The following tales are similar to the King Thrushbeard fairy tale, AT-900. I have included the English language tales of this type which have been gathered by title by D. L. Ashliman in his A Guide to Folktales in the English Language. Sometimes I include tales of other classifications when I deem them relevant to the theme. The tales come from many cultures and are similar to the King Thrushbeard story in various ways. I have placed the tales in alphabetical order with bibliographic information and links to texts of the stories if a text is available on the internet.
This tale is also similar to William Shakespeare's
Taming of the Shrew.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Ranke, Kurt, ed. Folktales of Germany. Lotte Baumann, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover.
Text available at Cannetella.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Lang, Andrew, ed. The Grey Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1967. (Original published 1900.)
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Massignon, Genevieve, ed. Folktales of France. Jacqueline Hyland, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.
Text available at The Crumb in the Beard.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
Crane, Thomas Frederick. Italian Popular Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1885.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.
Text available at Hacon Grizzlebeard.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Christiansen, Reidar, ed. Folktales of Norway. Pat Shaw Iversen, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
Asbjornsen, Peter Christen and Moe, Jorgen. East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon. George Webbe Dasent. New York: Dover, 1970. (This is a reprint of all the Asbjornsen and Moe stories in Popular Tales from the Norse. Edinburgh: David Douglass, 1888.)
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback (Part A).
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Arewa, Erastus Ojo. A Classification of the Folktales of Northern East Africa Cattle Area By Types. Folklore of the World. New York: Arno Press, 1980.
Text is annotated on this site at King Thrushbeard.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Grimm's Other Tales. William Hansen, selector. Ruth Michael-Jenas and Arthur Ratcliff, translators. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1956.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover.
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Household Tales. Margaret Hunt, translator. London: George Bell, 1884.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.)
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
Text available at Pride Punished.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Basile, Giambattista. Il Pentamerone. Day 4, Tale 10.
Text available at The Swineherd.
This tale is AT-900.
An English language version is available in:
Opie, Iona and Peter. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
Andersen, Hans Christian. The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories. Erik Christian Haugaard, translator. Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1983.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
