List of Male characters in fairy tales - FamousFix List (2024)

AladdinMiddle Eastern folk tale

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Aladdin (Arabic: علاء الدين‎, ʻAlāʼ ud-Dīn/ ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn, ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin. Despite not being part of the original Arabic text, it is one of the best known tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights). It was added to the collection in the 18th century by the Frenchman Antoine Galland, who acquired the tale from Syrian Maronite storyteller Hanna Diyab. In any case, since it first appeared, "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" has been one of the best known and most retold of all fairy tales.

• ATU 560-649· 3T
• Male characters in literature· 634T
• Disney's Aladdin characters· 7T

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Rumpelstiltskin is the eponymous character and antagonist of a fairy tale that originated in Germany (where he is known as Rumpelstilzchen). The tale was collected by the Brothers Grimm, who first published it in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. It was subsequently revised in later editions.

• The Devil in fairy tales· 4T
• Deal with the Devil· 16T
• Rumpelstiltskin· 2T

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"Hansel and Gretel" (also known as Hansel and Grettel, Hansel and Grethel, or Little Brother and Little Sister) (or and German: Hänsel und Gretel ) is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their lives by outwitting her. The tale has been adapted to various media, most notably the opera Hänsel und Gretel (1893) by Engelbert Humperdinck. Under the Aarne–Thompson classification system, "Hansel and Gretel" is classified under Class 327.

• Child characters in fairy tales· 8T
• Siblings in fiction· 6T
• Hansel and Gretel· 1T

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The Big Bad Wolf is a fictional wolf appearing in several cautionary tales that include some of Aesop's Fables (c. 600 BC) and Grimms' Fairy Tales. Versions of this character have appeared in numerous works, and it has become a generic archetype of a menacing predatory antagonist.

• Metaphors referring to wolves· 1T
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio film series· 10T
• Big Bad Wolf· 34T

JackEnglish hero and stock character

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Jack is an archetypal Cornish and English hero and stock character appearing in legends, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes, generally portrayed as a young adult. Unlike moralizing fairy heroes, Jack is often portrayed as lazy or foolish, but through the use of cleverness and tricks he usually emerges triumphant. In this way, he may resemble a trickster.

• Legendary English people· 5T
• Male characters in literature· 513T
• Heroes in mythology and legend· 11T

Ali BabaFolk tale added to One Thousand and One Nights

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Ali Baba (Arabic: علي بابا‎ ʿAlī Bābā ) is a character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (علي بابا والأربعين حرامي).

• Fictional people from Baghdad· 3T
• Fictional lumberjacks· 7T
• Iraqi folklore· 4T

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"Bluebeard" (French: Barbe bleue, ) is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in Histoires ou contes du temps passé. The tale tells the story of a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors. "The White Dove", "The Robber Bridegroom" and "Fitcher's Bird" (also called "Fowler's Fowl") are tales similar to "Bluebeard". The notoriety of the tale is such that Merriam-Webster gives the word "Bluebeard" the definition of "a man who marries and kills one wife after another," and the verb "bluebearding" has even appeared as a way to describe the crime of either killing a series of women, or seducing and abandoning a series of women.

• ATU 300-399· 9T
• Fictional uxoricides· 19T
• Grimms' Fairy Tales· 21T

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Three Little Pigs is a fairy tale featuring anthropomorphic pigs who build three houses of different materials. A big bad wolf is able to blow down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and wood, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks. Printed versions date back to the 1840s, but the story itself is thought to be much older. The phrases used in the story, and the various morals that can be drawn from it, have become embedded in Western culture.

• Big Bad Wolf· 34T
• Pigs in literature· 94T
• English fairy tales· 7T

Prince CharmingA theme in storytelling, often used as a stock character

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Prince Charming is a stock character who appears in a number of fairy tales. He is the prince who comes to rescue of the damsel in distress, and stereotypically, must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. The name has been given to the heroes of a number of traditional folk tales, including Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella.

• Literary characters introduced in 1697· 1T
• Sleeping Beauty characters· 1T
• Cinderella characters· 5T

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Mogarzea and his Son is a fairy tale included by Andrew Lang in The Violet Fairy Book. The source was Mite Kremnitz, Rumänische Märchen: Mogarzea und sein Sohn.

• Fictional flautists· 3T
• Fictional shepherds· 13T
• Romanian fairy tales· 2T