Du Phoenix: 1059 books

A king's daughter was ill, and it was foretold she would be made well by eating an apple. The king declared that whoever brought the apple to cure her would marry her. A peasant with three sons sent the oldest, Uele, with a basket of apples. He met a little iron man who asked him what was in the basket and said "Frogs' legs." ...

A peasant found a devil in his fields, sitting on a fire. He guessed he was sitting on treasure, and the devil offered it if for two years, half of the crop was his. The peasant agreed, and said that to prevent disputes, the half above the ground was the devil's, and the half below the peasant's... 

A queen wished her naughty daughter would turn into a raven and fly away, so she could have some peace, and her wish was instantly fulfilled. She flew away to a forest. In the forest, a man heard a raven tell him she was an enchanted princess...

A tailor's apprentice robs and murders a Jew on the road, despite the Jew saying that "The bright sun will bring it to light." He then settled down....

A lazy woman did not like to spin and when she did, did not wind onto a reel, but left it on the bobbin. Her husband complained, and she said she needed a reel to do that, but when he went to cut one, sneaked after and called out that whoever cut a reel would die...

A cock and a hen go to Herr Korbes's house in a carriage. Along the way, they pick up a millstone, an egg, a duck, a pin, and a needle. Herr Korbes is not at home; they go in and when he returns, they attack him....

A soldier has been discharged from the king's service because of his wounds. The soldier leaves the castle and as night falls he requires somewhere to stay. Encountering the cottage of a witch, he asks her for lodging....

A witch had a daughter, whom she loved, and a stepdaughter she hated. Her daughter wanted the stepsister's apron, and her mother promised she would have it: she would chop off her stepsister's head in the night, and the daughter was to make sure she lay by the wall, and her stepsister in the front of the bed...

A willful little girl will not obey her parents and, having taken it into her head that she wants to seeMother Trudy, goes in spite of all their warnings. She arrives terrified, andMother Trudy questions her. She tells of seeing a black man on her steps, a green man (a huntsman), a red man, and, looking through her window, the devil instead of Mother Trudy.

Seven Swabians were once together...

A poor woodcutter and his wife had a three-year-old daughter and could not feed her. The Virgin Mary appeared to the woodcutter and promised to take care of the child, so they gave her the child. She grew up happily inHeaven. One day the Virgin had to go on a journey and gave the girl keys, telling her she could open twelve doors but not the thirteenth. ...

There was once on a time a mother who had three daughters, the eldest of whom was rude and wicked, the second much better, although she had her faults, but the youngest was a pious, good child...

A certain tailor who was great at boasting but ill at doing, took it into his head to go abroad for a while, and look about the world...

In former days every sound had its meaning and application. When the smith's hammer resounded, it cried, "Strike away! strike away." When the carpenter's plane grated, it said, "Here goes! here goes."...