The following tales are similar to the Godfather Death fairy tale, AT-332. 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 Bluebeard 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.
Text available on D. L. Ashliman's site at The Boy with the Ale Keg. The tale is sometimes known as "Death and the Doctor."
This tale is AT-332.
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.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-332.
An English language version is available in:
El-Shamy, Hasan M., ed. and trans. Folktales of Egypt. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-332.
An English language version is available in:
Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.)
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Text available on D. L. Ashliman's site at Dr. Urssenbeck, Physician of Miracles and Death.
This tale bears similarities to AT-332. It is from Austria.
Text available at The Godfather.
This tale is AT-332.
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.
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Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987.
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Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Household Tales. Margaret Hunt, translator. London: George Bell, 1884.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-332.
An English language version is available in:
Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974.
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Text is annotated on this site at Godfather Death.
This tale is AT-332.
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.
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Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987.
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Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Household Tales. Margaret Hunt, translator. London: George Bell, 1884.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-332.
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.
Text available at Godmother Death.
This tale is AT-332.
An English language version is available in:
Wratislaw, A. H. Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources.Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1890.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-332.
An English language version is available in:
Dawkins, R. M., ed. and trans. Modern Greek Folktales. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1953.
Text available at The Just Man.
This tale is AT-332.
An English language version is available in:
Crane, Thomas Frederick. Italian Popular Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1885.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-332.
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.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-332.
An English language version is available in:
Chase, Richard, ed. The Jack Tales. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-332.
An English language version is available in:
Villa, Susie Hoogasian. 100 Armenian Tales. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1966.
A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.
This tale is AT-332.
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.
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