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The Types of the Folk-tale: A Classification and
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The Tale of the Queen Who Sought a Drink From a
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Padisah's Youngest Daughter and Her Donkey-Skull Husband
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649:East of the Sun and West of the Moon
1011:The Little Girl Sold with the Pears
801:The Story of the Abandoned Princess
150:The piece is representative of the
761:Tulisa, the Wood-Cutter's Daughter
714:About the astonishing husband Horu
624:The Three Daughters of King O'Hara
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1104:The Feather of Finist the Falcon
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629:The White Hound of the Mountain
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187:The Journal of Medieval Latin
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578:Master Semolina/Mr Simigdáli
286:The Fisher-Girl and the Crab
268:Children's literature portal
1303:Fiction about shapeshifting
1202:The Well of the World's End
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694:Again, The Snake Bridegroom
654:Prince Hat Under the Ground
214:Ziolkowski, Jan M. (2007).
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1165:The Story of the Hamadryad
1155:Dragon-Child and Sun-Child
1150:The Girl with Two Husbands
932:EglÄ— the Queen of Serpents
766:Khastakhumar and Bibinagar
709:The Tale of the Little Dog
43:The Ass; The Little Donkey
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614:The Daughter of the Skies
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958:MarĂa, manos blancas
832:Beauty and the Beast
535:Animal as Bridegroom
1288:Grimms' Fairy Tales
1114:The Fan of Patience
1026:The Girl as Soldier
916:The Sleeping Prince
842:The Small-tooth Dog
639:The Enchanted Snake
583:Fairer-than-a-Fairy
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1160:Champavati
1047:The Donkey
689:Trandafiru
312:References
102:fairy tale
86:The Donkey
35:The Donkey
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946:AaTh 425N
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806:GrĂĽnkappe
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118:Tale type
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