The following tales are similar to the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, AT-410. 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 Sleeping Beauty 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.

The Glass Coffin *
Little Briar-Rose (1812) *
The Neapolitan Soldier
The Ninth Captain's Tale *
Sleeping Beauty and Her Children
Sleeping Beauty in the Wood *
Sleeping Beauty (Chile)
Sleeping Beauty (Sweden)
Sleeping Beauty (South from Hell)
Sun, Moon, and Talia *
The Young Slave *

* Full text of tale is available online.

Text available at The Glass Coffin.

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

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.

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Text available at Little Briar-Rose.

The story of Little Briar-Rose is German.

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

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.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980.
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Text available at The Ninth Captain's Tale on D. L. Ashliman's site.

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

Mathers, Powys, trans. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night. Rendered into English from the literal and complete French translation of Dr. J. C. Mardrus. 4 vols. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980.
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A web version of this tale is annotated on this site at Sleeping Beauty in the Wood.

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

Massignon, Genevieve, ed. Folktales of France. Jacqueline Hyland, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968.

Opie, Iona and Peter. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
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Lang, Andrew, ed. "Sleeping Beauty." The Blue Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1965. (Original published 1889.)
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You can also find a copy of the book online for free at Project Gutenberg.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

Pino-Saaverdra, Yolando, ed. Folktales of Chile. Rockwell Gray, ed. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967.

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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

Roberts, Leonard W. South From Hell-fer-Sartin: Kentucky Mountain Folk Tales. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1955.

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Text available at Sun, Moon, and Talia

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

Basile, Giambattista. The Pentamerone. Benedetto Croce, translator. New York: Dutton, 1932., Day 5, Tale 5.

Basile, Giambattista. The Pentamerone, or The Story of Stories. John Edward Taylor, translator. London: David Bogue, 1850.

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A text for this story is available at The Young Slave.

This tale is AT-410.

An English language version is available in:

Basile, Giambattista. The Pentamerone. Benedetto Croce, translator. New York: Dutton, 1932. Day 2, Tale 8.

Basile, Giovanni Batiste. Il Pentamerone, or The Tale of Tales. Sir Richard Burton, translator. London: Henry and Company, 1893.

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