List Of Famous Fairy Tale Characters

lIST Of Famous Fairy Tale Characters

Almost everyone loves a good fairy tale and this list of famous fairy tale characters will help you remember your favorites and maybe introduce you to some new ones. Most of us have our own personal favorite fairy tale character, but what about the others? Just in case you need reminding, we have compiled a list famous fairy tale characters.

Snow White – a classic from the Grim Brothers, Snow White is still popular even to this day. In fact, during the mid-2000’s, several films have been released to showcase a new take on Snow White. Yet, there is something that is heartwarming in the old Disney Classic that makes everyone feel like they are kids again. Perhaps it’s the merry music, especially the “Whistle While You Work”.

Pinocchio – who could ever forget the story of a puppet that turned into a real boy. And let’s not forget about the growing nose. Parents also love this one, as Pinocchio is a story that has a good moral ending.

Cinderella – almost everyone knows about the Disney’s version of Cinderella. However, even before Disney made the film, there were already 11 previous films released about Cinderella. Yes, Cinderella is really that popular.

Princess Aurora – Princess Aurora is the sleeping princess of the fairy tale story of Sleeping Beauty. It’s a fairy tale that can trace back its roots up to the 14th century. The original version was way darker and bloodier. Thankfully, Disney made a version that every kid can love.

Sarah – Sarah is the brave big sister that was forced to a voyage to save her baby brother. The movie is entitled Labyrinth, and it’s a cult classic. Although the film flopped at the box office, but the movie itself was a masterpiece. Hey, how can you fail when you have David Bowie taking a role of a Goblin King?

Dread Pirate Roberts – who could ever forget about the Dread Pirate Roberts from the cult classic the “The Princess Bride“. In the story, it turns out that Wesley is the Dread Pirate Roberts, the same Wesley that the Princess Buttercup fell in love when she was a child. If you haven’t seen fairy tale, then stop what you are doing and watch it right now.

Ariel – an original story by Hans Christian Andersen, Ariel is the mermaid who did what she can to meet the man of his dream. You know the story, it’s “The Little Mermaid“. However, did you know that in the original version, Ariel died and joined the Daughters of the Air?

Belle – who could ever forget the classic tunes from the Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast“. Belle is one of the first characters of Disney that portrays a strong woman, rather than a “damsel in distress” type. No wonder Beauty and the Beast is also the first film turned Broadway musical from Disney.

Aladdin – what’s not there to like about Aladdin? A boy with humble beginnings and risked everything for a princess that he dearly loved. Aladdin is so loved that it spawned a whole new franchise of Broadway musical, computer game and TV series.

Shrek – an ogre, a princess, a small-statured King and a donkey! Do I need so say more?

Ella – Imagine a magical kingdom, and Ella is at the center; surrounded by evil stepmother, evil stepsisters, a fairy godmother and don’t forget about the pin-up prince charming. Yep, that’s Ella Enchanted alright.

Giselle – ever wondered how a fairy tale princess would fair in the real world? Wonder no more as Giselle is the princess of this animation and real-life mash-up.

Tiana – Tiana is the first black princess that came out from Disney, and God, it took them a while. The story was based from The Frog Prince. Only in this version, a frog meets an alligator and a waitress. Yep, it’s not what you think.

Rapunzel – long-golden hair princess, trapped in a remote tower and a prince to save the day and return the princess to her rightful place. You already know about this one.

Elsa – everyone knows about Elsa and her sister from the film Frozen. After all, it’s the highest-grossing animated movie of all time. Did you know that Frozen was supposed to be based from the story of The Snow Queen?

Alice – ever heard about the expression “down the rabbit hole?”. That’s how famous Alice is in the story Alice In wonderland.

Maleficent – almost every story has an evil witch for a villain. However, Maleficent has a different take on Sleeping Beauty. Who would have known that an evil witch is just a misunderstood loving stepmother.

Peter Pan – seriously, who wants to grow up? I bet that everyone would love for Peter Pan to take them away to Neverland.

Jack – Jack and the Beanstalk is one of the all-time classic favorites. It has giants, golden goose and a plant that goes way up to the heavens. A fine fairy tale by me!

Little Red Riding Hood – if there was a story that centers on “don’t wander in the woods by yourself”, then Red Riding Hood takes the cake. Well, you can wander in the woods, just make sure there is a lumberjack around to save you just in case a wolf is able to mimic the appearance of your grandmother.

