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Earliest Text: fairy tales before the retellings

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A research-driven collection of fairy tales and legends drawn from early printed editions, with original-language quotations, English translations, page numbers, and scans.

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Readers tracing fairy tales to their earliest printed forms
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Stories pair original-language quotations and English translations with page numbers and links to source scans.

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The project organizes its material as story-specific source investigations, connecting short Creepy Tales videos to longer historical texts. Its examples range from the 1812 Grimm edition and a 1636 Neapolitan version to Korean and Chinese tales, and the homepage says readers can compare original-language quotations with English translations. A Method page is available, while the extract does not show the full text of every linked entry.

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