The following tales are similar to the Gingerbread Man fairy tale, AT-2025: The Fleeing Pancake. 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 Gingerbread Man 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 Bear Ate Them Up
The Bun
The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow *
The Gingerbread Boy *
The Gingerbread Boy (Appalachia) *
Johnny-Cake *
Johnny-Cake (United States) *
The Johnny Cake Boy *
The Little Cake
The Pancake *
The Runaway Pancake *
The Thick, Fat Pancake *
The Wee Bannock *

* Full text of tale is available online.

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

This tale is AT-2025.

An English language version is available in:

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

This tale is AT-2025.

An English language version is available in:

Afanasyev, Aleksandr. Russian Fairy Tales. Norbert Guterman, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1945.
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A web version of this tale as Harris originally wrote it is available at The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow.

An English language version is available in:

Harris,Joel Chandler. Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1880.

The entire text for Harris' Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings is available at the Gutenberg Project at: ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext00/remus10.txt

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This is the version of the tale presented on the site with annotations at The Gingerbread Boy.

This tale is AT-2025.

An English language version is available in:

St. Nicholas Magazine. May 1875. pp. 448-449.

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A web version of this tale is available at The Gingerbread Boy (Appalachia) (off SurLaLune site).

This tale is AT-2025. It comes from Appalachia in the Southeast United States.

An English language version is available in:

Collected by James Taylor Adams, Big Laurel, Virginia. James Taylor Adams Collection.

Adams, James Taylor. "The Gingerbread Boy." AppLit. Tina L. Hanlon and Judy A. Teaford, creators. 2000-2006. Appalachian College Association and Ferrum College. 27 May 2006 <http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/texts/gingerboy.htm>.

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A web version of this tale is available at Johnny-Cake.

This tale is AT-2025.

An English language version is available in:

Jacobs, Joseph. English Fairy Tales. London: David Nutt, 1890.
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A web version of this tale is available at Johnny-Cake.

This tale is AT-2025.

An English language version is available in:

"English Folk-Tales in America." The Journal of American Folklore.Vol. 2, No. 6 (Jul. - Sep., 1889). pp. 213-218.

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A web version of this tale is available at The Johnny Cake Boy (off SurLaLune site).

This tale is AT-2025. It comes from Appalachia in the Southeast United States.

An English language version is available in:

Collected by James Taylor Adams, Big Laurel, Virginia. James Taylor Adams Collection.

Adams, James Taylor. "The Johnny Cake Boy." AppLit. Tina L. Hanlon and Judy A. Teaford, creators. 2000-2006. Appalachian College Association and Ferrum College. 27 May 2006 <http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/texts/johnnycake.htm>.

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

This tale is AT-2025.

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 is at The Pancake.

This tale is AT-2025.

An English language version is available in:

Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen. "Pannekaken." Round the Yule Log: Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales. H. L. Brækstad, translator. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, n.d.

Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974.
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A web version of this tale is available on D. L. Ashliman's site at The Runaway Pancake.

This tale is AT-2025.

An English language version is available in:

Ashliman's Source: Karl Gander, "Der fortgelaufene Eierkuchen," Niederlausitzer Volkssagen, vornehmlich aus dem Stadt- und Landkreise Guben (Berlin: Deutsche Schriftsteller-Genossenschaft, 1894), no. 319, pp. 122-123.

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A web version of this tale is available on D. L. Ashliman's site at The Thick, Fat Pancake.

This tale is AT-2025.

An English language version is available in:

Ashliman's Source: Carl and Theodor Colshorn, "Vom dicken fetten Pfannekuchen," Märchen und Sagen (Hannover: Verlag von Carl Rümpler, 1854), no. 57, pp. 168-169.

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A web version of Jacobs' tale is available at The Wee Bannock. A web version of the Briggs' tale does not exist due to copyright restrictions.

This tale is AT-2025.

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.

Jacobs, Joseph, ed. More English Fairy Tales. New York: G. P Putnam's Sons, n. d.
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