Grimm's Fairy Tales

List of stories by the Brothers Grimm

Grimm Brothers

The code "KHM" stands for Kinder- und Hausmärchen. The titles are those as of 1857. Some titles in 1812 were different. All editions from 1812 until 1857 split the stories into two volumes.

This section contains 201 listings, as "KHM 1" to "KHM 210" in numerical sequence plus "KHM 151a". The next section "Removed from final edition" contains 30 listings including 18 that are numbered in series "1812 KHM ###" and 12 without any label.

Volume 1

Monument to brothers Grimm in the market place in Hanau. (Hessen, Germany)Frontispiece used for the first volume of the 1840 4th edition
  • The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich or The Frog Prince (Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich): KHM 1
  • Cat and Mouse in Partnership (Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft): KHM 2
  • Mary's Child (Marienkind): KHM 3
  • The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was (Märchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen): KHM 4
  • The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids (Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein): KHM 5
  • Faithful John or Trusty John (Der treue Johannes): KHM 6
  • The Good Bargain (Der gute Handel): KHM 7
  • The Wonderful Musician or The Strange Musician (Der wunderliche Spielmann): KHM 8
  • The Twelve Brothers (Die zwölf Brüder): KHM 9
  • The Pack of Ragamuffins (Das Lumpengesindel): KHM 10
  • Little Brother and Little Sister (Brüderchen und Schwesterchen): KHM 11
  • Rapunzel: KHM 12
  • The Three Little Men in the Wood (Die drei Männlein im Walde): KHM 13
  • The Three Spinning Women (Die drei Spinnerinnen): KHM 14
  • Hansel and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel): KHM 15
  • The Three Snake-Leaves (Die drei Schlangenblätter): KHM 16
  • The White Snake (Die weiße Schlange): KHM 17
  • The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean (Strohhalm, Kohle und Bohne): KHM 18
  • The Fisherman and His Wife (Von dem Fischer und seiner Frau): KHM 19
  • The Brave Little Tailor or The Valiant Little Tailor or The Gallant Tailor (Das tapfere Schneiderlein): KHM 20
  • Cinderella (Aschenputtel): KHM 21
  • The Riddle (Das Rätsel): KHM 22
  • The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage (Von dem Mäuschen, Vögelchen und der Bratwurst): KHM 23
  • Mother Holle or Mother Hulda or Old Mother Frost (Frau Holle): KHM 24
  • The Seven Ravens (Die sieben Raben): KHM 25
  • Little Red Cap or Little Red Riding Hood (Rotkäppchen): KHM 26
  • The Bremen Town Musicians (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten): KHM 27
  • The Singing Bone (Der singende Knochen): KHM 28
  • The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs (Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren): KHM 29
  • The Louse and the Flea (Läuschen und Flöhchen): KHM 30
  • The Girl Without Hands or The Handless Maiden (Das Mädchen ohne Hände): KHM 31
  • Clever Hans (Der gescheite Hans): KHM 32
