The following tales are similar to the Girl Without HandsH fairy tale, AT-706. 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 Girl Without Hands 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 Armless Maiden
Biancabella and the Snake *
A Boy Cuts Off His Sister's Hand
The Cruel Stepmother
Daughter Doris
Dionigia and the King of England
Doña Bernarda
The Falcon's Daughter
The Girl with No Hands
The Girl without Any Hands
The Girl without Arms
The Girl without Hands (Grimms) *
The Girl without Hands (Ranke)
The Handless Woman: Healing and Wilderness
John and Mary; or, The Girl with the Chopped-Off Hands
The Maiden without Hands in Romanian Folklore
Mariam
Olive
The One-Handed Girl *
Rising Water, Talking Bird and Weeping Tree
The Turkey Hen
The Woman with Her Hands Cut Off

* Full text of tale is available online.

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

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974.
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Afanasyev, Aleksandr. Russian Fairy Tales. Norbert Guterman, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1945.
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Text available at Biancabella and the Snake.

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Straparola, Giovanni Francesco. The Facetious Nights by Straparola. W. G. Waters, translator. Jules Garnier and E. R. Hughes, illustrators. London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles, 1901. 4 volumes. Night 3, Tale 3.

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

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Arewa, Erastus Ojo. A Classification of the Folktales of Northern East Africa Cattle Area By Types. Folklore of the World. New York: Arno Press, 1980.

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

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971. pt. A, v. 1, p. 197.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971. pt. A, v. 1, p. 201.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

An English language version is available in:

Zipes, Jack, ed. The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001.
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This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Espinosa, Aurelio M. The Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest. J. Manuel Espinosa, ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Dorson, Richard M., ed. Folktales Told Around the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.
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This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Musick, Ruth Ann. Green Hills of Magic: West Virginia Folktales from Europe. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1970.

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

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.)
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Seki, Keigo. Folktales of Japan. Robert J. Adams, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963.

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Text is annotated on this site at Girl Without Hands.

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Grimm's Other Tales. William Hansen, selector. Ruth Michael-Jenas and Arthur Ratcliff, translators. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1956.
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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-706.

An English language version is available in:

Ranke, Kurt, ed. Folktales of Germany. Lotte Baumann, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale comes from Japan.

An English language version is available in:

Chinen, Allan B. "The Handless Woman: Healing and Wilderness." Waking World: Classic Tales of Women and the Heroic Feminine. New York: Putnam, 1996.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Thomas, Rosemary Hyde. It's Good to Tell You: French Folktales from Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981.
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Degh, Linda, ed. Studies in East European Folk Narrative. [Bloomington]: American Folklore Society and the Indiana University Folklore Monograph Series, 1978. p. 319.

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

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Villa, Susie Hoogasian. 100 Armenian Tales. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1966.

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

This tale is AT-706.

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 One-Handed Girl.

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Lang, Andrew, ed. The Lilac Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1968. (Original published 1910.)
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Saucier, Corinne L. Folk Tales From French Louisana. New York: Exposition Press, 1962.

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

This tale is AT-706.

An English language version is available in:

Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.

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

This tale is AT-706.

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.
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