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Fairy tales are stories that range from those originating in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. This is a list of Romanian fairy tales:


A

*"Aleodor împărat" ("Emperor Aleodor"), by
Petre Ispirescu Petre Ispirescu (; January 1830 – 21 November 1887) was a Romanian editor, folklorist, printer, and publicist. He is best known for his work as a gatherer of Romanian folk tales, recounting them with a remarkable talent. Career Petre Ispiresc ...


B

*"Băiatul care vorbea cu florile", by Petre Crăciun *"Balaurul cel cu șapte capete" *"Broasca țestoasă cea fermecată" ("The Enchanted Turtle") *"Băiatul cel bubos și ghigorțul"


C

*"Cămașa fermecată", by Petre Crăciun *"Călătorie în spicul de grâu", by Petre Crăciun *"
Capra cu trei iezi "The Goat and Her Three Kids" or "The Goat with Three Kids" ( ro, Capra cu trei iezi) is an 1875 short story, fable and fairy tale by Romanian author Ion Creangă. Figuratively illustrating for the notions of motherly love and childish disobedience ...
", by Ion Creangă" *"Cei trei frați împărați" *"Cele douăsprezece fete de împărat și palatul cel fermecat" *"Cele trei rodii aurite , by
Petre Ispirescu Petre Ispirescu (; January 1830 – 21 November 1887) was a Romanian editor, folklorist, printer, and publicist. He is best known for his work as a gatherer of Romanian folk tales, recounting them with a remarkable talent. Career Petre Ispiresc ...
" *"Ciobănașul cel isteț sau țurloaiele blendei" *"Copiii văduvului și iepurele, vulpea, lupul și ursul" *"Cotoșman năzdrăvanu"


D

*"Departe, departe" *"Dochia" (
Dimitrie Bolintineanu Dimitrie Bolintineanu (; 14 January 1819 (1825 according to some sources), Bolintin-Vale – 20 August 1872, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, though he wrote in many other styles as well, diplomat, politician, and a participant in the revolut ...
) *"Doi feți cu stea în frunte" ("
The Boys with the Golden Stars The Boys with the Golden Stars (Romanian: ''Doi feți cu stea în frunte'') is a Romanian fairy tale collected in ''Rumänische Märchen''. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Violet Fairy Book''.Lang, Andrew. The Violet Fairy Book'. London; New Yo ...
"), by
Ioan Slavici Ioan Slavici (; 18 January 1848 – 17 August 1925) was a Romanians, Romanian writer and journalist from Hungary, later from Romania. He made his debut in ''Convorbiri literare'' ("Literary Conversations") (1871), with the comedy ''Fata de biră ...
*"Două oale", by Petre Crăciun *" Dănilă Prepeleac" de Ion Creangă *"Drumul curcubeului", by Petre Crăciun


F

*" Fata babei și fata moșneagului" by Ion Creangă *"Fata cu pieze rele" *"Fata cea frumoasă și fântâna cu apă tulbure", by Petre Crăciun *"Fata cea urâtă și omul cel nătâng", by Petre Crăciun *"Fata de împărat și fiul văduvei" * " Fata din dafin" ("
The Bay-Tree Maiden The Bay-Tree Maiden (Romanian: ''Fata din dafin'') is a Romanian fairy tale about a fairy or maiden that comes out of a tree or plant and falls in love with a human prince. Published sources This tale was originally collected and published by a ...
") *"Fata moșului cea cu minte" *"Fata săracului cea isteață" *"Florița din codru" *"Făt-Frumos" (Bolintineanu) *"Făt-Frumos cel rătăcit" *"Făt-Frumos cu carâta de sticlă" *"Făt-Frumos cu părul de aur" (" Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair" or "The Foundling Prince") by Petre Ispirescu *" Făt-Frumos din lacrimă" by
Mihai Eminescu Mihai Eminescu (; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanian Romantic poet from Moldavia, novelist, and journalist, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active memb ...
*"Făt-Frumos cu Moț-în-Frunte" *"Floarea înțelepciunii și Iarba puterii", by Petre Crăciun


G

*"George cel viteaz" *"
Greuceanu Greuceanu is a hero of the Romanian folklore. It is a brave young man who finds that the Sun and the Moon have been stolen by '' zmei''. After a long fight with the three ''zmei'' and their wives ''( zmeoaice)'', Greuceanu sets the Sun and the Moon ...
" *"Găinăreasa" *"Grădina ascunsă", by Petre Crăciun


H

*"Hoțu împărat" *"
Povestea lui Harap Alb "Harap Alb" or "Harap-Alb" () is the protagonist as well as the title of a Romanian-language fairy tale by Ion Creangă, known in full as ''Povestea lui Harap Alb'' ("The Story of Harap Alb"). He is the youngest of three princes. "Harap Alb" rece ...
" by Ion Creangă


I

*"
Ileana Simziana ''Ileana Simziana'' or ''Ileana Sînziana'' (also translated to English as ''The Princess Who Would be a Prince or Iliane of the Golden Tresses'' and ''Helena Goldengarland'') is a Romanian fairy tale collected and written down by Petre Ispiresc ...
(or "Ileana Cosânzeana"), by
Petre Ispirescu Petre Ispirescu (; January 1830 – 21 November 1887) was a Romanian editor, folklorist, printer, and publicist. He is best known for his work as a gatherer of Romanian folk tales, recounting them with a remarkable talent. Career Petre Ispiresc ...
*"Ileana cea șireată" (" Cunning Ileane"), by
Ioan Slavici Ioan Slavici (; 18 January 1848 – 17 August 1925) was a Romanians, Romanian writer and journalist from Hungary, later from Romania. He made his debut in ''Convorbiri literare'' ("Literary Conversations") (1871), with the comedy ''Fata de biră ...
*" Ivan Turbincă" ("The Story of Ivan Turbincă"), by Ion Creangă Tudor Pamfile
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in the
Romanian Cultural Institute The Romanian Cultural Institute ( ro, Institutul Cultural Român, ICR), headquartered in Bucharest, was established in 2004 on the older institutional framework provided by the Romanian Cultural Foundation and before 1989 by the Institute for ...
's
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'', Nr. 24/2004


