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Tale Summary There was once an old woman with three daughters. Two of them were very unlucky but the youngest, Nella, was perfect and lucky in every way, making the eldest sisters jealous. The girl secretly was married to an enchanted Prince, who had a wicked mother. So as not...

Tale Summary There once was a merchant who wished to see his only daughter, Betta, married, but she would not consent. One day, he asked his daughter what she would like him to bring back from the fair. She asked for half a hundredweight of Palermo sugar, the same amount...

Tale Summary Once upon a time, there was a poor gardener’s wife named Sapatella who longed for a son. When her husband, named Cola Matteo, one day brought home a bundle of sticks and they found a little snake inside, she despaired that even snakes had children, but not her...

Tale Summary There was once a couple living in Miano who desperately wanted a child. The woman often said out loud that she would not even care if the child was a sprig of myrtle, and eventually she wore down the heavens and her wish was granted. She planted the...

Tale Summary An old man has three daughters. The eldest two are vain, and selfish, and do not help with the housework, the youngest (Helga) is the most beautiful and selfless and serves the whole family. When their fire goes out one night, the first two sisters are sent in...

Tale Summary A king adopts a beautiful girl for his daughter. When she grows up, all three of his sons want her hand in marriage. He sets out a test to determine who will wed the girl, Isolde. Whoever brings back the most unusual thing from foreign lands will win...

Tale Summary Thorstein is a prince and is too kind. After his parents die he spends the entire kingdom’s budget on charity for people who don’t deserve it and everybody is miserable. He barters his kingdom away and leaves. On his journey, he encounters a farmer who is digging up...