  • The Three Languages (Die drei Sprachen): KHM 33
  • Clever Elsie (Die kluge Else): KHM 34
  • The Tailor in Heaven (Der Schneider im Himmel): KHM 35
  • The Magic Table, the Gold-Donkey, and the Club in the Sack ("Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack" also known as "Tischlein, deck dich!"): KHM 36
  • Thumbling (Daumesdick) (see also Tom Thumb): KHM 37
  • The Wedding of Mrs. Fox (Die Hochzeit der Frau Füchsin): KHM 38
  • The Elves (Die Wichtelmänner): KHM 39
    • The Elves and the Shoemaker (Erstes Märchen)
    • Second Story (Zweites Märchen)
    • Third Story (Drittes Märchen)
  • The Robber Bridegroom (Der Räuberbräutigam): KHM 40
  • Herr Korbes: KHM 41
  • The Godfather (Der Herr Gevatter): KHM 42
  • Mother Trudy (Frau Trude): KHM 43
  • Godfather Death (Der Gevatter Tod): KHM 44
  • Thumbling's Travels (see also Tom Thumb) (Daumerlings Wanderschaft): KHM 45
  • Fitcher's Bird (Fitchers Vogel): KHM 46
  • The Juniper Tree (Von dem Machandelboom): KHM 47
  • Old Sultan (Der alte Sultan): KHM 48
  • The Six Swans (Die sechs Schwäne): KHM 49
  • Briar Rose (Dornröschen): KHM 50
  • Foundling-Bird (Fundevogel): KHM 51
  • King Thrushbeard (König Drosselbart): KHM 52
  • Snow White (Schneewittchen): KHM 53
  • The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn (Der Ranzen, das Hütlein und das Hörnlein): KHM 54
  • Rumpelstiltskin (Rumpelstilzchen): KHM 55
  • Sweetheart Roland (Der Liebste Roland): KHM 56
  • The Golden Bird (Der goldene Vogel): KHM 57
  • The Dog and the Sparrow (Der Hund und der Sperling): KHM 58
  • Frederick and Catherine (Der Frieder und das Katherlieschen): KHM 59
  • The Two Brothers (Die zwei Brüder): KHM 60
  • The Little Peasant (Das Bürle): KHM 61
  • The Queen Bee (Die Bienenkönigin): KHM 62
  • The Three Feathers (Die drei Federn): KHM 63
  • The Golden Goose (Die goldene Gans): KHM 64
  • All-Kinds-of-Fur (Allerleirauh): KHM 65
  • The Hare's Bride (Häsichenbraut): KHM 66
  • The Twelve Huntsmen (Die zwölf Jäger): KHM 67
  • The Thief and His Master (De Gaudeif un sien Meester): KHM 68
  • Jorinde and Joringel (Jorinde und Joringel): KHM 69
  • The Three Sons of Fortune (Die drei Glückskinder): KHM 70
  • How Six Men got on in the World (Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt): KHM 71
  • The Wolf and the Man (Der Wolf und der Mensch): KHM 72
  • The Wolf and the Fox (Der Wolf und der Fuchs): KHM 73
  • Gossip Wolf and the Fox (Der Fuchs und die Frau Gevatterin): KHM 74
  • The Fox and the Cat (Der Fuchs und die Katze): KHM 75
  • The Pink (Die Nelke): KHM 76
  • Clever Gretel (Das kluge Gretel): KHM 77
  • The Old Man and his Grandson (Der alte Großvater und der Enkel): KHM 78
  • The Water Nixie (Die Wassernixe): KHM 79
  • The Death of the Little Hen (Von dem Tode des Hühnchens): KHM 80
  • Brother Lustig (Bruder Lustig) KHM 81
  • Gambling Hansel (De Spielhansl): KHM 82
  • Hans in Luck (Hans im Glück): KHM 83
  • Hans Married (Hans heiratet): KHM 84
  • The Gold-Children (Die Goldkinder): KHM 85
  • The Fox and the Geese (Der Fuchs und die Gänse): KHM 86

