The following tales are
similar to the Diamonds and Toads fairy tale, AT-480: The Kind and the Unkind Girls. 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 Diamonds and Toads
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. For the most comprehensive bibliography of variants, see The Tale of the Kind and Unkind Girls by Warren E. Roberts.
A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions.
The tale of Ash Cakes and Water comes from the mountains of Kentucky in the United States.
This tale is AT-480.
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 text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions.
The tale of The Cats Under the Sea comes from Italy.
This tale is AT-480.
An English language version is available in:
Mathias, Elizabeth and Richard Raspa. Italian Folktales in America. Wayne State University Folklore Archive Study Series. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1985.
A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. However, the version known as Diamonds and Toads is annotated here on SurLaLune.
The tale of The Fairies comes from France. It is also known as The Fairy and Diamonds and Toads, depending on the translation.
An English language version is available in:
Opie, Iona and Peter. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
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This tale is AT-480. This version is somewhat different from the similarly titled story listed above.
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.
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The tale of Gallymanders! Gallymanders! comes from the Southern United States.
This tale is AT-480.
An English language version is available in:
Chase, Richard, ed. Grandfather Tales: American-English Folk Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948.
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The tale of The Gold in the Chimley comes from the United States.
This tale is AT-480.
An English language version is available in:
Clarkson, Atelia, and Cross, Gilbert, B., eds. World Folktales: A Scribner Resource Collection. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980.
Dorson, Richard M. Buying the Wind: Regional Folklore in the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.
Roberts, Leonard W. South From Hell-fer-Sartin: Kentucky Mountain Folk Tales. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1955.
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The tale of The Golden Rain comes from the mountains of Kentucky in the United States.
This tale is AT-480.
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.) Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
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The tale of Hans Frank comes from Germany.
This tale is AT-480.
An English language version is available in:
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Grimm's Other Tales. William Hansen, selector. Ruth Michael-Jenas and Arthur Ratcliff, translators. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1956.
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987. Amazon.com: Buy the book inpaperback.
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The tale of The Little Girl's Sieve comes from France.
This tale is AT-480.
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. Amazon.com: Buy the book inhardcover.
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The tale of Marion and Jeanne comes from France.
This tale is AT-480.
An English language version is available in:
Bodker, Laurits; Hole, Christina; and D'Aronoco, G., eds. European Folk Tales. European Folklore Series, vol. 1. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1963.
A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions.
The tale of The Old Woman in the Well comes from France.
This tale is AT-480.
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. Amazon.com: Buy the book inhardcover.
The tale of Saint Joseph in the Forest comes from Germany.
This tale is AT-480.
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 inpaperback.
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Household Tales. Margaret Hunt, translator. London: George Bell, 1884.
A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions.
The tale of The Shining, Beautiful Lady comes from the mountains of Kentucky in the United States.
This tale is AT-480.
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.) Amazon.com: Buy the book inpaperback.
A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions.
The tale of A Stepchild That Was Treated Mighty Bad comes from the mountains of Kentucky in the United States.
This tale is AT-480.
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.) Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions.
The tale of The Three Girls With Journey Cakes comes from the mountains of Kentucky in the United States.
This tale is AT-480.
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.) Amazon.com: Buy the book inpaperback.
The tale of The Twelve Months comes from Russia. The adaptation provided on SurLaLune is Slavic.
This tale is AT-480.
An English language version is available in:
Chodzko, Alexander, adaptor. "The Twelve Months." Good Stories For Great Holidays. Frances Jenkins Olcott, editor. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914.
The tale of The Two Step-Sisters comes from Norway.
This tale is AT-480.
An English language version is available in:
Asbjornsen, Peter Christen and Moe, Jorgen. Norwegian Folk Tales. Pat Shaw Iverson and Carl Norman, translators. New York: Pantheon Books, 1960. Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
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.
Also available in reprint under:
Dasent, George Webbe. East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon. New York: Dover, 1970. Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.