ÃŽ

*"Împăratul cel Bătrân și mărul cu poame fermecate", by Petre Crăciun *"Împărăția femeilor leneșe", by Petre Crăciun *"Înșir-te mărgărite" ("
A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers, The Golden Twins or Pearls, Thread Yourselves (Romanian: ''Înşiră-te mărgăritari'') is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in ''Legende sau basmele românilor''. Source According ...
") *"Împărat în Țară străină", by Petre Crăciun


L

*"Luceafărul de ziuă și luceafărul de noapte" *"Lupul cel năzdrăvan și Făt-Frumos"


M

*"Mihnea și baba"


N

*"Neghiniță" *"Norocul dracului" *"Numai cu vitele se scoate sărăcia din casă"


O

*"O noapte la morminte" *"Omul de piatră" ("
The Man of Stone The Man of Stone (''Omul de piatră'') is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in ''Legende sau basmele românilor''.Julia Collier Harris, Rea Ipcar, ''The Foundling Prince & Other Tales: Translated from the Roumanian of Petre Isp ...
") *"Omul de flori cu barba de mătasă" *"Omul care schimba anotimpurile", by Petre Crăciun *"Omul-Ceață, prietenul Măriei Sale", by Petre Crăciun


P

*"Palatul de cleștar" *"Pasărea măiastră" (" The Wonderful Bird") by Petre IspirescuThe Wonderful Bird
''worldoftales.com,'' in ''Roumanian Fairy Tales'', Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1885 *"Petre pescarul", by Petre Crăciun *"Porcul cel fermecat" (" The Enchanted Pig") *"Poveste" ( Delavrancea) *"Poveste țărănească" *" Povestea lui Harap-Alb" by Ion Creangă *" Povestea lui Stan Pățitul" by Ion Creangă *" Povestea porcului" by Ion Creangă *"Povestea balaurului beteag", by Petre Crăciun *" Prâslea cel voinic și merele de aur" ("
Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples (Romanian: ''Prâslea cel voinic și merele de aur'') is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in ''Legende sau basmele românilor''. Synopsis A king had a magnificent garden with a tree tha ...
") *" Punguța cu doi bani" by Ion Creangă


R

*"Rodul tainic" *"Roman Năzdrăvan"


S

*" Soacra cu trei nurori" by Ion Creangă *"Spaima zmeilor" *"Sarea în bucate" *"Spancioc, spaima zmeilor"


T

*"Tinerețe fără bătrânețe și viață fără de moarte" ("
Youth Without Aging and Life Without Death ''Youth Without Aging and Life Without Death'' ( ro, Tinerețe fără bătrânețe și viață fără de moarte) is a story from Romanian folklore, collected by Petre Ispirescu and introduced in the collection Legende sau basmele românilor. It has ...
") *" Trandafiru", by
Arthur Carl Victor Schott Arthur Carl Victor Schott (27 February 1814 â€“ 26 July 1875) was a German-American artist, naturalist and ethnographer. He was hired as a "special scientific collector" for the United States Boundary Commission, and participated in th ...
and Albert Schott


Èš

*"Țugulea, fiul unchiașului și al mătușei" *"Țara Adevărului și Împăratul Minciună", by Petre Crăciun *"Țara unde oamenii nu visau niciodată", by Petre Crăciun *"Țara scriitorilor de noroc", by Petre Crăciun


V

*"Voinicel și Vrăjitoarea cea Albă", by Petre Crăciun *"Voinicul cel cu cartea în mână născut" *"Voinicul cel fără de tată"


Z

*"Zina-Doamna" * " Zâna Zorilor" ( The Fairy Aurora) *"Zâna munților" *"Zâna zânelor"


References

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Ioan Slavici Ioan Slavici (; 18 January 1848 – 17 August 1925) was a Romanians, Romanian writer and journalist from Hungary, later from Romania. He made his debut in ''Convorbiri literare'' ("Literary Conversations") (1871), with the comedy ''Fata de biră ...
, ''Limir-împărat'', Editura Ion Creangă, Biblioteca școlarului, 1986 *
Petre Ispirescu Petre Ispirescu (; January 1830 – 21 November 1887) was a Romanian editor, folklorist, printer, and publicist. He is best known for his work as a gatherer of Romanian folk tales, recounting them with a remarkable talent. Career Petre Ispiresc ...
, ''
Legende sau basmele românilor ''Legende sau basmele românilor'' ("Legends or Romanian Fairy-tales") is a collection, in several volumes, of Romanian folktales, first published in 1872 by Petre Ispirescu. Contents (note: these are some of the tales) *''TinereÈ›e fără de bÄ ...
'' ("Legends or Romanian Fairy-tales") * I.C.Fundescu - ''Basme, oraÈ›ii, păcălituri È™i ghicitori'', ed. a III-a. BucureÈ™ti, 1875, p. 61— 76. * Șăineanu, Lazăr – ''Basmele române'', Ed. Minerva, BucureÈ™ti, 1978; * Vulcănescu, Romulus – ''Mitologie română'', Ed. Academiei, BucureÈ™ti, 1997.


See also

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