Volume 2

Frontispiece used for the second volume of the 1840 4th edition. The portrait by Ludwig Emil Grimm bears resemblance to the storyteller Dorothea Viehmann.
  • The Poor Man and the Rich Man (Der Arme und der Reiche): KHM 87
  • The Singing, Springing Lark (Das singende springende Löweneckerchen): KHM 88
  • The Goose Girl (Die Gänsemagd): KHM 89
  • The Young Giant (Der junge Riese): KHM 90
  • The Gnome (Dat Erdmänneken): KHM 91
  • The King of the Gold Mountain (Der König vom goldenen Berg): KHM 92
  • The Raven (Die Raben): KHM 93
  • The Peasant's Wise Daughter (Die kluge Bauerntochter): KHM 94
  • Old Hildebrand (Der alte Hildebrand): KHM 95
  • The Three Little Birds (De drei Vügelkens): KHM 96
  • The Water of Life (Das Wasser des Lebens): KHM 97
  • Doctor Know-all (Doktor Allwissend): KHM 98
  • The Spirit in the Bottle (Der Geist im Glas): KHM 99
  • The Devil's Sooty Brother (Des Teufels rußiger Bruder): KHM 100
  • Bearskin (Bärenhäuter): KHM 101
  • The Willow Wren and the Bear (Der Zaunkönig und der Bär): KHM 102
  • Sweet Porridge (Der süße Brei): KHM 103
  • Wise Folks (Die klugen Leute): KHM 104
  • Tales of the Paddock (Märchen von der Unke): KHM 105
  • The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat (Der arme Müllerbursch und das Kätzchen): KHM 106
  • The Two Travelers (Die beiden Wanderer): KHM 107
  • Hans My Hedgehog (Hans mein Igel): KHM 108
  • The Shroud (Das Totenhemdchen): KHM 109
  • The Jew Among Thorns (Der Jude im Dorn): KHM 110
  • The Skillful Huntsman (Der gelernte Jäger): KHM 111
  • The Flail from Heaven (Der Dreschflegel vom Himmel): KHM 112
  • The Two Kings' Children (Die beiden Königskinder): KHM 113
  • The Cunning Little Tailor or The Story of a Clever Tailor (vom klugen Schneiderlein): KHM 114
  • The Bright Sun Brings it to Light (Die klare Sonne bringt's an den Tag): KHM 115
  • The Blue Light (Das blaue Licht): KHM 116
  • The Willful Child (Das eigensinnige Kind): KHM 117
  • The Three Army Surgeons (Die drei Feldscherer): KHM 118
  • The Seven Swabians (Die sieben Schwaben): KHM 119
  • The Three Apprentices (Die drei Handwerksburschen): KHM 120
  • The King's Son Who Feared Nothing (Der Königssohn, der sich vor nichts fürchtete): KHM 121
  • Donkey Cabbages (Der Krautesel): KHM 122
  • The Old Woman in the Wood (Die Alte im Wald): KHM 123
  • The Three Brothers (Die drei Brüder): KHM 124
  • The Devil and His Grandmother (Der Teufel und seine Großmutter): KHM 125
  • Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful (Ferenand getrü und Ferenand ungetrü): KHM 126
  • The Iron Stove (Der Eisenofen): KHM 127
  • The Lazy Spinner (Die faule Spinnerin): KHM 128
  • The Four Skillful Brothers (Die vier kunstreichen Brüder): KHM 129
  • One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes (Einäuglein, Zweiäuglein und Dreiäuglein): KHM 130
  • Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie (Die schöne Katrinelje und Pif Paf Poltrie): KHM 131
  • The Fox and the Horse (Der Fuchs und das Pferd): KHM 132
  • The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces (Die zertanzten Schuhe): KHM 133
  • The Six Servants (Die sechs Diener): KHM 134
  • The White and the Black Bride (Die weiße und die schwarze Braut): KHM 135
  • Iron John (Eisenhans): KHM 136
  • The Three Black Princesses (De drei schwatten Prinzessinnen): KHM 137
  • Knoist and his Three Sons (Knoist un sine dre Sühne): KHM 138
  • The Maid of Brakel (Dat Mäken von Brakel): KHM 139
  • My Household (Das Hausgesinde): KHM 140
  • The Lambkin and the Little Fish (Das Lämmchen und das Fischchen): KHM 141
  • Simeli Mountain (Simeliberg): KHM 142
  • Going a Traveling (Up Reisen gohn): KHM 143, appeared in the 1819 edition
    • KHM 143 in the 1812/1815 edition was Die Kinder in Hungersnot (The Starving Children)
  • The Donkey or The Little Donkey (Das Eselein): KHM 144[d]
  • The Ungrateful Son (Der undankbare Sohn): KHM 145