More list of famous fairy tale characters

Fairy Tale Characters by story

• Snow White and Rose Red
o Snow White
o Rose Red
o The dwarf
o The mother
o The bear
• The Town Musicians of Bremen
o The Donkey
o The Cat
o The Rooster
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses
o The older 11 princesses
o The youngest princess
o The soldier
o The princes
o The king
• The Firebird
o Ivan Tsarevitch
o His 2 brothers
o the Wolf
o the King
o the Horse
o the Princess
• The Juniper Tree
o Marleen
o Marleen’s brother
o The stepmother
o The mother
o The father
• Thumbelina
o Thumbelina
o The toad
o The bluebird
o The swallow
o The field mouse
o The fish
o The butterfly
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears
o Goldilocks
o Mama Bear
o Baby Bear
o Papa Bear
• The Three Little Pigs
o The Three Little Pigs
o The Wolf
• The Seven Ravens
o The peasant
o The daughter
o The sons
• The Elves and the Shoemaker
o The elves
o The shoemaker
• The Little Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf
o The boy
o The other villagers
o The wolf
• Sinbad the Sailor
o Sinbad
o The Old Man of the Sea
o The king
o The groom
o The poor Sinbad
o Sinbad’s wife
o The Caliph
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
o Ali Baba
o The forty thieves
o Morgiana
o Cassim
o Baba Mustafa
• The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
o The younger son
o The father
o The king
o The princess
• Hansel & Gretel
o Hansel
o Gretel
o The father
o The stepmother
• Puss in Boots
o Puss in Boots
o The Marquis of Carabas
o The king
o The princess
• Bluebeard
o Bluebeard
o Bluebeard’s wife
• The Valiant Taylor
o The Tailor
o The princess
o The other two tailors
• Rumpelstiltskin
o Rumpelstiltskin
o The princess
• The Little Match Girl
o The Little Match Girl
• The Ugly Duckling
o The old woman and the cat
o The farmer
• The Tortoise and the Hare
o The tortoise
o The hare
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
o Alice
o The Cheshire Cat
o The caterpillar
o The mad hatter
o The dormouse
o The Red Queen
o The Knave of Hearts
o The Mock Turtle
o Humpty Dumpty
o Tweedledee and Tweedledum
o The White King
• The Gingerbread Man
o The gingerbread man
o The fox
o The old woman

Even More Fairy Tale Characters (Some Famous and Some Not So Famous )

• Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Fox and Br’er Bear
o Br’er Rabbit
o Br’er Fox
o Br’er Bear
o The Tar-Baby
o Uncle Remus
• Brother and Sister
o The stepmother
o The brother
o The sister
o The sister’s son
o The stepsister
• Diamonds and Toads
o The widow
o Fanny
o Rose
• Doctor Know-all
o Crabbe
o The nobleman
o Crabbe’s wife
o The four servants
o The fifth servant
• East of the Sun and West of the Moon
o The White Bear
o The troll princess
o The girl
o The prince
o The old woman
• The Elf Maiden
o The maiden
o The good man
o The wicked man
o The wife
o The wife’s parents
• Fair, Brown and Trembling
o The henwife
o Fair
o Brown
o Trembling
o The prince
o The king
o The king’s other sons
o The cowherd
o The other king’s sons
o Trembling’s son
• Fair Brow
o The merchant
o The son
o The sultan’s daughter
o The sultan
o The old man
o The old man’s wife
• Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie
o Pif-Paf-Poltrie
o Fair Katrinelje
• Habogi
o Habogi
o The mother
o The couple’s older daughters
o Helga
o The father
o Sigmund
o Sigurds
• Hans in Luck
o Hans
o The master
o The butcher
o Hans’s mother
• Hans the Hedgehog
o The merchant
o Hans
o The two kings
o The first king’s daughter
o The second king’s daughter
• Henny Penny/Chicken Little
o Henny Penny
o The king
o The other birds
o Foxy Woxy
o Cocky Lockey
• How Geirald the Coward was Punished
o Geirald
o The king
o The captain
o Rosald
o The queen
• How Six Made Their Way in the World
o The soldier
o The soldier’s servants
o The king
o The princess
• Humpty Dumpty
o Humpty Dumpty
o The king
o The king’s horses
o The king’s men
• Jack and Jill
o Jack
o Jill
• Jorinde and Joringel
o Jorinde
o Joringel
o The witch
o The other victims
• King Thrushbeard
o King Thrushbeard
o The princess
o The minstrel
• Mogarzea and his Son
o Mogarzea
o The parents
o The guardian
o The boy
o The fairy
• Mossycoat
o The widow
o The hawker
o Mossycoat
o The servants
• Mr Simigdáli
o The princess
o Mr Simigdáli
o The queen
o The moon
• Myrsina
o The sun
o Myrsina’s sisters
o The months
o The trees
o The prince
• My Own Self
o The widow
o The son
o My Own Self
• Niels and the Giants
o The couple
o The older son
o Niels
o The three giants
o The princess
o The steward
o The man with the holes in his shoes
• Nix Nought Nothing
o Nix Nought Nothing
o The queen
o The king
o The giant
o The giant’s daughter
o The hen-wife
o The gardener’s daughter
• Nourie Hadig
o Nourie Hadig
o The mother
o The father
o The prince
o The moon
o The princess of Adana
o The gypsy girl
• Old King Cole
o Old King Cole
o The musicians
• Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess
o Prince Hyacinth
o The queen
o The king
o The Sorcerer
o The Dear Little Princess
• Sadko
o Sadko
o The Sea Tsar
o The wife
• Sapia Liccarda
o The merchant
o Bella
o Cinzolla
o Sapia Liccarda
o The king
o Grazulo
o Tore
o Cecciarello
• Shippeitaro
o The young warrior
o The maiden
o Shippeitaro
• Shortshanks
o Shortshanks
o King Sturdy
o The king
o The two princesss
o The parents
o The ogres
o Ritter Red
• Snow-White-Fire-Red
o The king
o The queen
o The ogress
o Snow-White-Fire-Red
o The prince
• Soria Moria Castle
o The couple
o Halvor
o The youngest princess
o The older princesses
o The old couple
o The princess’s fiancé
• Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle
o The girl
o The prince
o The richest girl
• Strega Nona
o Strega Nona
o Big Anthony
• The Bear and the Travelers
o The bear
o The two travelers
• The Boy Who Found Fear At Last
o The mother
o The son
o The ogre
o The three maidens
• The Bronze Ring
o The princess
o The gardener’s son
o The rival
o The Mouse Queen
o The prince
o The woman
o The king
• The Brown Bear of the Green Glen
o The older sons
o John
o The king
o The giants
o The brown bear
o The eagle
o The henwife
o The woman
o The princess
• The Crow and the Pitcher
o The crow
• The Dog and His Reflection
o The dog
• The Dragon of the North
o The dragon
o The young man
o The magician
o The witch-maiden
o The princess
• The Elf Mound
o The elf maidens
o The two lizards
o The king
o The two princesses
o The two sons
o The Goblin Chief
o The old maid elf
• The Enchanted Canary
o The lord
o The lord’s son
o The princess
o The old man
o The maidservant
• The Enchanted Maiden
o The father
o The three daughters
o The youngest daughter’s husband
o The enchanted maiden
o The fairies
o The prince
• The Enchanted Pig
o The king
o The king’s daughters
o The youngest daughter
o The enchanted pig
o The witch
o The moon’s mother
o The sun’s mother
o The sun
o The wind’s mother
o The dragon’s mother
• The Enchanted Snake
o The mother
o The father
o The enchanted snake
o The king
o Grannonia
o The fox
• The Fir-Tree
o The fir-tree
o The servants
o The mice
o The rats
• The Fox and the Grapes
o The fox
• The Galoshes of Fortune
o The internee
o The other internee
o Councilor Knap
o The student
o The two fairies
• The Gold-Children
o The golden fish
o The fisherman
o The fisherman’s wife
o The fisherman’s brother
o The witch
o The gold-children
o The gold man
• The Gold-spinners
o The oldest maiden
o The middle maiden
o The youngest maiden
o The king
o The queen
o The prince
o The Wizard of Finland
• The Goose Girl
o The goose girl
o The maid
o The queen
o Falada
