Cruelty punished
The story punishes cruelty by delivering a verdict on whoever was cruel in it, usually in one sentence after everything else is settled. The false bride is asked what such a woman deserves and names her own punishment without recognising the case, and the stepmother's end is reported and not dwelt on. That the reckoning comes matters more to these stories than what it is.
Lessons
66 stories
- The Story of three Wonderful BeggarsThe Violet Fairy BookPG-1313+17 Min
- The Enchanted RingThe Green Fairy BookPG7+17 Min
- The Three Little PigsThe Green Fairy BookPG7+12 Min
- Maiden Bright-eyeThe Pink Fairy BookPG-1313+13 Min
- PrunellaThe Grey Fairy BookPG9+11 Min
- A Tale of the TontlawaldThe Violet Fairy BookPG-1313+27 Min
- DrakestailThe Red Fairy BookPG9+11 Min
- Prince Narcissus and the Princess PotentillaThe Green Fairy BookPG-1313+34 Min
- The Sleeping Beauty in the WoodThe Blue Fairy BookPG-1313+23 Min
- Snow-white and Rose-redThe Blue Fairy BookPG-1313+15 Min
- The Princess MayblossomThe Red Fairy BookPG7+39 Min
- The Black Thief and Knight of the GlenThe Red Fairy BookPG-1313+30 Min
- The Little Good MouseThe Red Fairy BookPG7+28 Min
- The Three DwarfsThe Red Fairy BookPG9+13 Min
- The Nettle SpinnerThe Red Fairy BookPG7+13 Min
- The Golden BlackbirdThe Green Fairy BookPG9+11 Min
- The Three Snake-leavesThe Green Fairy BookPG-1313+9 Min
- The Grateful BeastsThe Yellow Fairy BookPG9+23 Min
- The Wizard KingThe Yellow Fairy BookPG9+16 Min
- Alphege, or the Green MonkeyThe Yellow Fairy BookPG7+13 Min
- Fairer-than-a-FairyThe Yellow Fairy BookPG9+16 Min
- The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken PromiseThe Yellow Fairy BookPG9+5 Min
- The Glass AxeThe Yellow Fairy BookPG9+19 Min
- The White DuckThe Yellow Fairy BookPG-1313+10 Min
- The Story of King FrostThe Yellow Fairy BookPG9+7 Min
- The WitchThe Yellow Fairy BookPG9+11 Min
- The Story of Big Klaus and Little KlausThe Yellow Fairy BookPG-1313+26 Min
- Esben and the WitchThe Pink Fairy BookPG-1313+26 Min
- Princess Minon-MinetteThe Pink Fairy BookPG9+26 Min
- An Impossible EnchantmentThe Grey Fairy BookPG9+28 Min
- Janni and the DrakenThe Grey Fairy BookPG9+10 Min
- The Story of the Queen of the Flowery IslesThe Grey Fairy BookPG7+15 Min
- Udea and her Seven BrothersThe Grey Fairy BookPG-1313+23 Min
- Mohammed with the Magic FingerThe Grey Fairy BookR17+34 Min
- The Dog and the SparrowThe Grey Fairy BookPG9+9 Min
- Two in a SackThe Violet Fairy BookPG7+9 Min
- The Envious NeighbourThe Violet Fairy BookPG7+11 Min
- The Story of HassebuThe Violet Fairy BookPG9+12 Min
- The Boys with the Golden StarsThe Violet Fairy BookPG9+17 Min
- The Story of HalfmanThe Violet Fairy BookPG-1313+23 Min
- Virgilius the SorcererThe Violet Fairy BookPG9+20 Min
- Mogarzea and his SonThe Violet Fairy BookPG7+12 Min
- Lovely IlonkaThe Crimson Fairy BookPG7+9 Min
- Lucky LuckThe Crimson Fairy BookPG9+18 Min
- How the wicked Tanuki was punishedThe Crimson Fairy BookPG9+7 Min
- The Crab and the MonkeyThe Crimson Fairy BookPG7+6 Min
- The Colony of CatsThe Crimson Fairy BookPG9+16 Min
- The BunyipThe Brown Fairy BookPG7+8 Min
- The Turtle and his BrideThe Brown Fairy BookPG7+10 Min
- The Sacred Milk of KoumongoéThe Brown Fairy BookPG9+17 Min
- Pivi and KaboThe Brown Fairy BookPG-1313+10 Min
- The Goldsmith’s FortuneThe Orange Fairy BookPG9+7 Min
- The Story of ManusThe Orange Fairy BookPG9+13 Min
- The Owl and the EagleThe Orange Fairy BookPG-1313+10 Min
- The Bird of TruthThe Orange Fairy BookPG9+24 Min
- The Mink and the WolfThe Orange Fairy BookPG9+10 Min
- Adventures of an Indian BraveThe Orange Fairy BookPG7+12 Min
- How the Stalos Were TrickedThe Orange Fairy BookPG9+16 Min
- The Comb and the CollarThe Olive Fairy BookPG9+27 Min
- The Green KnightThe Olive Fairy BookPG7+25 Min
- The Satin SurgeonThe Olive Fairy BookPG7+22 Min
- The Prince and Princess in the ForestThe Olive Fairy BookPG9+33 Min
- The Steel CaneThe Olive Fairy BookPG9+7 Min
- The Brown Bear of NorwayThe Lilac Fairy BookPG-1313+21 Min
- The Brownie of the LakeThe Lilac Fairy BookPG7+16 Min
- The Master-maidThe Blue Fairy BookPG-1313+38 Min