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Origin: Germany, Author: Brothers Grimm (1812), Main Plot: A miller lies about his daughter being able to spin straw into gold. The king locks her up and orders her to perform the task, and she makes a deal with a magical imp to save her life.

Origin: France, Author: Charles Perrault (1697), Main Plot: A young girl wearing a red hooded cape ventures through the woods to deliver food to her sick grandmother, only to encounter a cunning wolf.

Origin: Italy/France, Author: Giovanni Straparola/Charles Perrault (1550/1697), Main Plot: A clever cat uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master.

Origin: Denmark, Author: Hans Christian Andersen (1843), Main Plot: A homely little bird born in a barnyard suffers abuse from the others around him before maturing into a beautiful swan, the most beautiful bird of all.

Origin: Denmark, Author: Hans Christian Andersen (1845), Main Plot: A dying child sells matches on New Year's Eve. She is afraid to go home to her abusive father without having sold any and lights the matches to stay warm, envisioning comforting visions before she dies.

Origin: England, Author: Robert Southey (1837), Main Plot: A young girl named Goldilocks finds a bears' house and explores it, tasting their porridges, sitting in their chairs, and sleeping in their beds. The bears return and startle her away.

Origin: France, Author: Charles Perrault (1697), Main Plot: A princess cursed by an evil fairy pricks her finger on a spindle and falls into a deep sleep for one hundred years, to be awoken by a prince's kiss.

Origin: Denmark, Author: Hans Christian Andersen (1837), Main Plot: An emperor who loves fine clothes is tricked by two swindlers into wearing invisible clothes, believing only those who are unfit for their positions cannot see them.

Origin: Germany, Author: Brothers Grimm (1812), Main Plot: A brother and sister are left in a forest where they find a witch's gingerbread house. They are captured by the witch, with intentions of being eaten, but manage to outsmart her.

Origin: Europe, Author: Charles Perrault (1697), Main Plot: A young woman living in unfortunate circumstances is transformed by her fairy godmother to attend a royal ball. However, she must return before the spell breaks at midnight.

Origin: Germany, Author: Brothers Grimm (1812), Main Plot: A princess, fair-skinned and beautiful, is envied by her stepmother who orders her murder. Snow White survives and is sheltered by seven dwarfs, but her stepmother continually tries to kill her.

Origin: Germany, Author: Brothers Grimm (1812), Main Plot: A princess befriends a frog, which is actually a prince cursed by a wicked witch. The spell is broken after the princess shows the frog kindness, turning him back into a human.

Origin: France, Author: Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (1740), Main Plot: A beautiful woman takes her father's place as a prisoner in a beast's castle and comes to love the beast, breaking the curse placed on him.

Origin: Denmark, Author: Hans Christian Andersen (1835), Main Plot: A prince is in search of a true princess to marry. A young woman seeking shelter at the prince's castle is put to a test involving a pea and multiple mattresses.

Origin: England, Author: Unknown (earliest recorded in 1734), Main Plot: A poor boy trades his cow for magic beans, which grow into a giant beanstalk reaching the sky. He climbs it and encounters a giant, from whom he steals riches.

Origin: Denmark, Author: Hans Christian Andersen (1837), Main Plot: A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love, but the cost is her voice and potentially her life.

Origin: Denmark, Author: Hans Christian Andersen (1835), Main Plot: A tiny girl no bigger than a thumb is kidnapped from her home and faces several precarious situations with moles and toads before falling in love with a flower-fairy prince just her size.

Origin: Germany, Author: Brothers Grimm (end of 16th century), Main Plot: A piper, hired by the town to rid them of their rat infestation, lures the rats away with his music. When the citizens refuse to pay, he takes the town's children away as well.

Origin: France, Author: Charles Perrault (1697), Main Plot: A violent nobleman who has murdered his former wives gives his new wife a key to all the rooms in his castle but forbids her from entering one. She disobeys and discovers his dark secret.