The following tales are similar to the Bearskin fairy tale, AT-361. 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 Bearskin 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.

Bearskin (von Grimmelshausen) *
Bearskin (Grimm) *
The Coat or the Task
The Devil as Partner *
The Devil's Breeches *
The Devil's Sooty Brother *
Don Giovanni de la Fortuna *
The Good Bear and the Orphan Girls
The Licentiate of Saint Andrews
Man That Never Washed For Seven Years
The Reward of Kindness *
The Road to Hell *
The Soldier and the Bad Man *
The Three Traveling Artisans *

* Full text of tale is available online.

A text version is available at Bearskin on D. L. Ashliman's site.

This tale is AT-361.

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The annotated version of this tale is at Bearskin.

This tale is AT-361.

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-361.

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.

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Text available at The Devil as Partner on D. L. Ashliman's site.

This tale is AT-361.

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Text available on an independent site at The Devil's Breeches.

This tale is AT-361.

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 Devil's Sooty Brother.

This tale is not AT-361, but bears many resemblances to Bearskin.

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 Don Giovanni de la Fortuna.

This tale is AT-361.

An English language version is available in:

Lang, Andrew, ed. The Pink Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1967. (Original published 1897.)
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A web version of this tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-361.

An English language version is available in:

Thundy, Zacharias P., ed. South Indian Folktales of Kadar. Meerut, India: Folklore Institute, 1983.

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

This tale is AT-361.

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.

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

This tale is AT-361.

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 text version is available at The Reward of Kindness.

This tale is similar to AT-361. It is from the Phillipines.

An English language version is available in:

Fansler, Dean S. Filipino Popular Tales. Lancaster and New York: American Folk-Lore Society, 1921.
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Text available on an independent site at The Road to Hell.

This tale is AT-361.

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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Text available on an independent site at The Soldier and the Bad Man.

This tale is AT-361.

An English language version is available in:

Bodker, Laurits; Hole, Christina; and D'Aronoco, G., eds. European Folk Tales. European Folklore Series, vol. 1. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1963.

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Text available on an independent site at The Three Traveling Artisans.

This tale is AT-361.

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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