United Kingdom · Folktales and oral traditions
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United Kingdom
- Tales
- 20
- Dated records
- 22
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 18
Counts reflect the Atlas catalogue. A link may represent a recording, a publication or an association with a local tradition.
Place names offer two ways into the Welsh tales. In Gelert’s legend, Beddgelert becomes a name that recalls the prince’s mistake. In The Fairy of the Dell, Mona points to Anglesey and the story unfolds around a spring. The Atlas shows the associated place separately from the date of the printed collection.
Tales in the Atlas
Little Red Riding Hood
1884 · Margaret Hunt · Little Red-Cap
Cinderella
1884 · Margaret Hunt · Cinderella
Rapunzel
1884 · Margaret Hunt · Rapunzel
Jack and the Beanstalk
1807 · Benjamin Tabart · The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
1865 · Lewis Carroll · Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Princess Labam
1892 · Joseph Jacobs · Indian Fairy Tales · How the Raja’s Son Won the Princess Labam
The Tiger, the Brahman and the Jackal
1892 · Joseph Jacobs · Indian Fairy Tales · The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1889 · John Payne · Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp
The Talkative Tortoise
1892 · Joseph Jacobs · Indian Fairy Tales · The Talkative Tortoise
The Magic Fiddle
1892 · Joseph Jacobs · Indian Fairy Tales · The Magic Fiddle
The Crab and the Monkey
1903 · Yei Theodora Ozaki · The Japanese Fairy Book · National Diet Library catalogue
The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
1903 · Yei Theodora Ozaki · The Japanese Fairy Book · National Diet Library catalogue
The Story of Gelert
1862 · George Borrow · Wild Wales · Chapter XLVI
1894 · P. H. Emerson · Welsh Fairy-Tales · The Story of Gelert
The Fairy of the Dell
1894 · P. H. Emerson · Welsh Fairy-Tales · The Fairy of the Dell
Rumpelstiltskin
1890 · Joseph Jacobs · English Fairy Tales · Tom Tit Tot
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1842 · Robert Browning · The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1910 · Robert Browning / Kate Greenaway · Frederick Warne edition
Reynard the Fox
1481 · William Caxton · The History of Reynard the Fox
The Mummies Play of Saint Kitts
1884 · Juliana Horatia Ewing · A Christmas Mumming Play · Aunt Judy’s Magazine
Udea and Her Seven Brothers
1900 · Andrew Lang (ed.) · The Grey Fairy Book · first edition 1900, digitised reprint 1905
Jamil and Jamila
1900 · Andrew Lang (ed.) · The Grey Fairy Book · first edition 1900, digitised reprint 1905