The following tales are similar to the Bremen Town Musicians fairy tale, AT-130: Outcast Animals Find a New Home. 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 Bremen Town Musicians 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.

Animals and the Robbers
Bremen Town Musicians *
Bull, the Tup, The Cock and the Steg
The Cat That Went a-Traveling
The Four Friends
The Goat and the Fox *
How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune *
How the Animals Kept the Lions Away
Jack and His Comrades *
Jack and the Robbers
The Journey to Toulouse of the Animals That Had Colds
Little John and His Animals
Michel Michelkleiner’s Good Luck
Mister Korbes the Fox
Nung-Kua-Ma
The Ram and the Pig Who Went into the Woods to Live by Themselves
The Struggle between the Wolf and the Fox
White Pet *

* Full text of tale is available online.

The Animals and the Robbers

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

This tale is AT-130.

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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The Bremen Town Musicians

A web version of this tale is annotated on this site at The Annotated Bremen Town Musicians.

This tale is AT-130.

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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The Bull, the Tup, The Cock and the Steg

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

This tale is AT-130.

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. Part. A, v. 1, p. 174.
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The Cat That Went a-Traveling

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

This tale is AT-130.

An English language version is available in:

Clarkson, Atelia, and Cross, Gilbert, B., eds. World Folktales: A Scribner Resource Collection. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980.
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Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.) p. 226.
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The Four Friends

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

This tale is AT-130.

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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The Goat and the Fox

A web version of this tale can be found at The Goat and the Fox.

This tale is AT-130.

An English language version is available in:

Crane, Thomas Frederick. Italian Popular Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1885.
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How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune

A web version of this tale can be found at How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune.

This tale is AT-130.

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. Part. A, v. 1, p. 313.
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Jacobs, Joseph. English Fairy Tales. London: David Nutt, 1890.
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How the Animals Kept the Lions Away

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

This tale is AT-130.

An English language version is available in:

Bushnaq, Inea, ed. and trans. Arab Folktales. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.
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Jack and His Comrades

A web version of this tale can be found at Jack and His Comrades.

This tale is AT-130.

An English language version is available in:

Jacobs, Joseph, ed. Celtic Fairy Tales. New York: Dover, 1968. (Originally published 1892.)
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Jack and the Robbers

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

This tale is AT-130.

An English language version is available in:

Chase, Richard, ed. The Jack Tales. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943.
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The Journey to Toulouse of the Animals That Had Colds

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

This tale is AT-130.

An English language version is available in:

Delarue, Paul, ed. The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales. Austin E. Fife, translator. New York: Alfred E. Knopf, 1956. p. 285.
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Little John and His Animals

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

This tale is AT-130.

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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Michel Michelkleiner’s Good Luck

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

This tale is AT-130 and comes from Luxembourg.

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. p. 98.

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Mister Korbes the Fox

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

This tale is AT-130.

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. Part. A, v. 2, p. 543.
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Nung-Kua-Ma

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

This tale is AT-130.

An English language version is available in:

Eberhard, Wolfram, ed. Folktales of China. Desmond Parsons, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.
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The Ram and the Pig Who Went into the Woods to Live by Themselves

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

This tale is AT-130.

An English language version is available in:

Asbjornsen, Peter Christen and Moe, Jorgen. Norwegian Folk Tales. Pat Shaw Iverson and Carl Norman, translators. New York: Pantheon Books, 1960.
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The Struggle Between the Wolf and the Fox

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

This tale is AT-130.

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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The White Pet

A web version of this tale is available at The White Pet.

This tale is AT-130.

An English language version is available in:

Campbell, J. F. Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected. London: Alexander Gardner, 1890-1893. (Reprint available from Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1969.)
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