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Afanasyev, Aleksandr. Russian Fairy Tales. Norbert Guterman, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1945.
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Ransome, Arthur. Old Peter's Russian Tales. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. [1917].

Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974.
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A web version of this tale can be found at The Stepmother.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Crane, Thomas Frederick. Italian Popular Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1885.
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Text available at The Story of the Bird That Made Milk from Theal's Kaffir Folk-Lore.

An English language version is available in:

Theal, Georg McCall. Kaffir Folk-Lore. London: S. Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowrey, 1886. 
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-450.

An English language version is available in:

Delarue, Paul, ed. The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales. Austin E. Fife, translator. New York: Alfred E. Knopf, 1956.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from Germany.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 312A. It is from British West Indies.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Johnson, John H. “Folk-Lore from Antigua, British West Indies.” Journal of American Folklore. vol. 34, no. 131 (January-March, 1921). pp. 62-63.

Text available at The Cobbler and His Three Daughters.

This tale is ATU 311. It is a Basque tale.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Webster, Wentworth. Basque Legends. London: Griffith and Farran, 1877. 
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Text available at Conomor and Triphine.

This is a Breton legend.

A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It comes from Hungary.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Jones, W. Henry and Lewis L. Kropf. The Folk-Tales of the Magyars: Collected by Kriza, Erdélyi, Pap, and Others. London: Published for the Folk-Lore Society by Elliot Stock, 1889.

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 311. It comes from Greece.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Louisiana, United States.

An English language version is available in:

Fortier, Alcée, editor. Louisiana Folk-Tales: In French Dialect and English Translation. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Nigeria.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Tremearne, Major A[rthur] J[ohn] N[ewman]. Hausa Superstitions and Customs: An Introduction to the Folk-Lore and the Folk. West African Nights’ Entertainment Series, Vol. 1. 2nd edition. London: J. Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1913.

A web version of this tale can be found at Don Firriulieddu.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Italy.

An English language version is available in:

Crane, Thomas Frederick. Italian Popular Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1885.
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Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Greece.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Text available at Fitcher's Bird.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Germany.

An English language version is available in:

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987.
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Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is available at The Forbidden Chamber.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from the United States and Mexico.

An English language version is available in:

Cordova, Gabriel. “La Camara Prohibida / The Forbidden Chamber.” Part of an unpublished manuscript “A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department of English Texas Western College of the University of Texas.” May 1951. © The Estate of Gabriel Cordova, Jr. Reprinted by permission of The Family of Gabriel Cordova, Jr.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Iceland.

An English language version is available in:

Arnason, Jon. Icelandic Legends, Second Series. Geo. E. J. Powell and Eirikr Magnusson, translators. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from England.

An English language version is available in:

Addy, Sidney Oldall. Household Tales with other Traditional Remains: Collected in the Counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham. London: David Nutt, 1895.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 312.

An English language version is available in:

Ranke, Kurt, ed. Folktales of Germany. Lotte Baumann, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966.

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from France.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from Lithuania.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Text available at The Hare's Bride.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Germany.

An English language version is available in:

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from Scotland.

An English language version is available in:

Buchan, Peter. Ancient Scottish Tales: An Unpublished Collection Made by Peter Buchan. John A. Fairley, introduction. Peterhead: Reprinted from the Transactions of the Buchan Field Club, 1908.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale can be found at How the Devil Married Three Sisters.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Italy.

An English language version is available in:

Crane, Thomas Frederick. Italian Popular Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1885.
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Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 312.

An English language version is available in:

Randolph, Vance. The Devil's Pretty Daughter and Other Ozark Folk Tales. New York: Columbia University Press, 1955.

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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Germany.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Greenland.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Rasmussen, Knud. Eskimo Folk-Tales. W. Worster, editor and translator. London: Gyldendal, 1921.

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from Tanzania and Kenya.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from England.

An English language version is available in:

Addy, Sidney Oldall. Household Tales with other Traditional Remains: Collected in the Counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham. London: David Nutt, 1895.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Canada.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Text available at King Bluebeard. (D. L. Ashliman's translation.)

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Germany.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Meier, Ernst. Deutsche Volksmärchen aus Schwaben. Stuttgart: C. P. Scheitlin's Verlagshandlung, 1852.

