SurLaLune Fairy Tales: Tales Similar to Hop o’ My Thumb

The following tales are similar to the Hop o’ My Thumb fairy tale, AT-327B: The Small Boy Defeats the Ogre. 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 Hop o’ My Thumb 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.

The Bee and the Orange Tree

A web version of this tale is available at The Bee and the Orange Tree.

This tale comes from France.

D'Aulnoy, Marie Catherine Baronne. The Fairy Tales of Madame D'Aulnoy. Miss Annie Macdonell and Miss Lee, translators. Clinton Peters, illustrator. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892.
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Big Peter and Little Peter

A web version of this tale is available at Big Peter and Little Peter.

This tale comes from Norway.

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.
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Boots and the Troll

A web version of this tale is available at Boots and the Troll.

This tale comes from Norway.

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.
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The Clever Little Tailor

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

This tale is AT-327B and comes from Great Britain.

Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971. Part A, v. 1, p. 190.
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Esben and the Witch (Denmark)

A web version of this tale is available at Esben and the Witch.

This tale is AT-327B and comes from Denmark.

Lang, Andrew, ed. The Pink Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1967. (Original published 1897.) p. 258.
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Hansel and Gretel

A web version of this tale is available at The Annotated Hansel and Gretel.

This tale is AT-327A: Hansel and Gretel. While the Hansel and Gretel is classified under a different AT type, it has many similar elements to Tom Thumb and bears studying.

Hop o’ My Thumb

A web version of this tale is available at The Annotated Tom Thumb.

This tale is AT-327B and comes from France.

Lang, Andrew, ed. "Little Thumb." The Blue Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1965. (Original published 1889.)
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Perrault, Charles. The Complete Fairy Tales in Verse and Prose: A Dual Language Book. Stanley Applebaum, editor and translator. Mineola, NY: Dover, 2002.
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Jack and the Beanstalk

A web version of this tale is available at The Annotated Jack and the Beanstalk.

This tale is AT-328: The Boy Steals the Ogre's Treasures. While the Jack and the Beanstalk is classified under a different AT type, it has many similar elements to Tom Thumb and bears studying.

Little Poucet

Little Poucet is another translation of Hop o' My Thumb.

This tale is AT-327B and comes from France.

Opie, Iona and Peter. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. p. 170.
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Maol a Chliobain

A web version of this tale is available at Maol a Chliobain.

This tale is AT-327B and comes from Scotland.

Campbell, J. F. Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected. London: Alexander Gardner, 1890-1893. v. 1, p. 259. (Reprint available from Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1969.)
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Mutsmag

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

You can read about Mutsmag and it variants on Applit's Mutsmag page.

This tale is AT-327B and comes from the southern United States.

Chase, Richard, ed. Grandfather Tales: American-English Folk Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948. no. 4.
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The Ogre

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

This tale is AT-327B and comes from Germany.

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Grimm's Other Tales. William Hansen, selector. Ruth Michael-Jenas and Arthur Ratcliff, translators. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1956. P. 47.
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Poucette (Tom Thumb)

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

This tale is AT-327B and comes from Louisiana, United States.

Saucier, Corinne L. Folk Tales From French Louisana. New York: Exposition Press, 1962. no. 13.

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