The "Town Musicians of Bremen" (German: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) is a popular German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1819.  It tells the story of four aging domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by...

The White Cat (French: La Chatte Blanche) is a French literary fairytale written by Madame d'Aulnoy and published in 1698.  The "Animal Bride" story type was made popular by Mme. d'Aulnoy's literary opus and pointed that the tale type maintained a clear and vigorous tradition in the folklore of...

"How Six Made Their Way in the World" is a Grimms' fairy tale about an ex-soldier and his five companions with special abilities who through their feats obtain all of the king's wealth. The Grimms' main version is the one of many collected from storyteller Dorothea Viehmann, localized in Zwehren...