The Old Woman in the Wood
A poor servant-girl was once travelling with the family with which she was in service, through a great...
Author: Max
The Three Brothers
There was once a man who had three sons, and nothing else in the world but the house in which he lived.
Now...
The Lazy Spinner
In a certain village there once lived a man and his wife, and the wife was so idle that she would never...
The Devil and his Grandmother
There was a great war, and the King had many soldiers, but gave them small pay, so small that they could...
Ferdinand the Faithful
Once on a time lived a man and a woman who so long as they were rich had no children, but when they were...
The Iron Stove
In the days when wishing was still of some use, a King's son was bewitched by an old witch, and shut...
The Six Servants
In former times there lived an aged Queen who was a sorceress, and her daughter was the most beautiful...
The White Bride and the Black One
A woman was going about the unenclosed land with her daughter and her step-daughter cutting fodder,...
Iron John
There was once on a time a King who had a great forest near his palace, full of all kinds of wild animals.
One...
The Three Black Princesses
East India was besieged by an enemy who would not retire until he had received six hundred dollars.
Then...
Knoist and his Three Sons
Between Werrel and Soist there lived a man whose name was Knoist, and he had three sons.
One was...
The Maid of Brakel
A girl from Brakel once went to St.
Anne's Chapel at the foot of the Hinnenberg, and as she wanted...