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Switzerland.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from England.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Peacock, Mabel. North Lincolnshire Dialect: Tales and Rhymes in the Lindsey Folk-Speech. London: George Jackson & Son, 1886.

A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from Wales.

An English language version is available in:

Groome, Francis Hindes. Gypsy Folk-Tales. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1899.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 312.

An English language version is available in:

Arewa, Erastus Ojo. A Classification of the Folktales of Northern East Africa Cattle Area By Types. Folklore of the World. New York: Arno Press, 1980.

A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from Gabon.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Nassau, Robert Hamill. Where Animals Talk: West African Folklore Tales. Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1912.

A web version of this tale can be found at The Little Boy and His Dogs.

This tale is ATU 312. The tale is African American.

An English language version is available in:

Harris, Joel Chandler. Daddy Jake, the Runaway: and, Short Stories Told After Dark. New York: The Century Company, 1889.

A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from England.

An English language version is available in:

Gutch, Mrs. [Eliza], editor. Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning the North Riding of Yorkshire, York and the Ainsty. County Folk-Lore Vol. II. London: David Nutt, 1901.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Italy.

An English language version is available in:

Busk, Rachel Harriette. Household Stories from the Land of Hofer: or Popular Myths of Tirol. London: Griffith and Farran, 1871.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from England.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Southey, Robert. The Poetical Works of Robert Southey. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1839.

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from France.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Jamaica.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Jekyll, Walter, editor. Jamaican Song and Story: Annancy Stories, Digging Sings, Ring Tunes, and Dancing Tunes. London: David Nutt, 1907.

Text available at Mr. Fox from Joseph Jacobs's English Fairy Tales.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from England. The story of Mr Fox is very old and is even referred to by Shakespeare in Much Ado About Nothing.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Jacobs, Joseph. English Fairy Tales. London: David Nutt, 1890.
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An Appalachian American variant is recorded in:

Chase, Richard. American Folk Tales and Songs. New York: Dover, 1971. (Reprint of 1956 edition.)

A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from the United States.

An English language version is available in:

Chase, Richard. American Folk Tales and Songs. New York: Dover, 1971. (Reprint of 1956 edition.)

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Text available at Old Dame and Her Hen.

Old Dame and Her Hen is a Norwegian tale.

An English language version is available in:

Asbjornsen, Peter Christen and Moe, Jorgen. East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon. George Webbe Dasent, translator. Popular Tales from the Norse. Edinburgh: David Douglass, 1888.

Dasent, George Webbe. East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon. New York: Dover, 1970.
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Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from England.

An English language version is available in:

Addy, Sidney Oldall. Household Tales with other Traditional Remains: Collected in the Counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham. London: David Nutt, 1895.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Scotland.

An English language version is available in:

Black, G. F. County Folk-Lore, Vol. 3: Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Northcote W. Thomas, editor. London: Published for the Folk-Lore Society by David Nutt, 1903.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Lang, Andrew. “At the Sign of the Ship.” Longman’s Magazine. Vol. XIV, No. LXXXI (July 1889). pp. 331-34.

A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Denmark.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Stroebe, Clara. The Danish Fairy Book. Frederick H. Martens, translator. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1922.

A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Scotland.

An English language version is available in:

Campbell, J. F. Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected. Vol. 2. London: Alexander Gardner, 1890-1893.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale can be found at Pretty Polly.

This tale is ATU 312. The tale is Appalachian American.

*See also Tina Hanlon's annotated bibliography of Pretty Polly stories part of AppLit at http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/bibs/tales/PrettyPolly.htm.

A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from United States.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Lummis, Charles F. Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories. New York: Century Co., 1910.

A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is not ATU 312 but it bears similarities to Bluebeard tales. It is from Egypt.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Sayce, A. H. “Cairene and Upper Egyptian Folk-Lore.” Folklore. Vol. 31, No. 3 (Sep. 30, 1920). pp. 173-203, 182-183.

A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from Germany.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Text available at The Robber Bridgegroom.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from the Germany.

An English language version is available in:

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987.
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Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Household Tales. Margaret Hunt, translator. London: George Bell, 1884.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from the Germany.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from the United States.

An English language version is available in:

Gardner, Emelyn E. “Folk-Lore from Schoharie County, New York.” Journal of American Folklore. Vol. 27, No. 105 (July-September, 1914). pp. 310-11.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 955. It is from England.

