Welcome to the European folktales page!
Europe is the second smallest continent on Earth. The birthplace of western culture, Europe is a land with tremendous cultural and ethnic diversity.
The European folktales on this page are sorted based on the ethnolinguistic similarities of the peoples of Europe. This beautiful map shows the geographical spread of European languages. There are currently four language groups: the Celtic, the Germanic, the Romanic and the Slavic.
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Celtic Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 26 folktales of the Celtic people.
Author: Joseph Jacobs
Published: 1892
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London
Irish Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 7 folktales of the Irish people.
Author: Edmond Leamy
Published: 1906
Publisher: M.A. Gill & Son. Ltd, Dublin
Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland
Notes: Contains 33 Scottish folktales.
Author: Charles John Tibbitts
Published: 1889
Publisher: W. W. Gibbings, London
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
Notes: Contains 21 Dutch folktales.
Author: William Elliot Griffis
Published: 1918
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York
English Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 43 English folktales.
Author: Joseph Jacobs
Published: 1892
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Notes: Contains 15 Norwegian folktales.
Author: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and
Jørgen Engebretsen Moe
Published: Unknown
Publisher: George H Doran Company, New York
Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes
Spanish and Portuguese Folklore
Notes: The book contains 21 folktales from Spain and Portugal.
Author: Charles Sellers
Published: 1888
Publisher: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.
Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co., London
Old French fairy tales
Notes: The book contains 5 long French folktales. Each story has several chapters.
Author: Comtesse de Ségur
Published: 1920
Publisher: The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia
Stories from Pentamerone
Notes: The book contains 32 Italian folktales. The collection "Il Pentamerone" was first published at Naples by Giambattista Basile, who is believed to have collected them chiefly in Crete and Venice.
Author: Giambattista Basile
Published: Unknown
Publisher: Unknown
Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen
Notes: Contains 20 folktales of the Slavic people. Originally published in french.
Author: Alexander Chodsko
Translator: Emily J. Harding
Published: 1896
Publisher: George Allen, London
The Russian Garland
Notes: Contains 17 Russian folktales, gathered form various Russian booklets.
Author: Various
Editor: Robert Steele
Published: 1916(US)
Publisher: A. M. Philpot, Limited, London; Robert M. McBride, NY
Polish Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 7 Polish folktales.
Author: A. J. Glinski
Translator: Maude Ashurst Biggs
Published: 1920
Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head, London; John Lane Company, New York
