List of fairy tales
List of fairy tales and the dates of their earliest known printed version. Stories with a known original author are not strictly speaking fairy tales, but are often informally categorized as such.
| Name | Date | Language | Author (if known) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 1,001 Arabian Nights | before 850 | Persian/Arabian | |
| Beauty and the Beast | 1756 | French | |
| Bluebeard | 1697 | French | |
| Cinderella | 1697 | French | |
| Diamonds and Toads | 1695 | French | |
| The Frog Prince | 1842 | English | |
| Goldilocks | 1837 | English | |
| Hansel and Gretel | 1812 | German | |
| Hop o' my Thumb | 1697 | French | |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | 1734 | English | |
| Jack the Giant Killer | 1711 | English | |
| Little Red Riding Hood | 1695 | French | |
| Momo Taro | Japanese | ||
| Town Musicians of Bremen | 1812 | German | |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | 1816 | English | |
| The Adventures of Pinocchio | 1881 | Italian | by Carlo Collodi |
| The Princess and the Pea | 1835 | Danish | by Hans Christian Andersen |
| Puss in Boots | 1697 | French | |
| Rapunzel | 1812 | German | |
| Rumpelstiltskin | 1812 | German | |
| Sleeping Beauty | 1697 | French | |
| The Snow Queen | Danish | by Hans Christian Andersen | |
| Snow White | 1823 | German | |
| Three Billy Goats Gruff | Scandinavian | ||
| The Three Heads in the Well | 1595 | English | |
| Three Little Pigs | |||
| The Three Wishes | 1693 | French | |
| Thumbelina | 1836 | Danish | by Hans Christian Andersen |
| The Tinderbox | 1835 | Scandinavian | by Hans Christian Andersen |
| The History of Tom Thumb | 1621 | English | |
| Twelve Dancing Princesses | 1823 | German | |
| The Ugly Duckling | Danish | by Hans Christian Andersen | |
| Urashima Taro | Japanese | ||
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | 1900 | American | by L. Frank Baum |
| The Yellow Dwarf | 1698 | French |