Female characters in fairy tales

Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, is a French fairy tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world. The protagonist is a young girl living in unfortunate circumstances who is suddenly blessed with remarkable fortune, ultimately ascending to the throne through marriage. The earliest known version of the Cinderella story is usually considered to be the Greek story of Rhodopis, as described by the scholar Strabo sometime between 7BC and AD23, about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt.

fairy tale version published by the Brothers Grimm

fairy tale by H. C. Andersen

European fairy tale (ATU 333)

classic fairytale (ATU 410)

fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm

mythological figure, fantasy character, witch

"Rapunzel" ( ; ; or ) is a German fairy tale most notably recorded by the Brothers Grimm and it was published in 1812 as part of ''Children's and Household Tales'' (KHM 12). The Grimms' story was developed from the French literary fairy tale of Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1698), which itself is an alternative version of the Italian fairy tale Petrosinella by Giambattista Basile (1634).

literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1844

literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

Thumbelina (; ) is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Travelling Companion" in the second installment of Fairy Tales Told for Children. Thumbelina is about a tiny girl and her adventures with marriage-minded toads, moles, and cockchafers. She successfully avoids their intentions before falling in love with a flower-fairy prince just her size.

right|upright|thumb|Snow Maiden (1899) by Victor Vasnetsov

fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm

fairy tale

fictional character from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

"Donkeyskin" () is a French literary fairytale written in verse by Charles Perrault. It was first published in 1695 in a small volume and republished in 1697 in Perrault's Histoires ou contes du temps passé. Andrew Lang included it, somewhat euphemized, in The Grey Fairy Book. It is classed among folktales of Aarne-Thompson type 510B, unnatural love.

Grimm fairy tale

fictional protagonist of many of the Oz novels by the American author L. Frank Baum

fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

archetype in myth

folktale type (ATU 306)

Russian folk tale

folk fairy tale

fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm

"Allerleirauh" () is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, it has been recorded as Tale no. 65. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book.

folk tale by the Brothers Grimm

archetypal figure

archetype of a magical nurturing caretaker

Lithuanian legend

literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in December 1847 in English

fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

character in Snow White fairy tale by brothers Grimm

fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm

thumb|Pair of ancient sandals from Egypt, made of vegetable fiber

fairy tale version by the Brothers Grimm

literary work

short story by Hans Christian Andersen

literary work

Countess d'Aulnoy fairy tale

literary work

Korean folk tale

fairy tale by Brothers Grimm

Arab folk tale translated to French

folk tale version by the Brothers Grimm

Chinese fairy tale

character in Slavic mythology

fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm

Norse fairy tale

Russian fairy tale

Norse fairy tale

fairy tale by d'Aulnoy

thumb|Archetypical appearance of a crone.Old Woman Seen from Behind,by Vincent van Gogh. In folklore, a crone is an old woman who may be characterized as disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make her either helpful or obsolete. As a concept, 'The Crone' is also often associated with the Jungian archetype of the Wise Woman or, if accompanied by 'The Maiden' and 'The Mother', as a member of the Triple Goddess deity archetype. As a character type, the crone shares characteristics with the hag.

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Russian fairy tale

group of folk and fairy tales about a human woman marrying or being betrothed to an animal

fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm