| A Note on the Illustrations | |
| Introduction | |
| The Texts of the Great Fairy Tale Tradition | p. 1 |
| Clever Thieves | p. 3 |
| Cassandrino the Thief | p. 4 |
| The Master Thief | p. 9 |
| Swindled Swindlers | p. 15 |
| The Priest Scarpacifico | p. 15 |
| Little Farmer | p. 21 |
| Incestuous Fathers | p. 26 |
| Tebaldo | p. 27 |
| The Bear | p. 33 |
| Donkey-Skin | p. 38 |
| All Fur | p. 47 |
| Beastly Born Heroes | p. 51 |
| The Pig Prince | p. 51 |
| The Wild Boar | p. 57 |
| The Pig King | p. 82 |
| Hans My Hedgehog | p. 96 |
| The Wishes of Fools | p. 100 |
| Pietro the Fool | p. 101 |
| Peruonto | p. 106 |
| The Dolpohin | p. 113 |
| Simple Hans | p. 136 |
| Dangerous Sirens | p. 138 |
| Fortunio and the Siren | p. 138 |
| Fortunio | p. 145 |
| The Nixie in the Pond | p. 155 |
| Disguised Heroes | p. 159 |
| Constanza/Constanzo | p. 159 |
| The Three Crowns | p. 167 |
| Belle-Belle; or, The Chevalier Fortune | p. 174 |
| The Savage | p. 205 |
| Envious Sisters | p. 220 |
| Ancilotto, King of Provino | p. 220 |
| Princess Belle-Etoile and Prince Cheri | p. 229 |
| The Bird of Truth | p. 264 |
| The Jealous Sisters and Their Cadette | p. 270 |
| The Three Little Birds | p. 302 |
| Wild Men | p. 306 |
| Guerrino and the Wild Man | p. 307 |
| Prince Guerini | p. 316 |
| The Wild Man | p. 323 |
| Iron Hans | p. 326 |
| Iron Hans | p. 329 |
| Competitive Brothers | p. 335 |
| Three Brothers Who Become Wealthy Wandering the World | p. 336 |
| The Three Brothers | p. 337 |
| The Five Sons | p. 339 |
| The Four Skillful Brothers | p. 342 |
| Triumphant Apprentices | p. 347 |
| Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi | p. 347 |
| The Apprentice Magician | p. 353 |
| The Thief and His Master | p. 359 |
| Brotherly Love | p. 361 |
| Cesarino, the Dragon Slayer | p. 361 |
| The Merchant | p. 366 |
| The Two Brothers | p. 374 |
| Shrewd Cats | p. 390 |
| Constantino Fortunato | p. 390 |
| Cagliuso | p. 394 |
| The Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots | p. 397 |
| Puss in Boots | p. 402 |
| Virtuous Queens | p. 406 |
| Biancabella and the Snake | p. 406 |
| Blanche Belle | p. 415 |
| Magic Helpers | p. 421 |
| The Ogre | p. 421 |
| The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack | p. 427 |
| Foolish Peasants | p. 435 |
| Vardiello | p. 435 |
| Freddy and Katy | p. 439 |
| The Revenge and Reward of Neclected Dauchters | p. 444 |
| The Cat Cinderella | p. 445 |
| Cinderella; or, The Glass Slipper | p. 449 |
| Finette Cendron | p. 454 |
| Cinderella | p. 468 |
| The Power of Love | p. 474 |
| Petrosinella | p. 475 |
| Persinette | p. 479 |
| Rapunzel | p. 484 |
| Rapunzel | p. 489 |
| Terrible Curses and Lucky Princes | p. 492 |
| The Dove | p. 492 |
| The Two Kings' Children | p. 500 |
| The Father's Betrayal | p. 506 |
| Dionigia and the King of England | p. 507 |
| The Maiden Without Hands | p. 512 |
| The Maiden Without Hands | p. 519 |
| The Art of Good Conduct | p. 524 |
| Sapia Liccarda | p. 524 |
