A week or two ago, as part of a Thursday Tale/ Giveaway post, I asked people to tell me their favorite fairy tale character. I thought I’d share the results. A total of 42 characters were mentioned, not all of which I would actually have described as fairy tale folks, but I guess that’s beside the point. Seven women received a majority of the love, maybe because so many people have seen the Disney movies. Here’s how it broke down, with the characters and the number of times they were mentioned.
- Beauty / Belle – 38
- Cinderella – 21
- Little Mermaid / Ariel – 16
- Sleeping Beauty / Aurora- 9
- Snow White – 9
- Red Riding Hood – 7
- Rapunzel – 5
- Hansel and Gretel – 3
- Rumplestiltskin – 3
- Puss in Boots – 3
- Peter Pan – 3
- Mad Hatter (from Alice in Wonderland) – 2
- Shrek – 2
- 12 Dancing Princesses – 2
- Matchstick Girl – 2
- Beast – 2
- Pinocchio – 2
- Sister from 6 Swans – 2
- Anastasia (from the 1997 movie) – 2
- Mulan (from 1998 movie) – 2
- Gretel – 1
- Alice (from Alice in Wonderland) – 1
- Princess Irene (From Princess Irene and the Goblins) – 1
- Happy Prince – 1
- Pied Piper – 1
- Fiona (From Shrek) – 1
- Gerda (from The Snow Queen) – 1
- Aladin – 1
- Cheshire Cat (from Alice in Wonderland) – 1
- Elise (from The Wild Swans) – 1
- Rose Red – 1
- Ballerina Girl (from The Steadfast Tin Soldier) – 1
- Witch in Snow White – 1
- Jasmin (from Aladin) – 1
- Bearskin – 1
- Huntsman (from Snow White) – 1
- Merryweather (from Snow White) – 1
- Big Bad Wolf – 1
- Tiana (from The Princess and the Frog) – 1
- Robin Hood – 1
- Fantaghiro – 1
- Pocahontas – 1
I’ve talked about several of these stories in Thursday’s tale posts and have linked those. Last week, I looked at “The Happy Prince,” which I discovered through this list. My next few Thursday’s Tale posts will focus on some of the others in this list who are new to me or who I just hadn’t gotten around to yet.
Was your favorite mentioned? If not, who is it?
I like Robin Hood, unless it’s too late to vote.
Not a fairy tale character. Didn’t we talk about this at home? More of a folk tale, I’d say.
This is fascinating! Belle is my fave too!
Mulan and Ariel are my classic favourites, but I have a feeling I’m going to love Merida from Pixar’s upciming film, Brave.
Me too! The previews look great. Definitely a strong princess.
Don’t take this the wrong way, but Brave came out last summer (2012). I saw it with my summer camp.
This post is from May 2012, before it came out.