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Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621 and was the first known fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a favourite of King Arthur. The earliest allusions to Tom occur in various…

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Aarne–Thompson grouping
700
Country
England
Name
Tom Thumb
Published in
English Fairy Tales The Classic Fairy Tales
Related
Hop o' My Thumb Thumbelina Thumbling Thumbling's Travels

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Tom Thumb

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related to history · 28
Tom Thumb → According, Aged, Died, Holy Trinity Church, However, It, James Orchard Halliwell, King Arthur's Dwarfe, Life, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Little, London, Londoner Richard Johnson, Morgan Library, Museum, New York, Nursery Tales, Popular Rhymes, Tattershall
related to Further reading · 21
Tom Thumb → AT, Claude Gaignebet, DOI, Folklore, Françoise Clier-Colombani, Gai Savoir, Giant-Killer, Green, In, Jack, Jacques, L’Harmattan, Martine Genevois, Naître, Paris, Patrimoine, Pouçot, Thomas, Two Arthurian Fairytales, Vache
related to Plot · 18
Tom Thumb → At Christmas, Fayres, He, In, King Arthur, King's Council, Merlin, Mountain, Queene, Richard Johnson's The History, She, The, Thereafter, Thomas, Tom, Tom Thumbe, Tom's, When
related to Live-action · 16
Tom Thumb → Also, Brothers Grimm's, Catherine Deneuve, Charles Perrault's, French, George Pal, In, Le, Mexican, Nils Hugon, Olivier Dahan, Poucet, Pulgarcito, Raphaël Fuchs-Willig, Russ Tamblyn, Thumbling
related to References · 15
Tom Thumb → Chiswick Press, Halliwell, Iona, ISBN, Little, MacDonald, Margaret Read, Opie, Oryx Press, Oxford University Press, Peter, Series, The Classic Fairy Tales, The Metrical History, The Oryx Multicultural Folktale
related to Feature Animation · 7
Tom Thumb → DVD, Elijah Wood, The Adventures, The Secret Adventures, Thumb Meets Thumbelina, Thumbelina, Tom
related to Animated shorts · 6
Tom Thumb → Chuck Jones, ComiColor Cartoon, In, Merrie Melodies, Trouble, Ub Iwerks
related to Music · 5
Tom Thumb → Blues, Bob Dylan, Highway, Just Like Tom Thumb's, Revisited
related to Nickname · 5
Tom Thumb → Charles Stratton, General Tom Thumb, Larry Evans, The Casuals, Tom Blessing
related to External links · 3
Tom Thumb → Henry Altemus, Project Gutenberg, The Camelot ProjectThe History

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tom thumb king history published many tale tom's little adventures tales arthur's court play great english 1621 version character known

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Tom ThumbAarne–Thompson grouping7001.00infobox
Tom ThumbCountryEngland1.00infobox
Tom ThumbNameTom Thumb1.00infobox
Tom ThumbPublished inEnglish Fairy Tales The Classic Fairy Tales1.00infobox
Tom ThumbRelatedHop o' My Thumb Thumbelina Thumbling Thumbling's Travels1.00infobox
Tom Thumbis acharacter of English folklore0.90text
Reginald Scot's Discovery of Witchcraftinstance ofThe earliest allusions to Tom occur in various 16th-century works0.80text
Tommy Thumb's Song Bookinstance ofand Tom was cited as the author of titles0.80text
Tom Thumbrelated to Animated shortsIn0.60section
Tom Thumbrelated to Animated shortsComiColor Cartoon0.60section
Tom Thumbrelated to Animated shortsUb Iwerks0.60section
Tom Thumbrelated to Animated shortsMerrie Melodies0.60section

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