| The Discreet Princess; or, The Adventures of Finette | p. 528 |
| Rewards and Punishments for Good and Bad Girls | p. 543 |
| The Three Fairies | p. 544 |
| The Enchantments of Eloquence; or, The Effect of Sweetness | p. 550 |
| The Fairies | p. 564 |
| Aurore and Aimee | p. 567 |
| Mother Holle | p. 572 |
| Magical Transformations | p. 575 |
| The Three Animal Kings | p. 575 |
| The Castle of the Golden Sun | p. 580 |
| The Crystal Ball | p. 581 |
| The Fate of Spinning | p. 584 |
| The Seven Pieces of Bacon Rind | p. 585 |
| Ricdin-Ricdon | p. 588 |
| Rumpelstiltskin | p. 625 |
| The Three Spinners | p. 628 |
| The Lazy Spinner | p. 630 |
| Good at Heart and Ugly as Sin | p. 632 |
| The Two Cakes | p. 632 |
| The White Bride and the Black Bride | p. 637 |
| Faithful Sisters | p. 641 |
| The Seven Doves | p. 641 |
| The Twelve Brothers | p. 650 |
| Faithful Servants | p. 654 |
| The Raven | p. 654 |
| Faithful Johannes | p. 662 |
| The Taming of Shrews | p. 668 |
| Pride Punished | p. 669 |
| King Thrushbeard | p. 673 |
| Lucky Bumpkins | p. 678 |
| The Goose | p. 678 |
| The Golden Goose | p. 681 |
| The Fruitful Sleep | p. 684 |
| Sun, Moon, and Talia | p. 685 |
| Sleeping Beauty | p. 688 |
| Brier Rose | p. 696 |
| Abandoned Children | p. 699 |
| Ninnillo and Nennella | p. 700 |
| Little Thumbling | p. 704 |
| Hansel and Gretel | p. 711 |
| Inconvenient Marriages | p. 717 |
| Riquet with the Tuft | p. 717 |
| Riquet with the Tuft | p. 722 |
| Spirituel and Astre | p. 727 |
| Bloodthirsty Husbands | p. 731 |
| Bluebeard | p. 732 |
| Bluebeard | p. 736 |
| The Robber Bridegroom | p. 738 |
| Fitcher's Bird | p. 741 |
| Dangerous Wolves and Naive Girls | p. 744 |
| Little Red Riding Hood | p. 745 |
| Little Red Cap | p. 747 |
| Love Conquers All | p. 751 |
| The Orange Tree and the Bee | p. 751 |
| Okerlo | p. 770 |
| Compassionate Sisters and Ungrateful Demons | p. 772 |
| The Ungrateful Dwarf | p. 772 |
| Snow White and Rose Red | p. 774 |
| The Redeemer | p. 779 |
| The Three Princes | p. 779 |
| The Queen Bee | p. 785 |
| The Beast as Bridegroom | p. 787 |
| The Ram | p. 789 |
| Princess Zeineb and King Leopard | p. 800 |
| Beauty and the Beast | p. 805 |
| The Singing, Springing Lark | p. 816 |
| Author Biographies | p. 821 |
| Criticism | p. 843 |
| Cross-Cultural Connections and the Contamination of the Classical Fairy Tale | p. 845 |
| The Mysterious Giovan Francesco Straparola, Founding Father of the Fairy Tale | p. 869 |
| The Fantastic Accomplishment of Giambattista Basile and His Tale of Tales | p. 879 |
| The Marvelous in Context: The Place of the Contes de Fees in Late Seventeenth-Century France | p. 902 |
| Corps cadavres: Heroes and Heroines in the Tales of Perrault | p. 933 |
| The Influence of Charles Perrault's Contes de ma Mere L'oie on German Folklore | p. 958 |
| The Brothers Grimm as Collectors and Editors of German Folktales | p. 969 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 981 |
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