Grimm: 1277 books

A boar lays waste to a country, and two brothers set out to kill it. The younger meets a little man who gives him a spear, and with it, he kills the boar. Carrying the body off, he meets his brother, who had stayed to drink until he felt brave. The older brother lures him in, gives him drink, and learns of the younger brother's adventure...

Once upon a time there was a child who was wilful and would not do what her mother wished...

Once upon a time a waggoner's cart ...

It is a story of haughty princess, who didn’t want to get married. She had a tower with 12 windows in the castle, from which she could see the whole castle. Every next window has a better and keener sight than the previous one. As she didn’t want to get married, she proclaimed that that one who...

A prince once decided to travel around the world with his servant. In a big forest, they couldn’t find a place to spend a night. Then they saw a girl near some little house. The girl advised them not to stay in the house, as her stepmother didn’t like strangers. But they slept there. The maiden...

There once was a poor fisherman who lived with his wife, Ilsebill, in a hovel by the sea. One day the fisherman catches a golden flounder, which claims to be an enchanted prince...

A rich goldsmith and a poor broommaker were brothers. The broommaker had two identical twin sons. One day, the broommaker saw a golden bird in the woods, knocked off a feather, and sold it to his brother for a great sum. He pursued the bird again and found a golden lamp...

One afternoon the Christ-child had laid himself in his cradle-bed and had fallen asleep...

In a large town there was an old woman who sat in the evening alone in her room...

In the time when our Lord still walked this earth, he and St. Peter stopped one evening at a smith's and received free quarters...

A beautiful young girl was made to work hard by her wicked stepmother. One day, the stepmother set her to pick twelve pounds of feathers before night and promised a beating if she failed. The girl cried. An old woman asked about her troubles; she told them, and the old woman...

A beautiful, but spoiled and shallow princess rudely criticizes all her suitors because she is too proud. She is impressed with the last of her suitors, but her pride will not let her accept him. He is a young king with such a thick beard, that to her it looks like a thrush's beak, so she cruelly dubs him King Thrushbeard... 

There was once a man who had a daughter who was called Clever Elsie. And when she had grown up her father said, "We will get her married." "Yes," said the mother, "if only any one would come who would have her."...

In one variant, Mr. Fox feigns death to test his wife's fidelity. In the other, he actually dies. Many suitors arrive. Mrs. Fox rejects them: in the first variant because while they are foxes they do not have the nine tails of her husband, and in the second, because they are wolves, bears, etc. and do not look like her dead husband...