  • The Turnip (Die Rübe): KHM 146
  • The Old Man Made Young Again (Das junggeglühte Männlein): KHM 147
  • The Lord's Animals and the Devil's (Des Herrn und des Teufels Getier): KHM 148
  • The Beam (Der Hahnenbalken): KHM 149
  • The Old Beggar Woman (Die alte Bettelfrau): KHM 150
  • The Three Sluggards (Die drei Faulen): KHM 151
  • The Twelve Idle Servants (Die zwölf faulen Knechte): KHM 151a
  • The Shepherd Boy (Das Hirtenbüblein): KHM 152
  • The Star Money (Die Sterntaler): KHM 153
  • The Stolen Farthings (Der gestohlene Heller): KHM 154
  • Looking for a Bride (Die Brautschau): KHM 155
  • The Hurds (Die Schlickerlinge): KHM 156
  • The Sparrow and His Four Children (Der Sperling und seine vier Kinder): KHM 157
  • The Story of Schlauraffen Land (Das Märchen vom Schlaraffenland): KHM 158
  • The Ditmarsch Tale of Lies (Das dietmarsische Lügenmärchen): KHM 159
  • A Riddling Tale (Rätselmärchen): KHM 160
  • Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot): KHM 161
  • The Wise Servant (Der kluge Knecht): KHM 162
  • The Glass Coffin (Der gläserne Sarg): KHM 163
  • Lazy Henry (Der faule Heinz): KHM 164
  • The Griffin (Der Vogel Greif): KHM 165
  • Strong Hans (Der starke Hans): KHM 166
  • The Peasant in Heaven (Das Bürle im Himmel): KHM 167
  • Lean Lisa (Die hagere Liese): KHM 168
  • The Hut in the Forest (Das Waldhaus): KHM 169
  • Sharing Joy and Sorrow (Lieb und Leid teilen): KHM 170
  • The Willow Wren (Der Zaunkönig): KHM 171
  • The Sole (Die Scholle): KHM 172
  • The Bittern and the Hoopoe (Rohrdommel und Wiedehopf): KHM 173
  • The Owl (Die Eule): KHM 174
  • The Moon (Der Mond): KHM 175
  • The Duration of Life (Die Lebenszeit): KHM 176
  • Death's Messengers (Die Boten des Todes): KHM 177
  • Master Pfreim (Meister Pfriem): KHM 178
  • The Goose-Girl at the Well (Die Gänsehirtin am Brunnen): KHM 179
  • Eve's Various Children (Die ungleichen Kinder Evas): KHM 180
  • The Nixie of the Mill-Pond (Die Nixe im Teich): KHM 181
  • The Gifts of the Little People[22][23]/The Little Folks' Presents[24](Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes): KHM 182[e]
  • The Giant and the Tailor (Der Riese und der Schneider): KHM 183
  • The Nail (Der Nagel): KHM 184
  • The Poor Boy in the Grave (Der arme Junge im Grab): KHM 185
  • The True Bride (Die wahre Braut): KHM 186
  • The Hare and the Hedgehog (Der Hase und der Igel): KHM 187
  • Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle (Spindel, Weberschiffchen und Nadel): KHM 188
  • The Peasant and the Devil (Der Bauer und der Teufel): KHM 189
  • The Crumbs on the Table (Die Brosamen auf dem Tisch): KHM 190
  • The Sea-Hare (Das Meerhäschen): KHM 191
  • The Master Thief (Der Meisterdieb): KHM 192
  • The Drummer (Der Trommler): KHM 193
  • The Ear of Corn (Die Kornähre): KHM 194
  • The Grave Mound (Der Grabhügel): KHM 195
  • Old Rinkrank (Oll Rinkrank): KHM 196
  • The Crystal Ball (Die Kristallkugel): KHM 197
  • Maid Maleen (Jungfrau Maleen): KHM 198
  • The Boots of Buffalo Leather (Der Stiefel von Büffelleder): KHM 199
  • The Golden Key (Der goldene Schlüssel): KHM 200

The children's legends (Kinder-legende) First appeared in the G. Reimer 1819 edition at the end of volume 2.

  • Saint Joseph in the Forest (Der heilige Joseph im Walde): KHM 201
  • The Twelve Apostles (Die zwölf Apostel): KHM 202
  • The Rose (Die Rose): KHM 203
  • Poverty and Humility Lead to Heaven (Armut und Demut führen zum Himmel): KHM 204
  • God's Food (Gottes Speise): KHM 205
  • The Three Green Twigs (Die drei grünen Zweige): KHM 206
  • The Blessed Virgin's Little Glass (Muttergottesgläschen) or Our Lady's Little Glass: KHM 207
  • The Little Old Lady (Das alte Mütterchen) or The Aged Mother: KHM 208
  • The Heavenly Marriage (Die himmlische Hochzeit) or The Heavenly Wedding: KHM 209
  • The Hazel Branch (Die Haselrute): KHM 210

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