The following tales are similar to the Tsarevitch Ivan Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf fairy tale, Aarne-Thompson 550: The Quest for the Golden Bird/Firebird. I have included the English language tales of this type which have been gathered by title by D. L. Ashliman in his A Guide to Folktales in the English Language. Sometimes I include tales of other classifications when I deem them relevant to the theme. The tales come from many cultures and are similar to the Firebird story in various ways. I have placed the tales in alphabetical order with bibliographic information and links to texts of the stories if a text is available on the internet.
I am also including Russian tales of other classifications that contain the Firebird.
Tales of AT-550 and other Firebird tales, not including AT-531
A web version of this tale is available at The Bird Grip.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Lang, Andrew, ed. The Pink Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1967. p. 132. (Original published 1897.)
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Bushnaq, Inea, ed. and trans. Arab Folktales. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. p. 80.A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. p. 78. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.)A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974. no. 49.A web version of this tale is available at The Golden Bird.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987. no. 57.
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Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Household Tales. Margaret Hunt, translator. London: George Bell, 1884. no. 57.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Musick, Ruth Ann. Green Hills of Magic: West Virginia Folktales from Europe. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1970.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Dawkins, R. M., ed. and trans. Modern Greek Folktales. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1953. no. 35A.A web version of this tale is available at The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Jacobs, Joseph, ed. More Celtic Fairy Tales. New York: Dover, 1968. p. 110. (Originally published 1894.)A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Paredes, Americo, ed. and trans. Folktales of Mexico. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. no. 35.A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Walker, Warren S. and Uysal, Ahmet E., eds. Tales Alive in Turkey. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. p. 90.A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Glassie, Henry, ed. Irish Folktales. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. no. 117.A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971. pt. A, v. 1, p. 365.A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. p. 70. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.)A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. p. 70. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.)A web version of this tale is available at Mac Iain Direach.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Campbell, J. F. Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected. London: Alexander Gardner, 1890-1893. v. 2, p. 344. (Reprint available from Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1969.)A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
An English language version is available in:
Afanasyev, Aleksandr. Russian Fairy Tales. Norbert Guterman, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1945 (1973). p. 229.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Megas, Georgios A., ed. Folktales of Greece. Helen Colaclides, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. no. 20.A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Glassie, Henry, ed. Irish Folktales. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. no. 116.A web version of this tale is available at The Nunda, Eater of People.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Lang, Andrew, ed. The Violet Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1966. p. 249. (Original published 1901.)An annotated version of this tale is available at Prince Ivan Firebird, and the Gray Wolf.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Afanasyev, Aleksandr. Russian Fairy Tales. Norbert Guterman, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1945. p. 612.
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Wheeler, Post. Russian Wonder Tales. New York: The Century Company, 1912.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Dégh, Linda, ed. Folktales of Hungary. Judit Halasz, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965. no. 5.A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Noy, Dov, ed. Folktales of Israel. Gene Baharav, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. no. 56.A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. p. 140. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.)A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. p. 183. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.)
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A web version of this tale is available at The Witch and Her Servants.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Lang, Andrew, ed. The Yellow Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1966. p. 161. (Original published 1894.)A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-550.
An English language version is available in:
Villa, Susie Hoogasian. 100 Armenian Tales. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1966.
Tales of AT-531
The Firebird appears in a few Russian folktales not of AT-550, the most familiar being The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa, AT-531. I am including a list of AT-531 tales for anyone interested in this particular Firebird tale and its siblings from around the world. Once again, this list was primarily derived from D. L. Ashliman's A Guide to Folktales in the English Language.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Thomas, Rosemary Hyde. It's Good to Tell You: French Folktales from Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981. no. 9.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Dawkins, R. M., ed. and trans. More Greek Folktales. London: Clarendon Press, 1955. no. 10.
A web version of this tale is not available at this time.
This tale is ATU 955. It is from England.
An English language version is available in:
Addy, Sidney Oldall. Household Tales with other Traditional Remains: Collected in the Counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham. London: David Nutt, 1895.
Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor.Bluebeard Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2011.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Glassie, Henry, ed. Irish Folktales. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. no. 121.
A web version of this tale is available at Corvetto.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Basile, Giovanni Batiste. Il Pentamerone, or The Tale of Tales. Sir Richard Burton, translator. London: Henry and Company, 1893.
Basile, Giambattista. The Pentamerone. Benedetto Croce, translator. New York: Dutton, 1932. Day 3, Tale 7.
Basile, Giambattista. The Pentamerone, or The Story of Stories. John Edward Taylor, translator. London: David Bogue, 1850.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987. no. 126.
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Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Household Tales. Margaret Hunt, translator. London: George Bell, 1884. no. 126.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. no. 79.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Afanasyev, Aleksandr. Russian Fairy Tales. Norbert Guterman, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1945. p. 494.
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A web version of this tale is available at The Fire-Bird, the Horse of Power, and the Princess Vasilissa.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Ransome, Arthur. Old Peter's Russian Tales. London and Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd., 1916.
Cole, Joanna, ed. Best-Loved Folktales of the World. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1982. no. 93.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Dégh, Linda, ed. Folktales of Hungary. Judit Halasz, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965. no. 8.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971. pt. A, v. 1, p. 265.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Massignon, Genevieve, ed. Folktales of France. Jacqueline Hyland, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968. no. 11.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Asbjornsen, Peter Christen and Moe, Jorgen. Norwegian Folk Tales. Pat Shaw Iverson and Carl Norman, translators. New York: Pantheon Books, 1960. p. 139.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Paredes, Americo, ed. and trans. Folktales of Mexico. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. no. 35.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Villa, Susie Hoogasian. 100 Armenian Tales. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1966. no. 15.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Delarue, Paul, ed. The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales. Austin E. Fife, translator. New York: Alfred E. Knopf, 1956. p. 70.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Megas, Georgios A., ed. Folktales of Greece. Helen Colaclides, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. no. 33.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Grimm's Other Tales. William Hansen, selector. Ruth Michael-Jenas and Arthur Ratcliff, translators. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1956. p. 37.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Villa, Susie Hoogasian. 100 Armenian Tales. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1966. no. 14.
A web version of this tale is available at The Mermaid and the Boy.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Lang, Andrew, ed. The Brown Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1965. (Original published 1904.) p. 165.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Glassie, Henry, ed. Irish Folktales. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. no. 116.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Dégh, Linda, ed. Folktales of Hungary. Judit Halasz, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965. no. 5.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974. no. 46.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Dawkins, R. M., ed. and trans. Modern Greek Folktales. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1953. no. 34.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Bushnaq, Inea, ed. and trans. Arab Folktales. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. p. 115.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. no. 3.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-531.
An English language version is available in:
Saucier, Corinne L. Folk Tales From French Louisana. New York: Exposition Press, 1962. no. 6.
