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  2. The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal - Wikipedia

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    The earliest record of the folklore was included in the Panchatantra, which dates the story between 200 BCE and 300 CE. Mary Frere included a version in her 1868 collection of Indian folktales, Old Deccan Days, [1] the first collection of Indian folktales in English. [2] A version was also included in Joseph Jacobs' collection Indian Fairy ...

  3. List of fairy tales - Wikipedia

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    Fairy tales are stories that range from those in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. Despite subtle differences in the categorizing of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, and legends, a modern definition of the literary fairy tale, as provided by Jens Tismar's monograph in German, [1] is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a ...

  4. Little Red Riding Hood - Wikipedia

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    Little Red Riding Hood is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. [4] Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European folk tales.The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault [5] and the Brothers Grimm.

  5. Fairy tale - Wikipedia

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    A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, [1] magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. [2] Such stories typically feature magic , enchantments , and mythical or fanciful beings.

  6. Hansel and Gretel - Wikipedia

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    A Tale Dark & Grimm (2021) is a Netflix computer-animated series based on the novel of the same name by Adam Gidwitz, which, in turn, is a loose retelling of the story mixed with other Grimm fairy tales. The Grimm Variations (2024) is a Netflix anime series which features a retelling of the story featuring elements of science fiction.

  7. The Tortoise and the Birds - Wikipedia

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    The story of the tortoise and the birds appears in a section illustrating the sentiment that 'a man hath no greater enemy than himself'. The French fabulist Jean de la Fontaine also found the story in an early digest of Bidpai's work and added it to his fables as La Tortue et les deux Canards (X.3). For him the story illustrates human vanity ...

  8. The Tale of the Woodcutter and his Daughters - Wikipedia

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    The boy and the grandmother go to Sitt Ward's castle and tell her the story. Sitt Ward goes to the tree, sees the scene on the 7th day, and follows the man - her husband Maimun - into a crevice. Maimun takes Ward - not knowing of her identity - as a servant for his family and protects her from his mother, a man-eating ghoul.

  9. The Swineherd - Wikipedia

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    Professor D. L. Ashliman acknowledged Andersen's literary tale as originating from similar European stories of a swineherd who flirts with a princess. The difference, however, is that the princess in those tales shows her birthmarks to the youth. [ 2 ]

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