o The king
o Conrad
• The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
o The goose
o Simpleton
o Simpleton’s two brothers
o The innkeeper’s daughter
o The king
o The princess
o The gray man
• The King of England and his Three Sons
o The king
o The older sons
o The youngest son
o The woman
o The princess
o Jubal
• The Lion and the Mouse
o The lion
o The mouse
• The Lute Player
o The king
o The queen
• The Marvellous Musician
o The minstrel
o The wolf
o The fox
o The hare
o The woodsman
• The Master Maid
o The king
o The prince
o The giant
o The master maid
o The sheriff
• The Most Incredible Thing
o The clockmaker
o The destroyer
o The princess
• The Nettle Spinner
o Burchard the Wolf
o The grandmother
o The queen
o Renelde
o Guilbert
o The count
o The countess
• The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples
o The emperor
o The emperor’s older sons
o The youngest son
o The witch
o The maiden
o The nine peahens
o The dragon
o The empress
• The Norka
o The king
o The Norka
o The mother bird
o The Norka’s sister
o The tailor
o The two older princes
o The youngest prince
o The shoemaker
o The other artificers
• The Nunda, Eater of People
o The sultan
o The six older sons
o The youngest son
o The bird
o The child
o The Nunda
• The Nutcracker
o Clara
o Fritz
o Drosselmeyer
o The Mouse King
o The Mouse Queen
o The nutcracker
o The dolls
o Pirlipat
• The Peasant’s Wise Daughter
o The peasant
o The daughter
o The king
o The queen
• The Princess and the Pea
o The princess
o The prince
o The prince’s mother
• The Raven
o Jaylen
o The beggar
o The magician
o Billy
o Jeff
o Billy’s two daughters
o The old woman
• The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground
o The princess
o The architect
o The architect’s daughter
o The king
o The king’s youngest son
o The shepherd
• The Riddle
o The boy
o The servant
o The maiden
o The stepmother
o The raven
o The innkeeper
• The Seven Foals
o The oldest son
o The middle son
o The youngest son
o The mother
o The father
o The old woman
o The seven foals
o The troll
o The princess
• The She-bear
o The queen
o The king
o The princess
o The prince
o The servants
• The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
o The shepherdess
o The chimney sweep
o The satyr
• The Silent Princess
o The pasha
o The pasha’s son
o The princess
o The steward
o The old men
o The statue
o The nightingale
o The slave
• The Singing, Springing Lark
o The man
o The two older daughters
o The youngest daughter
o The lion
o The dove
o The princess
o The princess’s husband
o The page
o The page’s wife
o The lark
• The Slave Mother
o The parents
o The five sons
o The slave girl
o The girl’s father
o The owl
• The Sleeping Prince
o The prince
o The king
o The queen
o The goose-girl
o The maid
o The rope
o The millstone
o The butcher’s knife
o The eagle
• The Small-tooth Dog
o The merchant
o The dog
o The merchant’s daughter
• The Snake Prince
o The poor woman
o The king
o The prince
o The princess
o The Queen of the Snakes
• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
o The sorcerer
o The apprentice
• The Spirit in the Bottle
o The spirit
o The woodcutter
o The woodcutter’s son
o The neighbor
• The Steadfast Tin Soldier
o The steadfast soldier
o The boy
o The goblin
o The rat
o The ballerina
• The Swineherd
o The prince
o The princess
• The Teapot
o The teapot
o The beggar
• The Three Army Surgeons
o The three surgeons
o The innkeeper
o The girl
o The soldier
o The cat
o The thief
• The Three Clever Kings
o King Roland
o Aldovrand
o Aldebert
o Alderete
o The Political Council
o The Tinker
o The Sweeper
o The Farmer
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff
o The three goats
o The troll
• The Tinderbox
o The soldier
o The witch
o The king
o The queen
o The councilors
o The princess
o The three dogs
• The Twelve Huntsmen
o The prince
o The king
o The princess
o The other princess
o The maidens
o The lion
o The king’s new wife
o The maiden
• The Two Kings’ Children
o The king
o The prince
o The queen
o The princess’s sisters
o The princess
• The Water of Life
o The dwarf
o The princess
o The king
o The older sons
o The youngest son
o The huntsman
• The Wild Swans
o The eleven princes
o The king
o Elisa
o The archbishop
o The statues
• The Wind in the Willows
o Rat
o Mole
o Badger
o Toad
o Otter
o Portly
• The Wizard King
o The king
o The queen
o The fairy godmother
o The prince
o The princess
• The Wizard of Oz
o Dorothy Gale
o Toto
o The Tin Woodman
o The Cowardly Lion
o The Scarecrow
o The Munchkins
o Glinda the Good Witch
o The Wizard of Oz
• The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
o The wolf
o The seven kids
o The mother goat
• Tom Thumb
o Tom Thumb
o Tom’s father
o Tom’s mother
o The giant
o The Queene of Fayres
o King Twaddell
o Gargantua
o The miller
o The curious cat
• Trusty John
o Trusty John
o The king
o The princess
o The three ravens
o The queen’s sons
• Andras Baive
o Andras Baive
o The dog
o Stalo
o The woman
• The Ant and the Grasshopper
o The ant
o The grasshopper
• Asmund and Signy
o Asmund
o Signy
o Prince Ring
o Prince Ring’s sister

References:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Characters_in_fairy_tales
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fairy_tale_stock_characters