An English language version is available in:

Dickens, Charles. “The Holly-Tree Inn.” Household Words: Christmas Stories 1851-1858. London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, n.d.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

An English language version is available in:

Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Scotland.

An English language version is available in:

“Ballantrae—Without the Master.” All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal. Charles Dickens, conductor. Vol. 70, No. 162 (February 6, 1892). pp. 135-136.

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is not ATU 312 but it bears similarities to Bluebeard tales. It is from Tanzania.

An English language version is available in:

Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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Steere, Edward. Swahili Tales: As Told By Natives of Zanzibar. London: Bell & Daldy, 1870.

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This tale is ATU 311.

An English language version is available in:

Gonzenbach, Laura. Beautiful Angiola: The Great Treasury of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales Collected by Laura Gonzenbach. Jack Zipes, translator and editor. New York: Routledge, 2004.
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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Portugal.

An English language version is available in:

Cuelho, J. Adolpho, and Henriqueta Montiero. “Portuguese Stories.” The Folk-Lore Record. Vol. 4 (1881). pp. 152-155.

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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Romania.

An English language version is available in:

Gaster, M. “Why Does the Duck Feed on Refuse? The Story of the Cannibal Innkeeper.” Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories. London: Published for the Folk-Lore Society by Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1915.

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This tale is ATU 312. It is from South Africa.

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Theal, Georg McCall. Kaffir Folk-Lore. London: S. Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowrey, 1886.

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This tale is not ATU 312 but it bears resemblances to Bluebeard and is often referenced in Bluebeard scholarship. This tale is part of The Arabian Nights.

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Lang, Andrew, editor. The Arabian Nights Entertainments. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898.

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This tale is ATU 955. It is from India.

An English language version is available in:

Cowell, E. B., editor. The Jataka; or, Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births. vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1897.

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This tale is ATU 955. It is from Norway.

An English language version is available in:

Asbjörnsen, Peter Christen. Tales from the Fjeld. G. W. Dasent, translator. London: Chapman and Hall, 1874.

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This tale is ATU 312. It is from Germany.

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This tale is ATU 311. It is from Italy.

An English language version is available in:

Apperson, Geo. L. “Tabulation of Folk-Tales: The Three Cauliflowers.” The Folk-Lore Journal. Vol. 2, No. 6 (Jun., 1884). pp. 183-186.

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Paget, Violet. “The Three Cauliflowers.” Tuscan Fairy Tales: Taken Down from the Mouths of the People. London: W. Satchell & Co., 1880. No. 7. pp. 63-74.

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This tale is ATU 311. It is from Finland.

An English language version is available in:

Fillmore, Parker. Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1922.

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This tale is ATU 955. It is from France.

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This tale is ATU 312. It is from Greece.

An English language version is available in:

Coote, H. C. “Folk-Lore in Modern Greece.” The Folk-Lore Journal. Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1884). pp. 235-243.

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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from India.

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Bompas, Cecil Henry. Folklore of the Santal Parganas. London: David Nutt, 1909.

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This tale is ATU 312. It is from Greece.

An English language version is available in:

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A web version of this tale is not available at this time.

This tale is ATU 312. It is from Italy.

An English language version is available in:

Anderton, Isabella Mary. Tuscan Folk-lore and Sketches: Together with Some Other Papers. London: Arnold Fairbairns, 1905.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is ATU 312.

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Delarue, Paul, ed. The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales. Austin E. Fife, translator. New York: Alfred E. Knopf, 1956.
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Text available at The Widow and Her Daughters.

This tale is ATU 311. It is from Scotland.

An English language version is available in:

Campbell, J. F. Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected. London: Alexander Gardner, 1890-1893. (Reprint available from Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1969.) 
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This tale is simiar to Bluebeard although it isn't ATU 312. It is from Sri Lanka.

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Parker, H. Village Folktales of Ceylon, Part 1. London: Luzac & Company, 1910.

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This tale is ATU 312. It is from Belgium.

An English language version is available in:

Griffis, William Elliot. Belgian Fairy Tales. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1919.

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This tale is ATU 311. It is from Palestine.

An English language version is available in:

Hanauer, J. E. Folk-Lore of the Holy Land: Moslem, Christian, and Jewish. London: Duckworth and Company, 1907.

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