The following tales are similar to the Girl Without Hands fairy tale, AT-2025: The Fleeing Pancake. 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 Gingerbread Man 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.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974.
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Afanasyev, Aleksandr. Russian Fairy Tales. Norbert Guterman, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1945.
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Text available at Biancabella and the Snake.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Straparola, Giovanni Francesco. The Facetious Nights by Straparola. W. G. Waters, translator. Jules Garnier and E. R. Hughes, illustrators. London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles, 1901. 4 volumes. Night 3, Tale 3.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
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.
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This tale is AT-706.
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. pt. A, v. 1, p. 197.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
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. pt. A, v. 1, p. 201.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
An English language version is available in:
Zipes, Jack, ed. The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Espinosa, Aurelio M. The Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest. J. Manuel Espinosa, ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Dorson, Richard M., ed. Folktales Told Around the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Musick, Ruth Ann. Green Hills of Magic: West Virginia Folktales from Europe. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1970.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
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.)
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Seki, Keigo. Folktales of Japan. Robert J. Adams, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963.
Text is annotated on this site at Girl Without Hands.
This tale is AT-706.
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.
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Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987.
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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-706.
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.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale comes from Japan.
An English language version is available in:
Chinen, Allan B. "The Handless Woman: Healing and Wilderness." Waking World: Classic Tales of Women and the Heroic Feminine. New York: Putnam, 1996.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Thomas, Rosemary Hyde. It's Good to Tell You: French Folktales from Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Degh, Linda, ed. Studies in East European Folk Narrative. [Bloomington]: American Folklore Society and the Indiana University Folklore Monograph Series, 1978. p. 319.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Villa, Susie Hoogasian. 100 Armenian Tales. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1966.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980.
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Text available at The One-Handed Girl.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Lang, Andrew, ed. The Lilac Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1968. (Original published 1910.)
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Saucier, Corinne L. Folk Tales From French Louisana. New York: Exposition Press, 1962.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
An English language version is available in:
Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-706.
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.
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